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INCOME TAXES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
INCOME TAXES [Abstract]  
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]
Income (loss) before income taxes, consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Domestic
$
167,008

 
$
82,282

 
$
(9,148
)
Foreign
13,565

 
13,613

 
(42
)
 
$
180,573

 
$
95,895

 
$
(9,190
)
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]
The income tax provision (benefit) was as follows (amounts in thousands):
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Current
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
47,616

 
$
32,140

 
$
(853
)
State
13,537

 
3,271

 
(331
)
Foreign
8,290

 
2,797

 

 
69,443

 
38,208

 
(1,184
)
Deferred
 

 
 

 
 

Federal
14,179

 
(1,904
)
 
(2,531
)
State
1,235

 
(357
)
 
451

Foreign
1,756

 
1,812

 

 
17,170

 
(449
)
 
(2,080
)
Income tax provision (benefit)
$
86,613

 
$
37,759

 
$
(3,264
)
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]
The income tax provision differs from the amount of income tax determined by applying the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to pre-tax income (loss) as a result of the following:
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Statutory U.S. federal tax rate
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
Unrecognized tax positions
3.7

 

 

Tax impact of foreign income
6.4

 
(0.2
)
 
(0.2
)
State taxes, net
2.7

 
1.9

 
(0.7
)
Domestic production exemption
(3.3
)
 
(3.9
)
 

Debt conversion expense

 
6.9

 

Section 162m limitation
2.6

 

 

Write off of Titan Europe deferred tax asset
2.1

 

 

Other, net
(1.2
)
 
(0.3
)
 
1.4

Effective tax rate
48.0
 %
 
39.4
 %
 
35.5
 %
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]
Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes.  Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2012 and 2011, are as follows (amounts in thousands):
 
2012
 
2011
Deferred tax assets:
 
 
 
Net operating loss carryforwards
$
37,519

 
$
815

Pension
14,684

 
15,412

Unrealized loss on investments

 
5,118

Inventory
3,412

 
6,621

Warranty
9,723

 
6,707

Employee benefits and related costs
11,319

 
4,259

Allowance for bad debts
3,335

 
3,147

Prepaid royalties
7,053

 
1,642

Reserves, other
3,988

 

Fixed assets
8,418

 

Other
14,370

 
6,425

Deferred tax assets
113,821

 
50,146

Deferred tax liabilities:
 

 
 

Fixed assets
(82,400
)
 
(62,062
)
Intangible Assets
(6,225
)
 

Other
(8,006
)
 

Deferred tax liabilities
(96,631
)
 
(62,062
)
Subtotal
17,190

 
(11,916
)
Valuation allowance
(23,691
)
 

Net deferred tax asset
$
(6,501
)
 
$
(11,916
)
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward [Table Text Block]
A reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at December 31 were as follows (amounts in thousands):
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Balance at January 1

 

 

     Increases to tax positions taken during the current year
6,050

 

 

     Increases to tax positions taken during the prior years
5,822

 

 

Balance at December 31
11,872