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SEGMENT INFORMATION

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

SEGMENT INFORMATION

NOTE 6--SEGMENT INFORMATION

		THREE MONTHS ENDED								NINE MONTHS ENDED
		Oct 1, 2011				Oct 2, 2010				Oct 1, 2011				Oct 2, 2010
Net sales
Metals Segment		$	35,817,000			$	30,871,000			$	97,753,000			$	80,970,000
Specialty Chemicals Segment			10,376,000				11,061,000				32,581,000				32,511,000
		$	46,193,000			$	41,932,000			$	130,334,000			$	113,481,000
Operating income
Metals Segment		$	912,000			$	1,772,000			$	7,390,000			$	2,333,000
Specialty Chemicals Segment			686,000				856,000				2,318,000				3,183,000
			1,598,000				2,628,000				9,708,000				5,516,000
Unallocated expenses
Corporate			671,000				388,000				2,147,000				1,447,000
Interest expense			36,000				22,000				93,000				36,000
Other income			-				(1,000	)			-				(11,000	)
Income before income taxes		$	891,000			$	2,219,000			$	7,468,000			$	4,044,000

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This element may be used to capture the complete disclosure of reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10% or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 131

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