| Financial data by segment |
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 |
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