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INVENTORIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

5.  INVENTORIES

Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):

		September 30,				December 31,
		2011				2010
						As Restated
Raw materials		$	97,419			$	56,414
Work-in-process			28,458				16,860
Finished goods			68,470				49,841
			194,347				123,115
Adjustment to LIFO basis			(11,197	)			(4,972	)
		$	183,150			$	118,143

At September 30, 2011, approximately 32% of the Company’s inventories were valued under the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method.  At December 31, 2010, approximately 39% of the Company’s inventories were valued under the LIFO method.  The remaining inventories were valued under the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method or average cost method.  All inventories are valued at lower of cost or market.

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The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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