Post Retirement Benefits (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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 and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:



	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Pension expense:
Multi-employer plan contributions	$	171,000		$	110,000		$	336,000		$	215,000
Defined contribution plan contributions	148,000			116,000			361,000			285,000
Total pension expense	319,000			226,000			697,000			500,000

Health and life insurance:
Interest cost	69,000			83,000			138,000			166,000
Amortization of prior service costs	(124,000		)	(124,000		)	(248,000		)	(248,000		)
Amortization of net loss	12,000			51,000			24,000			101,000
Net periodic benefit cost	(43,000		)	10,000			(86,000		)	19,000

Total post retirement benefits expense	$	276,000		$	236,000		$	611,000		$	519,000

- 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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