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INVENTORIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

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INVENTORIES

Inventories consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

	September 30, 2016				December 31, 2015
Raw material	$	78,046			$	85,490
Work-in-process	33,174				31,866
Finished goods	170,422				158,997
	281,642				276,353
Adjustment to LIFO	(3,559		)		(6,562		)
	$	278,083			$	269,791

Inventories are valued at lower of cost or market. The majority of inventories are valued under the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method or average cost method. At September 30, 2016, approximately 7% of the Company's inventories were valued under the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method compared to 8% at December 31, 2015.

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The entire disclosure for inventory. Includes, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.6)
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
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