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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS [Abstract] |
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] | EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS The Company has three frozen defined benefit pension plans covering certain employees or former employees of three U.S. subsidiaries. The Company also has pension plans covering certain employees of several foreign subsidiaries. The Company also sponsors four 401(k) retirement savings plans in the U.S. and a number of defined contribution plans at foreign subsidiaries. The Company contributed approximately $2.3 million to the pension plans during the six months ended June 30, 2014 and expects to contribute approximately $3.6 million to the pension plans during the remainder of 2014. The components of net periodic pension cost consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
| Three months ended |  | Six months ended
| June 30, |  | June 30,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Service cost | $ | 193 |  |  | $ | 214 |  |  | $ | 402 |  |  | $ | 386 |
Interest cost | 1,426 |  |  | 1,350 |  |  | 2,847 |  |  | 2,704 |
Expected return on assets | (1,501 | ) |  | (1,396 | ) |  | (3,003 | ) |  | (2,792 | )
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost | 34 |  |  | 34 |  |  | 68 |  |  | 68 |
Amortization of net unrecognized loss | 758 |  |  | 1,317 |  |  | 1,516 |  |  | 2,635 |
Net periodic pension cost | $ | 910 |  |  | $ | 1,519 |  |  | $ | 1,830 |  |  | $ | 3,001 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for pension and other postretirement benefits. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2235017 + Details
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