Post Retirement Benefits (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

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, 2015 and 2014 are as follows:



	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Pension expense:
Multi-employer plan	$	217,000		$	171,000		$	428,000		$	336,000
Defined contribution plan	173,000			148,000			407,000			361,000
Total pension expense	390,000			319,000			835,000			697,000

Health and life insurance:
Interest cost	79,000			69,000			158,000			138,000
Amortization of prior service costs	(124,000		)	(124,000		)	(248,000		)	(248,000		)
Amortization of net loss	42,000			12,000			84,000			24,000
Net periodic benefit cost	(3,000		)	(43,000		)	(6,000		)	(86,000		)

Total post retirement benefits expense	$	387,000		$	276,000		$	829,000		$	611,000