| Financial data by segment |
Financial data by segment is as follows: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Successor | | | Predecessor | In thousands | Fiscal Year Ended December 28, 2013 | | Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 2012 | | Eleven Months Ended December 31, 2011 | | | One Month Ended January 28, 2011 | Net sales | | | | | | | | | Americas Nonwovens | $ | 660,792 |
| | $ | 641,532 |
| | $ | 613,355 |
| | | $ | 46,093 |
| Europe Nonwovens | 316,400 |
| | 294,120 |
| | 297,869 |
| | | 24,305 |
| Asia Nonwovens | 172,597 |
| | 156,746 |
| | 135,591 |
| | | 9,403 |
| Oriented Polymers | 65,073 |
| | 62,765 |
| | 56,114 |
| | | 4,805 |
| Total | $ | 1,214,862 |
| | $ | 1,155,163 |
| | $ | 1,102,929 |
| | | $ | 84,606 |
| | | | | | | | | | Operating income (loss) | | | | | | | | | Americas Nonwovens | $ | 54,476 |
| | $ | 64,673 |
| | $ | 41,612 |
| | | $ | 4,595 |
| Europe Nonwovens | 8,601 |
| | 11,102 |
| | 8,427 |
| | | 1,812 |
| Asia Nonwovens | 17,809 |
| | 18,130 |
| | 19,778 |
| | | 1,718 |
| Oriented Polymers | 4,729 |
| | 3,362 |
| | 1,802 |
| | | 553 |
| Unallocated Corporate | (44,985 | ) | | (40,586 | ) | | (38,351 | ) | | | (3,603 | ) | Eliminations | (148 | ) | | 76 |
| | 21 |
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| Subtotal | 40,482 |
| | 56,757 |
| | 33,289 |
| | | 5,075 |
| Special charges, net | (33,188 | ) | | (19,592 | ) | | (41,345 | ) | | | (20,824 | ) | Total | $ | 7,294 |
| | $ | 37,165 |
| | $ | (8,056 | ) | | | $ | (15,749 | ) | | | | | | | | | | Depreciation and amortization expense | | | | | | | | | Americas Nonwovens | $ | 34,837 |
| | $ | 35,780 |
| | $ | 31,679 |
| | | $ | 2,411 |
| Europe Nonwovens | 13,689 |
| | 11,267 |
| | 10,235 |
| | | 368 |
| Asia Nonwovens | 19,954 |
| | 13,780 |
| | 9,956 |
| | | 589 |
| Oriented Polymers | 1,396 |
| | 1,496 |
| | 1,306 |
| | | 36 |
| Unallocated Corporate | 1,816 |
| | 1,718 |
| | 1,584 |
| | | 68 |
| Subtotal | 71,692 |
| | 64,041 |
| | 54,760 |
| | | 3,472 |
| Amortization of loan acquisition costs | 4,796 |
| | 2,665 |
| | 2,530 |
| | | 51 |
| Total | $ | 76,488 |
| | $ | 66,706 |
| | $ | 57,290 |
| | | $ | 3,523 |
| | | | | | | | | | Capital spending | | | | | | | | | Americas Nonwovens | $ | 14,787 |
| | $ | 4,848 |
| | $ | 23,997 |
| | | $ | 5,803 |
| Europe Nonwovens | 6,419 |
| | 8,802 |
| | 13,016 |
| | | 41 |
| Asia Nonwovens | 31,122 |
| | 36,626 |
| | 30,583 |
| | | 2,507 |
| Oriented Polymers | 958 |
| | 672 |
| | 375 |
| | | 38 |
| Corporate | 1,356 |
| | 677 |
| | 457 |
| | | 16 |
| Total | $ | 54,642 |
| | $ | 51,625 |
| | $ | 68,428 |
| | | $ | 8,405 |
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| Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas |
Geographic data for the Company's operations, based on the geographic region that the sale is made from, are presented as followings: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Successor | | | Predecessor | In thousands | Fiscal Year Ended December 28, 2013 | | Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 2012 | | Eleven Months Ended December 31, 2011 | | | One Month Ended January 28, 2011 | Net sales | | | | | | | | | United States | $ | 380,836 |
| | $ | 357,193 |
| | $ | 330,347 |
| | | $ | 26,409 |
| Canada | 60,808 |
| | 57,312 |
| | 50,989 |
| | | 4,529 |
| Europe | 316,401 |
| | 294,120 |
| | 297,869 |
| | | 24,305 |
| Asia | 172,596 |
| | 156,746 |
| | 135,591 |
| | | 9,402 |
| Latin America | 284,221 |
| | 289,792 |
| | 288,133 |
| | | 19,961 |
| Total | $ | 1,214,862 |
| | $ | 1,155,163 |
| | $ | 1,102,929 |
| | | $ | 84,606 |
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| | | | | | | | | In thousands | December 28, 2013 | | December 29, 2012 | Property, plant and equipment, net | | | | United States | $ | 179,136 |
| | $ | 105,335 |
| Canada | 5,026 |
| | 5,707 |
| Europe | 156,758 |
| | 89,678 |
| Asia | 158,006 |
| | 137,196 |
| Latin America | 124,353 |
| | 141,253 |
| Total | $ | 623,279 |
| | $ | 479,169 |
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