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Segment Information (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Information Report of Statements of Operations | Transfers between segments in the periods presented were not material.
|  | Three months ended September 30, |  |  | Nine months ended September 30, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
|  | (in thousands) |  |  | (in thousands) |
Net sales: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Water Transmission |  | $ | 46,835 |  |  | $ | 63,487 |  |  | $ | 183,596 |  |  | $ | 180,968 |
Tubular Products |  |  | 56,187 |  |  |  | 51,612 |  |  |  | 176,761 |  |  |  | 207,347 |
Total |  | $ | 103,022 |  |  | $ | 115,099 |  |  | $ | 360,357 |  |  | $ | 388,315 |
Gross profit: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Water Transmission |  | $ | 7,932 |  |  | $ | 9,681 |  |  | $ | 39,927 |  |  | $ | 27,529 |
Tubular Products |  |  | 880 |  |  |  | 1,919 |  |  |  | 5,757 |  |  |  | 14,148 |
Total |  | $ | 8,812 |  |  | $ | 11,600 |  |  | $ | 45,684 |  |  | $ | 41,677 |
Operating income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Water Transmission |  | $ | 6,306 |  |  | $ | 6,969 |  |  | $ | 34,838 |  |  | $ | 21,123 |
Tubular Products |  |  | 93 |  |  |  | 1,134 |  |  |  | 3,644 |  |  |  | 11,981 |
Corporate |  |  | (3,559 | ) |  |  | (4,074 | ) |  |  | (11,442 | ) |  |  | (12,926 | )
Total |  | $ | 2,840 |  |  | $ | 4,029 |  |  | $ | 27,040 |  |  | $ | 20,178 |

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