Post Retirement Benefits (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table Text Block]

The components of expense for Core Molding Technologies’ post retirement benefit plans for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:



	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014			2013
Pension expense:
Multi-employer plan contributions	$	165,000		$	105,000
Defined contribution plan contributions	213,000			169,000
Total pension expense	378,000			274,000

Health and life insurance:
Interest cost	69,000			83,000
Amortization of prior service costs	(124,000		)	(124,000		)
Amortization of net loss	12,000			50,000
Net periodic benefit cost	(43,000		)	9,000

Total post retirement benefits expense	$	335,000		$	283,000

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of one or more of the entity's defined benefit pension plans or one or more other defined benefit postretirement plans, separately for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans including the entity's schedule of fair value of plan assets for defined benefit or other postretirement plans.

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