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INVENTORIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

INVENTORIES

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

At March 31, 2012, approximately 31% of the Company's inventories were valued under the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method. At December 31, 2011, approximately 30% 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. The LIFO reserve decreased primarily as a result of the composition of inventory. An overall increase in raw material relative to total inventory resulted in a greater decrease in the FIFO cost versus the LIFO cost.

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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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