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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES [Abstract] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block] | Property, plant and equipment have been recorded at cost. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives of the related assets:
| Years
Building and improvements | 25 - 40
Machinery and equipment | 10 - 20
Tools, dies and molds | 4 - 9
Property, plant and equipment at December 31, 2013 and 2012, consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
| 2013 |  | 2012
Land and improvements | $ | 67,243 |  |  | $ | 66,012 |
Buildings and improvements | 242,261 |  |  | 192,135 |
Machinery and equipment | 617,709 |  |  | 555,261 |
Tools, dies and molds | 112,997 |  |  | 117,341 |
Construction-in-process | 42,539 |  |  | 49,136 |
| 1,082,749 |  |  | 979,885 |
Less accumulated depreciation | (443,942 | ) |  | (411,541 | )
| $ | 638,807 |  |  | $ | 568,344 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, balances by class of assets, depreciation and depletion expense and method used, including composite depreciation, and accumulated deprecation. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 13 -Subparagraph b -Article 5 + Details
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