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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block] 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 a number of defined contribution plans in the U.S. and at foreign subsidiaries. The Company contributed approximately $0.5 million to the pension plans during the three months ended March 31, 2017, and expects to contribute approximately $2.7 million to the pension plans during the remainder of 2017.
 
The components of net periodic pension cost consisted of the following as of the dates set forth below (amounts in thousands):
 
Three months ended
 
March 31,
 
2017
 
2016
Service cost
$
225

 
$
106

Interest cost
1,171

 
1,237

Expected return on assets
(1,369
)
 
(1,393
)
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost
34

 
34

Amortization of net unrecognized loss
674

 
765

      Net periodic pension cost
$
735

 
$
749