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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Retirement Benefits [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 $0.1 million to the pension plans during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and $0.8 million are expected to be contributed to the pension plans during the remainder of 2024.

The components of net periodic pension cost consisted of the following for the periods set forth below (amounts in thousands):
Three months ended
March 31,
20242023
Service cost$162 $106 
Interest cost952 1,027 
Expected return on assets(1,301)(1,167)
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost(16)(15)
Amortization of net unrecognized loss 68 240 
   Net periodic pension (benefit) cost$(135)$191 
Service cost is recorded as cost of sales in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations while all other components are recorded in other income.