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INVENTORIES (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block] | Inventories consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
| March 31, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
Raw material | $ | 101,312 |  |  | $ | 97,257 |
Work-in-process | 31,751 |  |  | 31,141 |
Finished goods | 89,169 |  |  | 75,137 |
| 222,232 |  |  | 203,535 |
Adjustment to LIFO basis | (8,078 | ) |  | (12,663 | )
| $ | 214,154 |  |  | $ | 190,872 |

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