Segment Information (Tables)

Financial data by segment is as follows (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
Americas Nonwovens	$	163,321		$	180,118		$	494,750		$	450,936		$	46,093
Europe Nonwovens	67,825			79,956			219,506			221,947			24,305
Asia Nonwovens	42,900			39,982			115,771			95,842			9,403
Oriented Polymers	16,051			15,442			51,485			42,267			4,805
	$	290,097		$	315,498		$	881,512		$	810,992		$	84,606
Operating income (loss)
Americas Nonwovens	$	20,590		$	15,909		$	51,333		$	28,868		$	4,595
Europe Nonwovens	2,249			2,907			9,383			6,036			1,812
Asia Nonwovens	4,850			5,122			13,194			13,897			1,718
Oriented Polymers	779			556			3,800			898			553
Unallocated Corporate	(9,284		)	(11,670		)	(27,802		)	(28,592		)	(3,603		)
Eliminations	(19		)	(42		)	72			(28		)	—
	19,165			12,782			49,980			21,079			5,075
Special charges, net	(1,732		)	(1,399		)	(12,904		)	(29,467		)	(20,824		)
	$	17,433		$	11,383		$	37,076		$	(8,388	)	$	(15,749	)
Depreciation and amortization expense
Americas Nonwovens	$	9,460		$	8,882		$	26,825		$	23,036		$	2,411
Europe Nonwovens	2,858			2,813			8,111			7,440			368
Asia Nonwovens	3,322			3,285			10,141			6,530			589
Oriented Polymers	351			356			1,063			961			36
Unallocated Corporate	411			462			1,270			1,139			68
Depreciation and amortization expense included in operating income	16,402			15,798			47,410			39,106			3,472
Amortization of loan acquisition costs	686			684			2,056			1,845			51
	$	17,088		$	16,482		$	49,466		$	40,951		$	3,523
Capital spending
Americas Nonwovens	$	1,132		$	6,802		$	2,946		$	20,453		$	5,803
Europe Nonwovens	2,636			4,484			7,194			6,222			41
Asia Nonwovens	6,422			8,531			28,874			26,401			2,507
Oriented Polymers	284			—			454			266			38
Corporate	42			355			678			414			16
	$	10,516		$	20,172		$	40,146		$	53,756		$	8,405



	September 29, 2012		December 31, 2011
Division assets
Americas Nonwovens	$	531,686	$	564,424
Europe Nonwovens	212,722		218,151
Asia Nonwovens	233,338		228,448
Oriented Polymers	29,016		25,474
Corporate	43,369		23,623
Eliminations	439		458
	$	1,050,570	$	1,060,578

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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