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Discontinued Operations (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2012
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax | The following amounts, which relate to the Company’s Oriented Polymers segment, have been segregated from continuing operations and included in (Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax in the Consolidated Statements of Operations (in thousands):
| Successor |  |  | Predecessor
| Three Months Ended September 29, 2012 |  | Three Months Ended October 1, 2011 |  | Nine Months Ended September 29, 2012 |  | Eight Months Ended October 1, 2011 |  |  | One Month Ended January 28, 2011
Net sales | $ | — |  |  | $ | 6,362 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 27,212 |  |  |  | $ | 4,060 |
Pre-tax (loss) income | — |  |  | (3,122 | ) |  | — |  |  | (5,894 | ) |  |  | 320 |
Income tax expense | — |  |  | 241 |  |  | — |  |  | 298 |  |  |  | 138 |
Net (loss) income | $ | — |  |  | $ | (3,363 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (6,192 | ) |  |  | $ | 182 |

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