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L.B. Foster Company
(NASDAQ:FSTR) 

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L.B. Foster Company provides products and services for the rail industry and solutions to support critical infrastructure projects worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Rail Technologies and Services; and Infrastructure Solutions. The Rail Technologies and Services segment offers new rail...

Founded: 1902
Full Time Employees: 1,330
CEO: John Kasel  
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Railroads

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      sales of goods
    105,188,000 140,943,000 124,830,000 129,071,000 86,548,000 116,457,000 119,322,000 122,417,000 104,463,000 113,580,000 131,065,000 132,167,000 98,538,000 118,514,000 117,302,000 116,584,000 84,421,000 98,573,000 112,813,000 138,309,000 100,546,000 100,095,000 101,945,000 123,300,000 96,885,000 115,938,000 119,256,000 160,227,000 113,083,000 123,989,000 120,272,000 127,093,000 91,811,000 113,404,000 103,058,000 117,727,000 97,629,000 89,097,000 100,293,000 118,070,000 107,915,000 119,990,000 147,648,000 146,780,000                                          
      sales of services
    15,956,000 19,430,000 13,456,000 14,487,000 11,244,000 11,726,000 18,144,000 18,379,000 19,857,000 21,297,000 14,280,000 15,867,000 16,950,000 18,659,000 12,713,000 14,931,000 14,373,000 14,392,000 17,240,000 16,213,000 15,534,000 15,481,000 16,420,000 22,466,000 31,890,000 33,441,000 35,020,000 40,706,000 37,386,000 40,542,000 46,822,000 45,797,000 30,643,000 27,919,000 28,434,000 27,133,000 21,073,000 17,469,000 14,351,000 17,924,000 18,395,000 19,148,000 28,411,000 24,639,000                                          
      total net sales
    121,144,000 160,373,000 138,286,000 143,558,000 97,792,000 128,183,000 137,466,000 140,796,000 124,320,000 134,877,000 145,345,000 148,034,000 115,488,000 137,173,000 130,015,000 131,515,000 98,794,000 112,965,000 130,053,000 154,522,000 116,080,000 115,576,000 118,365,000 145,766,000 128,775,000 149,379,000 154,276,000 200,933,000 150,469,000 164,531,000 167,094,000 172,890,000 122,454,000 141,323,000 131,492,000 144,860,000 118,702,000 106,566,000 114,644,000 135,994,000                                              
      yoy
    23.88% 25.11% 0.60% 1.96% -21.34% -4.96% -5.42% -4.89% 7.65% -1.67% 11.79% 12.56% 16.90% 21.43% -0.03% -14.89% -14.89% -2.26% 9.87% 6.01% -9.86% -22.63% -23.28% -27.46% -14.42% -9.21% -7.67% 16.22% 22.88% 16.42% 27.08% 19.35% 3.16% 32.62% 14.70% 6.52%                                                  
      qoq
    -24.46% 15.97% -3.67% 46.80% -23.71% -6.75% -2.37% 13.25% -7.83% -7.20% -1.82% 28.18% -15.81% 5.51% -1.14% 33.12% -12.54% -13.14% -15.84% 33.12% 0.44% -2.36% -18.80% 13.19% -13.79% -3.17% -23.22% 33.54% -8.55% -1.53% -3.35% 41.19% -13.35% 7.48% -9.23% 22.04% 11.39% -7.05% -15.70%                                               
      cost of goods sold
    80,933,000 111,475,000 93,915,000 98,619,000 66,938,000 88,013,000 89,286,000 93,705,000 81,469,000 85,236,000 103,061,000 101,069,000 78,065,000 96,193,000 93,737,000 95,331,000 69,845,000 81,633,000 93,521,000 115,087,000 84,125,000 80,769,000 82,881,000 100,488,000 80,826,000 94,316,000 97,663,000 132,438,000 92,331,000 98,503,000 100,746,000 105,846,000 75,300,000 90,833,000 82,460,000 94,291,000 79,401,000 70,732,000 81,674,000 92,638,000 86,393,000 91,708,000 117,474,000 114,793,000 107,254,000 129,544,000 132,638,000 136,132,000 87,287,000 125,847,000 130,943,000 120,761,000 104,473,000 113,155,000 139,634,000 152,212,000 95,662,000 109,806,000 131,921,000 147,408,000 99,638,000 125,830,000 105,519,000 99,189,000 69,929,000 82,448,000 74,655,000 80,939,000 84,062,000 123,763,000 122,843,000 107,948,000 77,820,000 94,054,000 114,759,000 127,309,000 96,476,000 96,000,000 81,978,000 85,868,000 74,351,000  87,048,000   
      cost of services sold
    14,515,000 17,263,000 13,305,000 14,039,000 10,703,000 11,555,000 15,422,000 16,568,000 16,602,000 20,598,000 14,060,000 14,713,000 14,132,000 14,206,000 13,181,000 12,891,000 12,502,000 12,297,000 14,256,000 13,274,000 13,125,000 13,122,000 13,423,000 18,225,000 26,292,000 27,673,000 28,921,000 31,367,000 28,976,000 33,013,000 36,746,000 34,530,000 25,126,000 22,591,000 22,667,000 22,833,000 18,049,000 17,054,000 13,167,000 15,543,000 15,957,000 17,558,000 22,547,000 19,537,000                                          
      total cost of sales
    95,448,000 128,738,000 107,220,000 112,658,000 77,641,000 99,568,000 104,708,000 110,273,000 98,071,000 105,834,000 117,121,000 115,782,000 92,197,000 110,399,000 106,918,000 108,222,000 82,347,000 93,930,000 107,777,000 128,361,000 97,250,000 93,891,000 96,304,000 118,713,000 107,118,000 121,989,000 126,584,000 163,805,000 121,307,000 131,516,000 137,492,000 140,376,000 100,426,000 113,424,000 105,127,000 117,124,000 97,450,000 87,786,000 94,841,000 108,181,000 102,350,000 109,266,000 140,021,000 134,330,000                                          
      gross profit
    25,696,000 31,635,000 31,066,000 30,900,000 20,151,000 28,615,000 32,758,000 30,523,000 26,249,000 29,043,000 28,224,000 32,252,000 23,291,000 26,774,000 23,097,000 23,293,000 16,447,000 19,035,000 22,276,000 26,161,000 18,830,000 21,685,000 22,061,000 27,053,000 21,657,000 27,390,000 27,692,000 37,128,000 29,162,000 33,015,000 29,602,000 32,514,000 22,028,000 27,899,000 26,365,000 27,736,000 21,252,000 18,780,000 19,803,000 27,813,000 23,960,000 29,872,000 36,038,000 37,089,000 30,653,000 31,605,000 35,159,000 30,700,000 24,127,000 30,611,000 31,305,000 29,175,000 24,848,000 27,569,000 30,712,000 12,730,000 22,865,000 18,634,750 30,780,000 26,293,000 17,466,000 13,107,500 20,042,000 20,315,000 12,073,000 11,068,000 17,758,000 12,832,000 13,682,000 15,053,250 22,707,000 21,885,000 15,621,000 14,105,500 20,994,000 21,238,000 14,190,000 9,284,750 13,890,000 13,445,000 9,804,000  10,760,000   
      yoy
    27.52% 10.55% -5.17% 1.24% -23.23% -1.47% 16.06% -5.36% 12.70% 8.47% 22.20% 38.46% 41.61% 40.66% 3.69% -10.96% -12.66% -12.22% 0.97% -3.30% -13.05% -20.83% -20.33% -27.14% -25.74% -17.04% -6.45% 14.19% 32.39% 18.34% 12.28% 17.23% 3.65% 48.56% 33.14% -0.28% -11.30% -37.13% -45.05% -25.01% -21.83% -5.48% 2.50% 20.81% 27.05% 3.25% 12.31% 5.23% -2.90% 11.03% 1.93% 129.18% 8.67% 47.94% -0.22% -51.58% 30.91% 42.17% 53.58% 29.43% 44.67% 18.43% 12.86% 58.32% -11.76% -26.47% -21.80% -41.37% -12.41% 6.72% 8.16% 3.05% 10.08% 51.92% 51.14% 57.96% 44.74%  29.09%       
      qoq
    -18.77% 1.83% 0.54% 53.34% -29.58% -12.65% 7.32% 16.28% -9.62% 2.90% -12.49% 38.47% -13.01% 15.92% -0.84% 41.62% -13.60% -14.55% -14.85% 38.93% -13.17% -1.70% -18.45% 24.92% -20.93% -1.09% -25.41% 27.32% -11.67% 11.53% -8.96% 47.60% -21.04% 5.82% -4.94% 30.51% 13.16% -5.17% -28.80% 16.08% -19.79% -17.11% -2.83% 21.00% -3.01% -10.11% 14.52% 27.24% -21.18% -2.22% 7.30% 17.41% -9.87% -10.23% 141.26% -44.33% 22.70% -39.46% 17.07% 50.54% 33.25% -34.60% -1.34% 68.27% 9.08% -37.67% 38.39% -6.21% -9.11% -33.71% 3.76% 40.10% 10.74% -32.81% -1.15% 49.67% 52.83% -33.16% 3.31% 37.14%      
      gross margin %
    21.21% 19.73% 22.47% 21.52% 20.61% 22.32% 23.83% 21.68% 21.11% 21.53% 19.42% 21.79% 20.17% 19.52% 17.76% 17.71% 16.65% 16.85% 17.13% 16.93% 16.22% 18.76% 18.64% 18.56% 16.82% 18.34% 17.95% 18.48% 19.38% 20.07% 17.72% 18.81% 17.99% 19.74% 20.05% 19.15% 17.90% 17.62% 17.27% 20.45% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% Infinity%   
      selling and administrative expenses
    23,033,000 23,145,000 22,077,000 22,382,000 20,952,000 24,421,000 24,289,000 24,896,000 22,749,000 27,247,000 24,160,000 24,528,000 21,423,000 23,347,000 22,618,000 19,394,000 17,298,000 18,146,000 20,056,000 19,767,000 18,026,000 17,371,000 17,066,000 19,562,000 21,325,000 20,950,000 22,264,000 22,855,000 21,917,000 22,191,000 21,662,000 23,368,000 20,458,000 20,498,000 20,218,000 20,578,000 19,227,000 20,035,000 19,807,000 23,317,000 22,817,000 24,515,000 21,605,000 24,278,000 22,251,000 21,546,000 20,644,000 19,599,000 18,025,000 18,628,000 17,547,000 17,951,000 17,130,000 16,509,000 16,581,000 16,801,000 17,533,000 17,547,000 17,365,000 16,644,000 15,696,000 12,763,000 9,858,000 10,774,000 9,193,000 8,794,000 9,068,000 8,612,000 9,027,000 11,552,000 10,092,000 9,959,000 9,366,000 9,322,000 9,890,000 9,790,000 8,401,000 8,996,000 8,245,000 8,685,000 7,731,000  7,971,000   
      amortization expense
    618,000 655,000 694,000 840,000 1,122,000 1,142,000 1,146,000 1,123,000 1,217,000 1,195,000 1,379,000 1,375,000 1,365,000 1,690,000 1,599,000 1,419,000 1,436,000 1,439,000 1,462,000 1,470,000 1,465,000 1,458,000 1,428,000 1,446,000 1,463,000 1,531,000 1,655,000 1,679,000 1,712,000 1,776,000 1,762,000 1,775,000 1,785,000 1,774,000 1,764,000 1,695,000 1,759,000 1,757,000 1,763,000 2,789,000 3,266,000 3,295,000 3,337,000 3,456,000 2,157,000 1,191,000 1,191,000 1,172,000 1,141,000 1,010,000 701,000 700,000 701,000 864,000 703,000 697,000 704,000 702,000 706,000 707,000 704,000                         
      operating income
    2,045,000 7,835,000 8,295,000 7,678,000 -1,923,000 3,052,000 7,323,000 4,504,000         -2,287,000                                                                     
      yoy
    -206.34% 156.72% 13.27% 70.47%                                                                                  
      qoq
    -73.90% -5.55% 8.04% -499.27% -163.01% -58.32% 62.59%                                                                               
      operating margin %
    1.69% 4.89% 6.00% 5.35% -1.97% 2.38% 5.33% 3.20% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% -2.31% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN%   
      interest expense - net
    851,000 1,002,000 1,254,000 1,490,000 1,143,000 1,016,000 1,358,000 1,493,000 1,125,000 1,124,000 1,442,000 1,574,000 1,388,000 1,593,000 993,000 384,000 370,000 502,000 722,000 861,000 871,000 920,000 940,000 1,090,000 817,000 889,000 1,079,000 1,597,000 1,355,000                                                         
      other income - net
    -217,000 -127,250 -96,000 -95,000 -318,000             -324,000 -2,880,000   -477,250 -209,000                                                               
      income before income taxes
    1,411,000 6,744,000 7,137,000 6,283,000 -2,748,000 435,000 6,153,000 3,163,000 4,694,000 -726,000 326,000 4,056,000 -2,712,000   2,797,000 -2,094,000       1,616,000 -2,694,000 -1,295,000 3,115,000 11,249,000 4,328,000 -35,552,000 4,725,000 5,613,000 -1,497,000 3,520,000 3,014,000 3,499,000 -1,991,000 -4,234,000 -9,361,000 -129,425,000 -4,149,000 5,135,000 -70,202,000 7,823,000 6,665,000            5,097,000 9,537,000 14,261,000 9,158,000 984,000 10,612,000 10,102,000 9,364,000 2,664,000 4,722,750 9,841,000 4,285,000 4,765,000              2,443,000   
      income tax benefit
    -81,000     712,000 -29,745,000      -541,000    -508,000     -229,000 -3,730,000               -10,531,250 -3,379,000                                               
      net income
    1,492,000 2,372,000 4,325,000 2,839,000 -2,117,000 -277,000 35,898,000 2,817,000 4,405,000 -470,000 447,000 3,493,000 -2,171,000   1,976,000 -1,586,000     2,095,000 6,830,000 523,000 -1,866,000 26,250,000 3,064,000 9,564,000 3,690,000 -39,057,000 4,971,000 4,940,000 -2,022,000 289,000 3,222,000 3,024,000 -2,422,000 -40,850,000 -5,982,000 -91,996,000 -2,832,000 3,328,000 -57,422,000 5,362,000 4,285,000 6,029,000 9,116,000 6,862,000 3,649,000 7,275,000 9,793,000 7,295,000 4,927,000 -9,507,812 8,225,000 -2,070,000 3,369,000 6,104,000 9,740,000 6,373,000 679,000 6,239,000 6,513,000 5,987,000 1,753,000 3,912,000 6,144,000 2,652,000 3,019,000 5,657,000 8,126,000 7,657,000 6,306,000 86,232,000 14,531,000 6,830,000 3,100,000 2,966,000 3,698,000 2,982,000 3,884,000  1,598,000   
      yoy
    -170.48% -956.32% -87.95% 0.78% -148.06% -41.06% 7930.87% -19.35% -302.90%   76.77% 36.89%         -92.02% 122.91% -94.53% -150.57% -167.21% -38.36% 93.60% -282.49% -13614.53% 54.28% 63.36% -16.52% -100.71% -153.86% -103.29% -14.48% -1327.46% -89.58% -1815.70% -166.09% -44.80% -729.90% -21.86% 17.43% -17.13% -6.91% -5.94% -25.94% -176.52% 19.06% -452.42% 46.25% -255.76% -15.55% -132.48% 396.17% -2.16% 49.55% 6.45% -61.27% 59.48% 6.01% 125.75% -41.93% -30.85% -24.39% -65.37% -52.12% -93.44% -44.08% 12.11% 103.42% 2807.35% 292.94% 129.04% -20.19%  131.41%       
      qoq
    -37.10% -45.16% 52.34% -234.10% 664.26% -100.77% 1174.33% -36.05% -1037.23% -205.15% -87.20% -260.89%    -224.59%      -69.33% 1205.93% -128.03% -107.11% 756.72% -67.96% 159.19% -109.45% -885.70% 0.63% -344.31% -799.65% -91.03% 6.55% -224.86% -94.07% 582.88% -93.50% 3148.45% -185.10% -105.80% -1170.91% 25.13% -28.93% -33.86% 32.85% 88.05% -49.84% -25.71% 34.24% 48.06% -151.82% -215.60% -497.34% -161.44% -44.81% -37.33% 52.83% 838.59% -89.12% -4.21% 8.79% 241.53% -55.19% -36.33% 131.67% -12.16% -46.63% -30.38% 6.13% 21.42% -92.69% 493.43% 112.75% 120.32% 4.52% -19.79% 24.01% -23.22%      
      net income margin %
    1.23% 1.48% 3.13% 1.98% -2.16% -0.22% 26.11% 2.00% 3.54% -0.35% 0.31% 2.36% -1.88% 0% 0% 1.50% -1.61% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1.81% 5.77% 0.36% -1.45% 17.57% 1.99% 4.76% 2.45% -23.74% 2.97% 2.86% -1.65% 0.20% 2.45% 2.09% -2.04% -38.33% -5.22% -67.65% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% Infinity%   
      net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
    -8,000 -44,000 -29,000 -46,000 -7,000 -35,000 -7,000 -30,000 -31,000 -40,000 -68,000 -38,000 -19,000 -31,000 -28,000 -34,000 -20,000 -19,000 -30,000 -22,000 -12,000                                                                 
      net income attributable to l.b. foster company
    1,500,000 2,416,000 4,354,000 2,885,000 -2,110,000 -242,000 35,905,000 2,847,000 4,436,000 -430,000 515,000 3,531,000  -43,931,000 -2,077,000 2,010,000  -334,000 2,342,000 2,876,000                                                                  
      per share data attributable to l.b. foster shareholders:
                                                                                         
      basic earnings per common share
    0.15 729.51 0.42 0.28 -0.2 4,005.99 3.35 0.26 0.41 -40 50 320  -4,090 -200 180      200 650 50 -180 2,520 290 920 360 -3,770 480 480  30 310 290    -8,960 -280 320 -5,600 520 420 590 890 670 360 720 960 720 490 -938.4 810 -200          390 600                160   
      diluted earnings per common share
    0.14 689.53 0.4 0.27 -0.2 3,886.09 3.27 0.26 0.4 -40 50 320  -4,090 -200 180      190 640 50 -180 2,470 290 900 350 -3,760 470 470  20 310 290    -8,960 -280 320 -5,600 520 410 580 880 670 350 700 950 710 480 -928.42 810 -200          380 600                150   
      basic weighted-average shares outstanding
    10,197 10,374,000 10,356 10,439 10,540 10,721,000 10,718 10,793 10,762 10,799,000                                                                            
      diluted weighted-average shares outstanding
    10,584 10,882,000 10,880 10,853 10,540 11,048,000 10,992 11,060 10,985 10,995,000                                                                            
      (gain) on sale of former joint venture facility
                                                                                         
      income tax expense
     4,372,000 2,812,000 3,444,000 -631,000   346,000 289,000 -256,000 -121,000 563,000    821,000      -143,000 -13,742,000 1,093,000 -828,000 -27,545,000 51,000 1,685,000 638,000 3,505,000 -246,000 673,000 525,000 3,231,000 -208,000 475,000 431,000   -37,429,000 -1,317,000 1,807,000 -12,780,000 2,461,000 2,380,000 3,628,000 4,743,000 3,359,000 1,672,000 4,279,000 4,229,000 3,838,000 2,493,000 -4,882,934 4,647,000 -1,193,000 1,728,000 3,433,000 4,521,000 2,785,000 305,000 4,373,000 3,589,000 3,377,000 911,000 2,680,000 3,697,000 1,633,000 1,746,000 2,907,000 4,558,000 4,502,000 3,566,000 47,991,000 4,301,000 3,762,000 1,733,000 1,550,000 1,635,000 1,256,000 633,000  845,000   
      other expense - net
         1,601,000 -188,000 -152,000 -3,536,000 203,000 917,000 719,000 1,827,000 -274,000 168,000 -701,000 -563,000   70,000 59,000   3,339,000 746,000 5,315,000 -421,000 -252,000                                                          
      operating profit
            2,283,000 2,384,250 2,685,000 6,349,000 503,000 -231,750 -1,120,000 2,480,000                                                                      
      net loss attributable to l.b. foster company
                -2,152,000    -1,566,000    -1,258,000                                                                 
      basic loss per common share
                -200    -150    -120            -200    -230 -2,455 -580                                               
      diluted loss per common share
                -200    -150    -120            -200    -230 -2,455 -580                                               
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
                 -394,500 -2,281,000   -728,000 2,916,000 3,993,000  2,137,000 2,836,000                       9,666,000 13,862,000 10,207,000 5,321,000 11,554,000 14,022,000 11,095,000 7,444,000 -12,990,170 13,111,000 -4,366,000              8,678,750 12,684,000 12,159,000 9,872,000 8,571,500 18,850,000  4,825,000 2,812,250 5,075,000  1,839,000     
      income tax expense from continuing operations
                 34,250 -176,000   373,500 676,000 1,139,000                                                                  
      net income from continuing operations
                 -428,750 -2,105,000                                                                       
      income from continuing operations attributable to l.b. foster company
                 -408,250 -2,077,000   -334,000 2,270,000 2,876,000                                                                  
      discontinued operations:
                                                                                         
      income from discontinued operations before income taxes
                      72,000                           -14,000 -5,000 23,000    62,000 -39,000                     -11,250 -26,000 -31,000 12,000         
      income tax benefit from discontinued operations
                                                                                         
      income from discontinued operations
                      72,000                           -9,000 -3,000 14,000    38,000 -24,000 -1,400,576 -239,000 1,103,000                  -2,000 -18,000 -19,000 8,000 -381,000 495,000 -118,000 2,819,000     
      basic earnings per common share:
                                                                                         
      from continuing operations
                 -4,090 -200   -30 210 270 -120 210 1,570                       590 890 670 360 720 960 710 490 -798.54 830 -310              2,597.96 0.77 0.7 0.57 10,387.69 1.37 0.65 0.29 1,029.25 0.33 0.3 0.12     
      from discontinued operations
                      10   -10 -920                               -139.86 -20 110                      269.73 0.02  0.26     
      diluted earnings per common share:
                                                                                         
      income from continuing operations
                     -353,000 2,240,000 2,854,000  2,280,000 16,578,000                       6,038,000 9,119,000 6,848,000 3,649,000 7,275,000 9,793,000 7,257,000 4,951,000 -8,107,236 8,464,000 -3,173,000              5,657,000 8,126,000 7,657,000 6,306,000 86,234,000 14,549,000 6,849,000 3,092,000 2,990,000 3,440,000 3,079,000 1,206,000     
      basic income per common share:
                                                                                         
      basic income per common share
                     92.5 220 270                                                                  
      diluted income per common share:
                                                                                         
      diluted income per common share
                     92.5 220 270                                                                  
      loss from discontinued operations before income taxes
                         -414,000 -13,478,000                                                               
      loss from discontinued operations
                         -185,000 -9,748,000                                                               
      loss from continuing operations before income taxes
                        -1,591,000                                                                 
      income tax benefit from continuing operations
                        -321,000                                                                 
      loss from continuing operations
                        -1,270,000                                                                 
      loss from continuing operations attributable to l.b. foster company
                        -1,258,000                                                                 
      basic loss per common share:
                                                                                         
      diluted loss per common share:
                                                                                         
      total expenses
                             28,685,000 24,577,000 25,879,000 24,834,000 68,567,000 24,877,000 26,901,000                                                      
      other income
                                -150,000     197,000 -551,000   -1,260,000 -1,085,000   -4,340,000 -537,000  -803,000 -377,000 -47,000 -115,000 -135,000   -137,000 -178,000         -49,750 -46,000 -51,000 -102,000           -346,000 -258,000 -59,000 -322,000 -433,000 -431,000  -227,000   
      interest expense
                                 1,244,750 1,367,000 1,654,000 1,958,000 2,062,000 2,026,000 2,181,000 2,108,000 2,209,000 1,520,000 1,652,000 1,170,000 1,212,000 1,265,000 1,288,000 613,000 137,000 126,000 126,000 123,000 109,000 118,000 125,000 133,000 137,000 141,000 123,000 140,000 179,000 170,000 135,000 138,000 306,000 211,000 241,000 245,000 303,000 328,000 333,000 328,000 385,750 500,000 488,000 555,000 832,750 926,000 1,183,000 1,222,000 603,750 892,000 858,000   573,000   
      interest income
                                 -41,500 -71,000 -24,000 -71,000 -141,000 -56,000 -54,000 -56,000 -71,000 -50,000 -52,000 -55,000 -46,000 -66,000 -37,000 -57,000 -99,000 -140,000 -147,000 -144,000 -165,000 -149,000 -139,000 -206,000 -133,000 -126,000 -94,000 -100,000 -97,000 -74,000 -60,000 -56,000 -73,750 -114,000 -107,000 -74,000 -113,000 -169,000 -212,000 -295,000 -657,000 -617,000 -586,000 -815,000             
      equity in loss of nonconsolidated investments
                                 1,750 4,000  3,000 1,250 -50,000 -145,000 200,000 344,000 263,000 487,000 196,000 101,000 299,000 186,000                                          
      other expense
                                 -81,750 153,000 128,000 -608,000   -18,000 5,000   107,000 715,000         -238,250 -638,000   -113,250 329,000 -122,000 -486,000 -203,500 -646,000 -95,000 87,000     103,000 -116,000 -186,000 -143,000 107,000 45,000 -135,000 151,000 -15,500 47,000           
      dividends paid per common share
                                          40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 -74.9 25 25                              
      asset impairments
                                          6,946,000 128,938,000                                              
      total sales
                                            126,310,000 139,138,000 176,059,000 171,419,000                                          
      impairment of goodwill
                                              80,337,000                                           
      other loss
                                               95,000                                          
      net sales
                                                137,907,000 161,149,000 167,797,000 166,832,000 111,414,000 156,458,000 162,248,000 149,936,000 129,321,000 140,724,000 170,346,000 164,942,000 118,527,000 137,419,000 162,701,000 173,701,000 117,104,000 147,983,000 125,561,000 119,504,000 82,002,000 98,034,000 92,413,000 93,771,000 97,744,000 143,768,000 145,550,000 129,833,000 93,441,000 114,015,000 135,753,000 148,547,000 110,666,000 110,452,000 95,868,000 99,313,000 84,155,000  97,808,000   
      equity in income of nonconsolidated investments
                                                -173,000 -459,000 -477,000                                       
      equity in income of nonconsolidated investment
                                                   -142,000 -204,000 -424,000 -296,000 -420,000 -176,000 -160,750 -310,000 -309,000 -23,000                             
      loss on foreign exchange
                                                         -219,000 283,000                               
      income from discontinued operations before income taxes, including gain on sale
                                                         -3,801,158 -343,000 3,320,000                              
      see notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                         
      basic earnings per share
                                                            0.33 0.41 0.96 0.62 0.07 0.35 0.64 0.59 0.17   0.26 0.3 0.51 0.77 0.7 0.57 0.578 1.36 0.64 0.29 0.255 0.35 0.29 0.38     
      diluted earnings per share
                                                            0.33 0.405 0.95 0.61 0.07 0.345 0.63 0.58 0.17   0.26 0.29 0.503 0.76 0.69 0.57 0.56 1.32 0.63 0.28 0.245 0.34 0.28 0.36     
      dividends paid per share
                                                            0.025 0.025 0.025 0.05                          
      equity in loss of nonconsolidated investment
                                                             -142,500 -287,000 -196,000                          
      gain on foreign exchange
                                                             -126,250 -715,000                           
      equity in losses of nonconsolidated investment
                                                                -87,000    147,000                     
      gain on sale of marketable securities
                                                                      -1,194,000                   
      equity in losses of nonconsolidated investments
                                                                 68,000 31,000 94,000                      
      gain on sale of dm&e investment
                                                                            -2,022,000             
      gain on sale of houston, tx property
                                                                                         
      dividend income
                                                                              -8,719,000           
      loss on sale of property
                                                                         -368,250 3,000               
      gain on sale of property
                                                                            -1,486,000             
      discontinued operations
                                                                                         
      before income taxes
                                                                               10,611,000    4,335,000      
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                                   -97,000      
      from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                                   -0.01      
      interest expense — net of capitalized interest of 91 in 2006 and - in 2005
                                                                                    665,000     
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        assets
                                                                                           
        current assets:
                                                                                           
        cash and cash equivalents
      3,991,000 4,348,000 3,428,000 4,186,000 2,612,000 2,454,000 3,135,000 4,021,000 3,148,000 2,560,000 2,969,000 3,880,000 2,639,000 2,882,000 4,943,000 7,661,000 6,239,000 10,372,000 6,405,000 4,140,000 5,015,000 7,564,000 9,311,000 7,387,000 6,418,000 14,178,000 15,374,000 12,001,000 9,039,000 10,282,000 9,586,000 13,271,000 10,984,000 37,678,000 35,008,000 35,457,000 33,768,000 30,363,000 3,651,000 32,805,000 30,883,000 33,312,000 33,210,000 35,561,000 37,550,000 52,024,000 86,516,000 87,555,000 91,131,000 64,623,000 95,997,000 94,678,000 81,435,000 101,464,000 100,658,000 77,243,000 67,751,000 73,727,000 57,135,000 45,695,000 58,884,000 74,800,000 144,183,000 131,318,000 124,545,000 124,845,000 122,018,000 118,090,000 98,965,000 115,074,000 111,755,000 107,648,000 117,199,000 121,097,000 5,746,000 1,387,000 3,388,000 1,309,000 3,764,000 1,401,000 1,404,000 1,596,000 3,042,000 280,000 4,134,000 
        accounts receivable - net
      77,907,000 80,551,000 64,429,000 71,415,000 57,132,000 64,978,000 66,718,000 75,889,000 57,871,000 53,484,000 64,638,000 74,249,000 54,904,000 82,455,000 80,672,000 72,252,000 59,135,000 55,911,000 64,601,000 78,356,000 65,660,000 58,298,000 61,400,000 82,537,000 78,160,000 78,575,000 85,039,000 98,684,000 99,518,000 86,123,000 85,615,000 96,310,000 76,828,000 76,582,000 79,324,000 77,041,000 76,667,000  64,908,000 81,396,000 74,808,000  110,854,000 103,241,000 93,468,000  91,178,000 94,496,000   88,430,000 78,749,000 72,118,000     68,527,000    69,697,000    61,178,000                   34,773,000 
        contract assets - net
      3,640,000  7,943,000 12,972,000 13,359,000  20,186,000 20,562,000 24,141,000  30,503,000 34,011,000 31,207,000  31,963,000 31,023,000 34,268,000                                                                     
        inventories - net
      68,479,000 60,219,000 69,563,000 75,443,000 81,780,000 70,506,000 73,877,000 80,085,000 85,761,000 73,496,000 82,020,000 79,451,000 84,594,000 75,721,000 85,146,000 73,391,000 67,799,000 62,871,000 108,895,000 114,236,000 117,378,000 116,460,000 117,267,000 113,724,000 113,531,000 119,301,000 128,741,000 134,448,000 142,714,000 124,504,000 107,200,000 101,343,000 101,052,000 97,543,000 104,035,000 84,588,000 82,551,000  91,381,000 95,150,000 92,204,000  98,812,000 105,891,000 105,686,000  90,795,000 84,617,000   93,497,000 98,609,000 107,063,000     92,278,000    90,367,000    98,982,000                   36,894,000 
        other current assets
      8,192,000 5,358,000 8,159,000 9,468,000 9,433,000 6,947,000 9,538,000 10,912,000 12,063,000 8,961,000 9,712,000 12,182,000 11,844,000 11,061,000 13,664,000 18,551,000 19,623,000 14,146,000 14,712,000 13,737,000 13,716,000 12,997,000 15,176,000 7,168,000 9,060,000 4,610,000 6,326,000 6,990,000 7,752,000 5,326,000 7,402,000 12,090,000 12,418,000 9,120,000 9,986,000 6,648,000 6,819,000 5,200,000 6,195,000 6,779,000 7,285,000 5,148,000 8,029,000 7,634,000 8,334,000 4,101,000 3,556,000 4,486,000 4,445,000 2,000,000 3,439,000 2,586,000 3,127,000 1,903,000 2,978,000 2,754,000 2,994,000 1,777,000 2,156,000 3,011,000 2,525,000 2,535,000 1,220,000 1,240,000 1,391,000 1,161,000 1,422,000 1,641,000 1,974,000 1,221,000 1,304,000 1,509,000 1,701,000 1,131,000 1,121,000 1,373,000 1,660,000 1,133,000 1,219,000 1,570,000 1,821,000 703,000 996,000 786,000 877,000 
        total current assets
      162,209,000 156,871,000 153,522,000 173,484,000 164,316,000 161,605,000 173,454,000 191,469,000 182,984,000 167,990,000 189,842,000 203,773,000 185,188,000 205,732,000 216,388,000 202,878,000 187,064,000 179,479,000 194,613,000 210,469,000 201,769,000 195,319,000 203,154,000 210,816,000 207,169,000 216,664,000 235,480,000 252,123,000 259,023,000 226,672,000 210,528,000 223,361,000 201,528,000 221,111,000 229,401,000 204,884,000 211,098,000 199,604,000 173,524,000 221,327,000 210,818,000 214,474,000 257,086,000 260,349,000 252,668,000 247,679,000 272,753,000 272,308,000 244,517,000 247,367,000 291,662,000 283,133,000 271,681,000 276,392,000 289,781,000 267,489,000 231,523,000 239,993,000 236,126,000 232,706,000 227,897,000 239,282,000 306,860,000 292,328,000 276,578,000 290,092,000 275,352,000 268,486,000 260,632,000 286,455,000 306,380,000 292,046,000 269,193,000 284,397,000 166,217,000 180,491,000 178,221,000 167,284,000 140,960,000 134,852,000 130,415,000 120,430,000 132,309,000 84,298,000 78,537,000 
        property, plant, and equipment - net
      77,347,000 77,183,000 76,940,000 76,305,000 75,863,000 75,374,000 75,732,000 75,608,000 76,133,000 75,999,000 75,867,000 76,948,000 78,960,000 85,344,000 83,957,000 56,900,000 57,579,000 58,222,000 58,811,000 60,526,000 61,583,000 62,085,000 62,721,000 79,669,000 82,942,000 82,314,000 82,793,000 84,441,000 85,870,000 86,857,000 87,894,000 89,467,000 93,892,000 96,096,000 98,536,000 101,553,000 103,508,000  106,147,000 108,625,000 126,012,000  126,872,000 128,061,000 125,141,000  63,105,000 53,979,000                                      
        operating lease right-of-use assets - net
      27,181,000 28,309,000 30,109,000 23,324,000 23,482,000 18,480,000 12,604,000 13,313,000 14,098,000 14,905,000 15,440,000 15,770,000 16,513,000 17,291,000 12,701,000 13,538,000 14,374,000 15,131,000 14,403,000 15,010,000 15,426,000 16,069,000 16,696,000 17,665,000 18,275,000 13,274,000 13,234,000 13,235,000 13,116,000                                                         
        other assets:
                                                                                           
        goodwill
      32,733,000 33,062,000 32,992,000 33,315,000 32,358,000 31,907,000 32,880,000 32,019,000 31,995,000 32,587,000 30,856,000 31,404,000 30,863,000 30,733,000 33,430,000 24,571,000 19,904,000 20,152,000 20,147,000 20,428,000 20,373,000 20,340,000 19,823,000 18,974,000 18,987,000 19,565,000 18,930,000 19,219,000 19,422,000 19,258,000 19,449,000 19,566,000 20,129,000 19,785,000 19,699,000 19,431,000 19,071,000 18,932,000 19,387,000 23,972,000 81,554,000 81,752,000 81,202,000 162,640,000 215,130,000 82,949,000 59,603,000 57,781,000 57,781,000 57,781,000 41,237,000 41,237,000 41,237,000 41,237,000 41,237,000 41,237,000 43,825,000 43,825,000 44,205,000 44,369,000 44,369,000 44,369,000 3,211,000 3,211,000 3,211,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000  350,000   
        other intangibles - net
      10,901,000 11,526,000 12,178,000 12,879,000 13,693,000 14,801,000 16,020,000 17,078,000 18,198,000 19,010,000 20,006,000 21,256,000 22,549,000 23,831,000 29,195,000 29,540,000 29,487,000 31,023,000 32,450,000 34,038,000 35,477,000 36,897,000 38,046,000 40,158,000 41,616,000 43,514,000 44,555,000 46,437,000 48,298,000 49,836,000 51,801,000 53,675,000 56,001,000 57,440,000 59,135,000 60,611,000 61,923,000  65,813,000 70,420,000 131,334,000  137,522,000 141,377,000 93,646,000  49,789,000 49,556,000   38,145,000 38,808,000 39,464,000  40,974,000 41,618,000 42,434,000 43,048,000 43,591,000 43,777,000 44,413,000 45,079,000 1,663,000 1,757,000 1,852,000 25,000 28,000                   
        deferred tax assets
      20,497,000 20,355,000 23,982,000 26,299,000 29,630,000 28,900,000 30,045,000       24,000 36,272,000 36,777,000 37,721,000 37,242,000 38,043,000 38,452,000 38,770,000 38,481,000 37,318,000 28,832,000 28,930,000 28,638,000             39,009,000 37,794,000 226,000 226,000                     1,573,000 1,554,000 1,573,000 1,574,000 2,032,000 2,035,000 2,032,000 2,026,000 1,434,000 1,426,000 1,416,000 1,411,000 1,297,000 1,293,000 1,242,000 1,149,000 1,228,000 1,214,000 1,161,000 1,183,000 3,877,000 3,877,000  
        other assets
      2,915,000 3,066,000 4,166,000 4,319,000 3,484,000 3,483,000 3,809,000 3,774,000 2,993,000 2,715,000 2,580,000 2,417,000 2,305,000 2,355,000 1,249,000 1,218,000 1,283,000 1,346,000 1,336,000 1,018,000 1,078,000 1,204,000 1,172,000 1,250,000 1,156,000 1,202,000 1,295,000 1,355,000 488,000 626,000 719,000 1,416,000 1,711,000 1,962,000 2,242,000 2,555,000 2,809,000 2,964,000 3,026,000 3,240,000 3,037,000 3,215,000 3,407,000 3,616,000 3,234,000 1,733,000 1,750,000 1,432,000 1,480,000 1,461,000 1,536,000 1,594,000 1,626,000 1,663,000 1,361,000 1,398,000 1,450,000 1,415,000 1,722,000 1,697,000 1,445,000 1,663,000 1,320,000 1,347,000 1,381,000 362,000 367,000 367,000 460,000 407,000 392,000 398,000 409,000 428,000 361,000 315,000 367,000 393,000 384,000 398,000 281,000 177,000 195,000 65,000 750,000 
        total assets
      333,783,000 330,372,000 333,889,000 349,925,000 342,826,000 334,550,000 344,544,000 333,261,000 326,401,000 313,206,000 334,591,000 351,568,000 336,378,000 365,310,000 413,192,000 365,422,000 347,412,000 342,595,000 359,803,000 379,941,000 374,476,000 370,395,000 378,930,000 397,364,000 399,075,000 405,171,000 396,287,000 416,810,000 426,217,000 383,249,000 370,546,000 387,644,000 373,420,000 396,556,000 409,164,000 393,010,000 402,240,000 393,023,000 411,280,000 470,016,000 558,105,000 566,660,000 611,574,000 701,827,000 695,726,000 495,121,000 452,365,000 439,952,000 411,165,000 413,654,000 419,918,000 410,872,000 399,629,000 406,122,000 421,690,000 402,921,000 371,076,000 379,894,000 375,722,000 373,751,000 367,328,000 378,716,000 354,133,000 340,162,000 325,058,000 333,168,000 319,442,000 313,826,000 304,471,000 332,120,000 349,958,000 337,138,000 315,544,000 330,772,000 241,594,000 248,206,000 243,954,000 235,833,000 209,325,000 200,294,000 190,897,000 178,286,000 188,698,000 134,095,000 131,159,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                           
        current liabilities:
                                                                                           
        accounts payable
      44,092,000 52,519,000 37,736,000 39,888,000 37,257,000 50,083,000 40,008,000 45,920,000 43,368,000 40,305,000 44,900,000 43,933,000 48,553,000 48,782,000 51,231,000 49,944,000 45,483,000 41,411,000 53,686,000 65,837,000 66,398,000 54,787,000 60,181,000 71,475,000 63,874,000 66,361,000 73,246,000 78,538,000 90,419,000 78,269,000 72,355,000 73,667,000 63,595,000 52,404,000 59,825,000 57,161,000 55,852,000 37,744,000 41,287,000 58,280,000 46,246,000 55,804,000 53,528,000 56,341,000 56,764,000 67,166,000 60,229,000 59,413,000 43,617,000 46,620,000                                    
        deferred revenue
      8,670,000 5,900,000 9,059,000 9,032,000 10,126,000 10,205,000 9,720,000 7,532,000 11,458,000 12,479,000 16,003,000 15,969,000 14,556,000 19,452,000 22,157,000 19,072,000 19,310,000 13,411,000 13,154,000 17,322,000 15,359,000 7,144,000 7,835,000 8,517,000 10,629,000 8,446,000 8,710,000 8,543,000 14,168,000 6,619,000 12,384,000 12,221,000 10,221,000 10,136,000 11,038,000 5,830,000 6,868,000 7,597,000 7,357,000 9,154,000 8,352,000 6,934,000 8,833,000 8,133,000 8,010,000 8,034,000 9,810,000 8,345,000 7,130,000 5,715,000 3,981,000 9,893,000 12,065,000 7,447,000 8,521,000 5,006,000 5,181,000 6,833,000 8,273,000 6,910,000 11,460,000 16,868,000 25,309,000 22,149,000                      
        accrued payroll and employee benefits
      6,579,000 11,346,000 9,158,000 7,768,000 5,313,000 15,393,000 11,243,000 7,921,000 5,340,000 16,978,000 12,358,000 8,709,000 4,176,000 10,558,000 8,820,000 6,565,000 5,330,000 9,517,000 10,024,000 7,714,000 5,701,000 9,182,000 9,164,000 9,796,000 7,861,000 14,096,000 12,407,000 10,538,000 7,598,000 12,993,000 11,052,000 10,007,000 6,282,000 11,888,000 10,353,000 8,444,000 6,015,000 7,497,000 7,945,000 7,612,000 7,327,000 10,255,000 10,013,000 9,684,000 9,984,000 13,419,000 9,333,000 7,081,000 5,753,000 8,927,000 7,014,000 6,418,000 5,614,000 9,604,000 8,100,000 7,138,000 5,507,000 9,678,000 8,528,000 6,670,000 5,735,000 9,054,000 6,283,000 5,077,000 4,300,000 6,106,000 5,612,000 4,323,000 3,633,000 8,000,000 7,269,000 5,584,000 5,041,000 11,490,000 10,666,000 9,488,000 7,190,000 6,892,000 5,410,000 4,854,000 4,007,000 5,875,000 3,895,000 3,308,000 2,909,000 
        current maturities of long-term debt
      145,000 153,000 167,000 182,000 151,000 167,000 167,000 167,000 159,000 102,000 97,000 102,000 117,000 127,000 82,000 64,000 80,000 98,000 111,000 124,000 129,000 119,000 117,000 142,000 2,731,000 2,905,000 2,978,000 3,142,000 609,000 629,000 630,000 631,000 652,000 656,000 9,887,000 10,051,000 10,214,000 10,386,000 1,326,000 1,335,000 1,338,000 1,335,000 1,284,000 1,260,000 675,000 676,000 104,000 109,000 114,000 31,000 29,000 23,000 23,000 35,000 362,000 689,000 1,030,000 2,384,000 2,377,000 2,369,000 2,358,000    6,072,000 5,406,000 5,360,000 5,813,000 5,780,000 5,777,000 5,833,000 5,909,000 6,184,000 6,191,000 5,900,000 3,227,000 3,160,000 3,105,000 2,169,000 2,200,000 1,780,000 1,759,000 765,000 477,000 611,000 
        other accrued liabilities
      13,466,000 14,003,000 13,414,000 11,741,000 11,018,000 12,448,000 11,251,000 12,889,000 15,856,000 17,442,000 14,679,000 14,928,000 13,100,000 16,192,000 14,811,000 12,959,000 11,593,000 13,757,000 12,963,000 12,888,000 12,597,000 15,740,000 13,322,000 15,193,000 14,386,000 15,714,000 14,153,000 13,126,000 14,964,000 13,624,000 9,157,000 9,208,000 10,197,000 9,764,000 8,452,000 8,823,000 8,106,000 8,953,000 11,046,000 11,380,000 10,034,000 8,563,000 12,726,000 10,074,000 11,892,000 7,899,000 8,885,000 6,005,000 7,013,000 6,501,000 10,642,000 7,804,000 9,165,000 8,596,000 11,570,000 11,143,000 15,587,000 14,801,000 15,893,000 14,222,000 14,242,000 22,962,000 6,025,000 5,334,000 5,598,000 6,409,000 7,085,000 7,502,000 7,042,000 7,802,000 7,321,000 7,819,000 5,058,000 8,841,000 6,965,000 5,825,000 5,292,000 4,215,000 2,002,000 1,732,000 4,102,000 3,128,000 3,972,000 1,892,000 2,550,000 
        total current liabilities
      72,952,000 83,921,000 69,534,000 68,611,000 63,865,000 88,296,000 76,389,000 80,429,000 84,181,000 95,306,000 96,037,000 91,641,000 88,502,000 103,111,000 105,101,000 96,604,000 89,796,000 86,194,000 97,938,000 111,962,000 108,330,000 95,302,000 99,244,000 113,123,000 107,481,000 116,744,000 120,716,000 123,565,000 137,473,000 124,191,000 114,941,000 114,439,000 99,653,000 93,530,000 109,169,000 99,477,000 97,259,000 82,331,000 77,995,000 96,510,000 82,028,000 91,646,000 95,891,000 94,619,000 97,746,000 108,771,000 97,150,000 90,726,000 70,842,000 75,482,000 86,327,000 88,536,000 82,972,000 91,969,000 116,188,000 107,578,000 72,026,000 84,732,000 88,969,000 86,072,000 85,609,000 96,819,000 94,863,000 87,437,000 69,235,000 79,760,000 66,029,000 63,564,000 57,170,000 84,191,000 101,066,000 88,846,000 59,931,000 83,752,000 82,374,000 83,217,000 71,956,000 75,822,000 68,413,000 61,340,000 68,678,000 64,335,000 67,389,000 37,467,000 31,693,000 
        long-term debt
      59,539,000 42,603,000 58,555,000 81,446,000 82,347,000 46,773,000 68,377,000 87,006,000 77,926,000 55,171,000 71,592,000 89,403,000 79,979,000 91,752,000 98,837,000 49,222,000 35,531,000 31,153,000 32,342,000 37,121,000 36,664,000 44,905,000 48,987,000 55,426,000 61,456,000 55,288,000 70,021,000 87,973,000 89,573,000 74,353,000 75,840,000 98,406,000 101,752,000 129,310,000 128,398,000 127,933,000 145,051,000 149,179,000 134,299,000 167,030,000 173,573,000 167,419,000 206,214,000 217,212,000 217,560,000 25,752,000 270,000 289,000 319,000 25,000 19,000 15,000 21,000 27,000 33,000 38,000 44,000 51,000 407,000 762,000 1,103,000                 54,273,000    29,276,000  17,395,000 20,858,000 
        deferred tax liabilities
      871,000 903,000 1,060,000 1,134,000 1,112,000 1,150,000 1,134,000 1,173,000 1,191,000 1,232,000 1,131,000 1,718,000 1,753,000 3,109,000 2,817,000 3,628,000 3,659,000 3,753,000 3,950,000 4,010,000 4,046,000 4,085,000 4,626,000 4,593,000 4,657,000 4,751,000 4,668,000 4,884,000 5,142,000 5,287,000 7,864,000 8,231,000 8,554,000 9,744,000 11,044,000 11,187,000 11,319,000 11,371,000 6,998,000 6,968,000 8,079,000 8,926,000 10,858,000 29,149,000 27,990,000 10,945,000 11,086,000 11,404,000 11,591,000 11,798,000 11,584,000 11,728,000 11,957,000 12,140,000 11,017,000 11,244,000 11,458,000 11,708,000 10,682,000 12,207,000 12,065,000 11,863,000 1,956,000 1,870,000 1,956,000 1,893,000 1,963,000 2,426,000 1,926,000 2,046,000 1,638,000 1,638,000 1,638,000 1,638,000 2,163,000 2,163,000 2,163,000 1,853,000 1,615,000 1,615,000 1,615,000 1,615,000 2,898,000 2,898,000 3,653,000 
        long-term operating lease liabilities
      23,258,000 24,266,000 25,705,000 19,777,000 20,112,000 14,709,000 9,923,000 10,497,000 11,178,000 11,865,000 12,312,000 12,669,000 13,416,000 14,163,000 10,001,000 10,785,000 11,558,000 12,279,000 11,959,000 12,482,000 12,938,000 13,516,000 14,081,000 14,637,000 15,048,000 10,268,000 10,103,000 9,901,000 9,812,000                                                         
        other long-term liabilities
      2,669,000 2,681,000 3,441,000 3,716,000 3,795,000 4,608,000 6,285,000 6,504,000 6,648,000 6,797,000 7,391,000 7,545,000 7,714,000 7,577,000 8,735,000 10,144,000 9,171,000 9,606,000 11,240,000 11,474,000 11,612,000 11,757,000 10,641,000 15,689,000 15,927,000 16,258,000 16,104,000 16,266,000 16,959,000 17,299,000 16,813,000 17,352,000 17,661,000 17,493,000 16,734,000 16,911,000 16,830,000 16,891,000 15,225,000 15,447,000 15,574,000 15,837,000 17,493,000 16,135,000 16,934,000 13,765,000 9,378,000 9,815,000 10,472,000 9,952,000 13,448,000 13,596,000 13,968,000 14,411,000 13,074,000 13,021,000 13,164,000 13,588,000 9,876,000 11,711,000 11,274,000 11,888,000 5,559,000 5,695,000 5,761,000 5,726,000 6,454,000 6,497,000 6,541,000 6,587,000 5,190,000 5,283,000 5,405,000 3,500,000 3,247,000 3,361,000 3,401,000 5,852,000 4,134,000 3,561,000  3,071,000  2,592,000 4,411,000 
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                           
        common stock
      111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000    111,000    111,000  111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 111,000 110,000 110,000 110,000 109,000 107,000 106,000 106,000 105,000 105,000 105,000 102,000 102,000 102,000 102,000 102,000 
        paid-in capital
      39,507,000 44,782,000 43,500,000 42,325,000 41,823,000 43,550,000 43,385,000 42,612,000 41,866,000 43,111,000 41,832,000 40,919,000 40,951,000 41,303,000 42,608,000 42,201,000 42,153,000 43,272,000 44,048,000 43,650,000 43,943,000 44,583,000 45,313,000 44,709,000 44,328,000 49,204,000 49,014,000 48,159,000 47,400,000 48,040,000 47,042,000 46,129,000 45,307,000 45,017,000 44,423,000 43,952,000 43,572,000 44,098,000 44,220,000 44,003,000 44,960,000 46,681,000 46,790,000 47,707,000 46,966,000 48,115,000 47,649,000 47,045,000 46,565,000 47,239,000 47,107,000 46,329,000 46,074,000 46,290,000 45,753,000 45,499,000 46,100,000 47,349,000 47,619,000 47,388,000 46,849,000 47,286,000 47,109,000 46,709,000 47,519,000 47,660,000 47,744,000 47,698,000 47,708,000 47,585,000 47,798,000 47,484,000 46,994,000 45,147,000 41,825,000 41,239,000 40,094,000 39,696,000 39,698,000 39,227,000 35,755,000 35,598,000 35,267,000 35,131,000 35,018,000 
        retained earnings
      176,624,000 175,124,000 172,708,000 168,354,000 165,469,000 167,579,000 167,821,000 131,916,000 129,069,000 124,633,000 125,063,000 124,548,000 121,017,000 123,169,000 167,100,000 169,177,000 167,167,000 168,733,000 169,067,000 166,725,000 163,849,000 165,107,000 163,012,000 156,182,000 155,659,000 157,525,000 131,275,000 128,211,000 118,647,000 114,324,000 145,364,000 140,393,000 135,453,000 137,780,000 137,492,000 134,270,000 131,245,000 133,667,000 174,517,000 180,914,000 273,325,000 276,571,000 273,655,000 331,489,000 326,541,000 322,672,000 317,057,000 308,252,000 301,701,000 298,361,000 291,395,000 281,913,000 274,928,000 270,311,000 263,904,000 255,937,000 258,264,000 255,152,000 249,303,000 239,816,000 233,701,000 233,279,000 227,040,000 220,527,000 214,540,000 212,787,000 208,875,000 202,731,000 200,079,000 197,060,000 191,403,000 183,277,000 175,620,000 169,314,000 83,082,000 68,551,000 61,721,000 58,843,000 55,877,000 52,179,000 49,197,000 45,313,000 42,105,000 39,879,000 38,399,000 
        treasury stock
      -20,541,000 -23,852,000 -20,803,000 -16,213,000 -14,736,000 -11,208,000 -8,994,000 -6,405,000 -5,829,000 -6,494,000 -5,062,000 -4,846,000 -5,174,000 -6,240,000 -8,351,000 -8,391,000 -9,200,000 -10,179,000 -10,917,000 -11,104,000 -11,783,000 -12,703,000 -12,722,000 -12,722,000 -12,896,000 -16,795,000 -16,829,000 -16,841,000 -17,196,000 -18,165,000 -18,165,000 -18,180,000 -18,180,000 -18,662,000 -18,662,000 -18,678,000 -18,856,000 -19,336,000 -19,644,000 -19,747,000 -21,366,000 -22,591,000 -22,740,000 -21,398,000 -21,932,000 -23,118,000 -23,242,000 -23,242,000 -24,144,000 -24,731,000 -24,825,000 -24,556,000 -24,979,000 -25,468,000    -28,169,000    -23,861,000  -24,929,000 -26,938,000 -27,574,000 -27,574,000 -27,836,000 -28,345,000 -26,482,000 -19,830,000 -13,831,000         -82,000 -126,000 -400,000 -654,000 -2,304,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -22,081,000 -20,889,000 -20,715,000 -20,135,000 -21,879,000 -21,716,000 -20,472,000 -21,156,000 -20,616,000 -19,250,000 -20,123,000 -18,536,000 -20,296,000 -21,165,000 -26,206,000 -22,547,000 -19,117,000 -18,845,000 -20,257,000 -18,873,000 -19,588,000 -20,268,000 -22,363,000 -24,384,000 -24,696,000 -20,183,000 -24,896,000 -23,419,000 -21,704,000 -22,191,000 -19,264,000 -19,237,000 -16,891,000 -17,767,000 -19,545,000 -22,153,000 -24,291,000 -25,289,000 -22,441,000 -21,220,000 -18,179,000 -17,940,000 -16,698,000 -13,197,000 -16,190,000 -11,892,000 -7,094,000 -4,448,000 -6,292,000 -4,583,000 -5,248,000 -6,800,000 -5,423,000 -3,669,000 -2,671,000 -4,427,000 -3,435,000 -4,628,000 -2,494,000 -156,000 -294,000 -1,068,000 -278,000 -305,000 -278,000 -392,000 -813,000 -24,000 -915,000 -712,000 -634,000 -672,000 -668,000  -807,000 -793,000 -650,000  -915,000 -904,000 -823,000 -898,000 -715,000 -715,000  
        total l.b. foster company stockholders’ equity
      173,620,000 175,276,000 174,801,000 174,442,000 170,788,000 178,316,000 181,851,000 147,078,000 144,601,000 142,111,000 141,821,000 142,196,000 136,609,000 137,178,000 175,262,000 180,551,000 181,114,000 183,092,000 182,052,000 180,509,000 176,532,000                                                                 
        noncontrolling interest
      874,000 722,000 793,000 799,000 807,000 698,000 585,000 574,000 676,000 724,000 307,000 396,000 405,000 420,000 439,000 488,000 583,000 518,000 322,000 383,000 354,000                                                                 
        total stockholders’ equity
      174,494,000 175,998,000 175,594,000 175,241,000 171,595,000 179,014,000 182,436,000 147,652,000 145,277,000 142,835,000 142,128,000 142,592,000 137,014,000 137,598,000 175,701,000 181,039,000 181,697,000 183,610,000 182,374,000 180,892,000 176,886,000 176,830,000 173,351,000 163,896,000 162,506,000            131,781,000 133,251,000 176,763,000 184,061,000 278,851,000 282,832,000 281,118,000 344,712,000 335,496,000 335,888,000 334,481,000 327,718,000 317,941,000 316,397,000 308,540,000 296,997,000 290,711,000 287,575,000              222,680,000 218,638,000 217,562,000 218,847,000 216,368,000 222,056,000 213,826,000 124,207,000 109,103,000 101,271,000 98,033,000 94,765,000 90,607,000 84,149,000 79,989,000 76,359,000 73,743,000 70,544,000 
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
      333,783,000 330,372,000 333,889,000 349,925,000 342,826,000 334,550,000 344,544,000 333,261,000 326,401,000 313,206,000 334,591,000 351,568,000 336,378,000 365,310,000 413,192,000 365,422,000 347,412,000 342,595,000 359,803,000 379,941,000 374,476,000 370,395,000 378,930,000 397,364,000 399,075,000            402,240,000 393,023,000 411,280,000 470,016,000 558,105,000 566,660,000 611,574,000 701,827,000 695,726,000 495,121,000 452,365,000 439,952,000 411,165,000 413,654,000 419,918,000 410,872,000 399,629,000 406,122,000              313,826,000 304,471,000 332,120,000 349,958,000 337,138,000 315,544,000 330,772,000 241,594,000 248,206,000 243,954,000 235,833,000 209,325,000 200,294,000 190,897,000 178,286,000 188,698,000 134,095,000 131,159,000 
        contract assets
       6,395,000    16,720,000    29,489,000    33,613,000    36,179,000                                                                    
        current portion of accrued settlement
            4,000,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 10,000,000                                                        
        long-term portion of accrued settlement
                4,000,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 12,000,000 14,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 20,000,000 22,000,000 24,000,000 24,000,000 28,000,000 30,000,000 32,000,000 32,000,000 36,000,000 38,000,000 40,000,000 40,000,000                                                        
        current liabilities of discontinued operations
                         77,000 146,000 330,000 625,000                                                200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 233,000 233,000 233,000 235,000        
        current assets of discontinued operations
                                                    14,000 19,000 88,000 149,000 167,000 195,000 308,000 464,000 1,333,000 138,000                         1,258,000     
        other assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                           
        long-term liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                                           
        liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                                                           
        accrued warranty
                               1,222,000 1,222,000 1,678,000 1,715,000 2,057,000 9,363,000 8,705,000 8,706,000 8,682,000 9,614,000 9,168,000 10,204,000 10,154,000 9,034,000 8,749,000 8,731,000 8,755,000 9,430,000 9,050,000 10,344,000 11,500,000 8,610,000 9,594,000 7,010,000 7,483,000 7,761,000 11,815,000 15,101,000 15,727,000                                
        stockholders' equity:
                                                                                           
        total stockholders' equity
                               169,862,000 138,675,000 136,221,000 127,258,000 122,119,000 155,088,000 149,216,000 145,800,000 146,479,000 143,819,000 137,502,000                   281,378,000 271,040,000 274,384,000 269,815,000 265,788,000 262,999,000 257,277,000 255,747,000 249,053,000 242,113,000 234,954,000 232,592,000 228,343,000                   
        total liabilities and stockholders' equity
                               405,171,000 396,287,000 416,810,000 426,217,000 383,249,000 370,546,000 387,644,000 373,420,000 396,556,000 409,164,000 393,010,000                   421,690,000 402,921,000 371,076,000 379,894,000 375,722,000 373,751,000 367,328,000 378,716,000 354,133,000 340,162,000 325,058,000 333,168,000 319,442,000                   
        prepaid income tax
                                   437,000 725,000 347,000 246,000 188,000 1,048,000 1,150,000 11,293,000 14,166,000 7,389,000 5,197,000 5,638,000 1,131,000 912,000 3,190,000 3,190,000 2,790,000 233,000 674,000 3,977,000 4,741,000 5,547,000 3,731,000 3,045,000 1,195,000    3,684,000    972,000    248,000       329,000   123,000 691,000 836,000 2,901,000       
        investments
                                    155,000 159,000 159,000 162,000 151,000 3,976,000 3,831,000 4,031,000 4,374,000 4,638,000 5,124,000 5,321,000 5,485,000 5,784,000 5,907,000 5,824,000 5,365,000 4,896,000 5,204,000 5,090,000 4,666,000 4,460,000 4,130,000 4,332,000 4,137,000 3,826,000 3,518,000 3,495,000 3,182,000 2,605,000 2,074,000 1,987,000 4,053,000 3,739,000 3,628,000 3,358,000 2,985,000 4,541,000 2,524,000 2,856,000     25,890,000 17,171,000 16,924,000 16,676,000 16,429,000 16,181,000 15,934,000 15,687,000 15,192,000 14,697,000 13,707,000 
        accounts receivable — net
                                           66,632,000    78,487,000    90,178,000    98,437,000    59,673,000                64,313,000    53,610,000    61,550,000    47,403,000  39,929,000  
        inventories — net
                                           83,243,000    96,396,000    95,089,000    76,956,000    107,108,000                102,916,000    102,447,000    99,803,000    68,949,000  42,014,000  
        property, plant, and equipment — net
                                           103,973,000    126,745,000    74,802,000                                        
        other intangibles — net
                                           63,519,000    134,927,000    82,134,000    51,846,000    40,165,000              31,000 34,000 37,000 41,000 44,000 47,000 50,000 53,000 56,000 59,000 62,000 83,000 104,000 124,000  353,000   
        current deferred tax assets
                                                5,269,000 4,832,000 4,440,000 3,497,000 461,000 461,000 461,000 461,000 4,585,000 4,585,000 4,585,000 4,585,000 7,386,000 5,386,000   1,698,000 1,699,000 1,660,000 911,000 3,671,000 3,671,000 3,671,000 3,678,000 2,911,000 2,911,000 2,925,000 2,931,000 3,553,000 3,575,000 3,572,000 3,615,000 2,653,000 2,653,000 2,653,000 2,653,000 1,779,000 1,779,000 1,779,000 1,779,000 1,289,000 1,289,000 1,413,000 
        current deferred tax liabilities
                                                77,000 77,000 77,000 77,000 179,000 179,000 179,000 179,000       782,000 759,000             3,541,000 3,541,000 3,541,000 3,541,000 3,153,000 3,153,000 3,184,000 3,203,000 4,845,000 4,845,000 4,845,000 4,845,000 3,942,000 3,942,000 1,749,000 
        liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                      26,000 26,000 26,000 37,000 67,000 106,000 263,000 121,000                       285,000 399,000 675,000     
        accounts receivable—net
                                                      66,771,000                                     
        inventories—net
                                                      77,644,000                                     
        property, plant, and equipment—net
                                                      51,478,000                                     
        other intangibles—net
                                                      50,705,000                                     
        property, plant and equipment — net
                                                       50,109,000    42,333,000                39,989,000    44,136,000    49,919,000    40,184,000  30,378,000  
        property, plant and equipment - net
                                                        42,672,000 41,640,000 41,491,000     48,118,000    46,336,000    37,407,000                   33,135,000 
        accounts payable - trade
                                                        56,874,000 52,546,000 40,937,000  59,259,000 58,172,000 43,939,000 50,277,000 53,898,000 55,901,000 51,814,000 45,533,000 43,549,000 40,111,000 53,265,000 61,839,000 47,972,000                  23,874,000 
        assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                           
        accounts payable — trade
                                                           50,454,000              45,926,000 40,715,000 62,612,000 76,664,000 65,793,000 39,907,000 53,489,000 55,457,000 59,903,000 52,122,000 57,446,000 45,643,000 40,752,000 46,256,000 42,847,000 52,748,000 27,736,000  
        accounts and notes receivable
                                                             93,053,000 61,927,000  81,257,000 84,052,000 61,846,000  62,387,000 61,935,000 41,037,000  51,768,000 50,031,000 58,710,000  69,432,000 73,865,000 45,687,000  63,017,000 70,285,000 57,187,000  50,887,000 55,247,000 52,863,000  58,596,000   
        trade
                                                            85,382,000 92,251,000 60,385,000  80,514,000 83,120,000 60,890,000  62,355,000 61,616,000 40,998,000  51,450,000 49,688,000 58,347,000  68,865,000 73,402,000 45,234,000  62,821,000 70,233,000 56,827,000  50,407,000 54,737,000 52,712,000  57,699,000   
        other
                                                            612,000 802,000 1,542,000  743,000 932,000 956,000  32,000 319,000 39,000  318,000 343,000 363,000  567,000 463,000 453,000  196,000 52,000 360,000  480,000 510,000 151,000  897,000   
        inventories
                                                            90,928,000 84,742,000 96,163,000  93,880,000 95,731,000 101,779,000  94,688,000 94,164,000 105,934,000  96,986,000 94,293,000 98,058,000  120,336,000 105,449,000 100,705,000  93,680,000 104,670,000 110,120,000  80,410,000 74,855,000 71,290,000  68,386,000   
        prepaid income taxes
                                                            504,000 4,173,000 2,688,000   2,518,000 1,203,000  711,000    247,000 1,520,000                  
        property, plant equipment - at cost
                                                            123,087,000                               
        less accumulated depreciation
                                                            -78,887,000 -78,931,000 -83,490,000  -79,293,000 -78,130,000 -75,755,000  -71,164,000 -69,045,000 -66,951,000  -62,925,000 -61,506,000 -59,522,000  -55,288,000 -53,594,000 -51,521,000  -51,260,000 -49,290,000 -47,178,000  -43,768,000 -42,457,000 -41,219,000  -42,255,000   
        accrued warranty provision
                                                            28,113,000 25,309,000                              
        and 10,073,403 shares at 12/31/2011
                                                            111,000 111,000 111,000                             
        at 9/30/2012 and 1,042,376 shares at 12/31/2011
                                                            -25,719,000                               
        see notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                           
        property, plant & equipment - at cost
                                                             126,284,000 131,816,000  126,189,000 126,727,000 122,885,000  106,617,000 105,271,000 103,786,000  101,253,000                   
        at 6/30/2012 and 1,042,376 shares at 12/31/2011
                                                             -26,080,000                              
        at 3/31/2012 and 1,042,376 shares at 12/31/2011
                                                              -26,656,000                             
        commitments and contingent liabilities
                                                                                           
        see notes to consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                           
        and 10,277,138 shares at 12/31/2010
                                                                111,000 111,000 111,000                         
        at 9/30/2011 and 814,249 shares at 12/31/2010
                                                                -28,751,000                           
        at 6/30/2011 and 814,249 shares at 12/31/2010
                                                                 -24,160,000                          
        at 3/31/2011 and 814,249 shares at 12/31/2010
                                                                  -23,090,000                         
        current maturities of other long-term debt
                                                                   2,402,000 2,745,000 3,099,000                      
        current maturities of term loan
                                                                                           
        long-term debt, term loan
                                                                      9,762,000 10,476,000 11,190,000 11,905,000 12,619,000 13,333,000 14,048,000 14,762,000 15,476,000 16,190,000 16,905,000           
        other long-term debt
                                                                   2,399,000 2,702,000 3,047,000 3,390,000 2,721,000 5,463,000 6,754,000 7,577,000 8,401,000 9,169,000 10,241,000 11,038,000 11,866,000 12,698,000 13,532,000 14,281,000  9,773,000 10,287,000 8,663,000  4,000,000   
        total other assets
                                                                    11,820,000 11,608,000 11,645,000 5,669,000 5,762,000 7,324,000 5,400,000 5,676,000 2,217,000 2,218,000 2,222,000 2,239,000 27,951,000 19,185,000 18,942,000 18,630,000 18,474,000 18,247,000 17,850,000 17,672,000 19,967,000 19,419,000 19,487,000 
        current maturities of long-term debt, term loan
                                                                    10,952,000 11,667,000                      
        and 10,255,855 shares at 12/31/2009
                                                                    111,000                       
        at 9/30/2010 and 927,423 shares at 12/31/2009
                                                                    -24,929,000                       
        property, plant & equipment — at cost
                                                                         99,522,000 97,961,000  96,649,000 96,468,000 95,650,000  98,686,000 97,820,000 93,969,000  93,659,000 89,652,000 83,851,000  78,677,000   
        property held for resale
                                                                               2,497,000   2,522,000        446,000 
        short-term borrowings
                                                                            238,000     1,388,000 775,000 726,000 8,059,000 6,558,000 7,013,000 5,881,000 2,067,000 112,000  
        long-term debt, revolving credit facility
                                                                                           
        accumlated other comprehensive loss
                                                                               -744,000    -611,000       -671,000 
        long-term borrowings
                                                                                 36,830,000 50,882,000  30,625,000 32,884,000 24,509,000  36,016,000   
        other long-term liabilites
                                                                                      3,283,000  2,036,000   
        goodwill and other intangibles — net
                                                                                       625,000  780,000  
        goodwill and other intangibles - net
                                                                                          935,000 
        deferred tax asset
                                                                                          4,095,000 
        in thousands, except share data
                                                                                           
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-08-09 2012-05-08 2012-03-15 2011-11-09 2011-08-09 2011-05-10 2011-03-16 2010-08-09 2010-05-07 2010-03-12 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-06-30 
                                                                                     
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                     
          net income
        1,492,000 2,372,000 4,325,000 2,839,000 -2,117,000 -277,000 35,898,000 2,817,000 4,405,000 -470,000 447,000    -2,105,000         523,000 -1,866,000 26,250,000 3,064,000 9,564,000 3,690,000 -39,057,000 4,971,000   289,000 3,222,000     -91,996,000 -2,832,000 3,328,000 -57,422,000 5,364,000 4,285,000            3,369,000 6,104,000 9,739,000 6,373,000 679,000 6,239,000 7,740,000 1,753,000  5,671,000 3,019,000          2,226,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash from operating activities:
                                                                                     
          deferred income taxes
        -174,000 3,541,000 2,243,000 3,351,000 -766,000 977,000 -30,061,000 -20,000 -41,000 106,000 -248,000 -477,000 -1,233,000 36,747,000 -789,000 401,000 -574,000 -387,000 619,000 619,000 -712,000 4,336,000 -8,599,000 4,000 -58,000 -28,969,000 -140,000 -235,000 -166,000 198,000 -346,000 -192,000 -1,258,000 -1,335,000 -216,000 -347,000 -85,000 43,065,000 -1,215,000 -38,256,000 -219,000 2,699,000 -16,856,000 -219,000 -206,000 -2,273,000 -222,000 -224,000 -195,000 3,905,000 -217,000 -223,000 -221,000 4,234,000 -2,221,000 -6,370,000 -206,000 4,484,000 -141,000 94,000 -953,000 1,123,000 -43,000 7,000 -671,000 11,000 1,000 -3,023,000 4,000 -5,000 -1,041,000 -57,000 -24,000 -2,207,000 -29,000 22,000  
          depreciation
        2,277,000 2,297,000 2,274,000 2,267,000 2,305,000 2,376,000 2,340,000 2,362,000 2,374,000 2,500,000 2,460,000 2,484,000 2,505,000 2,552,000 2,269,000 1,876,000 1,938,000 2,002,000 2,041,000 2,018,000 1,990,000 2,012,000 518,000 2,613,000 2,707,000 2,759,000 2,755,000 2,768,000 2,772,000 2,810,000 2,803,000 2,938,000 2,944,000 3,144,000 3,178,000 3,245,000 3,282,000 3,297,000 3,295,000 3,598,000 3,727,000 3,836,000 3,818,000                                   
          amortization
        618,000 655,000 694,000 840,000 1,122,000 1,142,000 1,146,000 1,123,000 1,217,000 1,195,000 1,379,000 1,375,000 1,365,000 1,690,000 1,599,000 1,419,000 1,436,000 1,439,000 1,462,000 1,470,000 1,465,000 1,458,000 1,362,000 1,446,000 1,463,000 1,531,000 1,655,000 1,679,000 1,712,000 1,776,000 1,762,000 1,775,000 1,785,000 1,774,000 1,764,000 1,695,000 1,759,000 1,757,000 1,763,000 2,789,000 3,266,000 3,295,000 3,337,000                                   
          equity in income of nonconsolidated investments
          -15,000 -54,000       1,000 -17,000  49,000 -87,000                            -173,000 -459,000                                
          stock-based compensation
        1,882,000 1,639,000 1,306,000 1,277,000 834,000 699,000 788,000 1,314,000 1,033,000 1,422,000 928,000 945,000 884,000 810,000 387,000 925,000 258,000 145,000 587,000 386,000 827,000 -706,000 604,000 558,000 680,000 245,000 876,000 1,179,000 855,000 998,000 934,000 822,000 1,082,000                        739,000 238,000 465,000 866,000 389,000 745,000 799,000 215,000 -84,000 545,000 123,000 149,000 55,000 29,000 27,000 60,000 31,000 34,000 133,000 63,000  
          change in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                                     
          accounts receivable
        2,463,000 -16,099,000 6,822,000 -13,245,000 7,756,000 714,000 9,556,000 -18,490,000 -4,042,000 11,440,000 9,343,000 -19,655,000 26,239,000 -1,301,000 -6,433,000 -12,771,000 -4,556,000 8,678,000 13,492,000 -12,663,000 -7,213,000 3,623,000 16,592,000 -4,130,000 -363,000 7,018,000 13,312,000 764,000 -13,166,000 -804,000 9,426,000 -20,070,000 10,000 2,682,000 -1,948,000 -50,000 -9,901,000 -1,532,000 16,246,000 -7,029,000 4,274,000 32,708,000 -8,009,000 -9,520,000 16,044,000 7,368,000 3,636,000 -27,329,000 31,513,000 -8,126,000 -9,231,000 -6,848,000 -12,852,000 25,884,000 6,178,000 -32,139,000 6,900,000 12,951,000 2,012,000 -22,178,000 8,207,000 12,606,000 -757,000 20,141,000 -9,410,000 14,282,000 5,603,000 5,119,000 -20,255,000 7,923,000 9,407,000 -8,735,000 4,363,000 -10,663,000 -9,806,000 -7,422,000 -18,667,000 
          contract assets
        2,721,000 1,537,000 4,772,000 1,059,000 3,691,000 2,523,000 1,411,000 3,363,000 5,136,000 2,058,000 2,772,000 -2,173,000 -860,000 497,000 -3,227,000 1,074,000 1,116,000                                                             
          inventories
        -8,392,000 8,766,000 5,707,000 6,191,000 -11,083,000 2,841,000 6,183,000 5,723,000 -12,371,000 9,058,000 -2,979,000 2,496,000 -15,564,000 9,773,000 -10,876,000 -5,914,000 -4,781,000 8,692,000 -15,485,000 3,249,000 -429,000 2,750,000 -2,871,000 -177,000 3,577,000 11,645,000 4,885,000 7,621,000 -17,463,000 -12,857,000 -6,008,000 -1,656,000 -2,882,000 6,688,000 -18,849,000 -1,427,000 940,000 7,291,000 3,419,000 -4,332,000 4,101,000 5,614,000 6,549,000 444,000 -8,276,000 1,967,000 -4,244,000 -6,762,000 -833,000 16,527,000 5,398,000 8,289,000 -295,000 -16,600,000 -6,897,000 9,474,000 -3,621,000 1,869,000 1,051,000 6,115,000 -11,106,000 25,394,000 5,736,000 -6,034,000 -1,996,000 8,623,000 4,858,000 17,420,000 -3,002,000 1,742,000 -8,767,000 -4,867,000 -10,317,000 -19,393,000 -7,811,000 -4,246,000 -26,372,000 
          other current assets
        -3,228,000 3,111,000 1,206,000 346,000 -2,895,000 2,944,000 637,000 355,000 -3,012,000 14,000 2,359,000 -460,000 -791,000 1,246,000 5,882,000 1,075,000 -4,648,000 1,506,000 146,000 -31,000 -1,360,000 2,110,000 959,000 1,442,000 -3,928,000 1,016,000 1,092,000 1,349,000 -1,961,000 1,300,000 1,068,000 547,000 -2,775,000 1,136,000 653,000 230,000 -1,669,000 1,759,000 580,000 1,136,000 -2,095,000 2,623,000 728,000 956,000 -1,059,000 -567,000 1,362,000 -44,000 -1,755,000 1,366,000 -836,000 458,000 -1,298,000 989,000 -44,000 307,000 -1,495,000 368,000 810,000 -818,000 562,000 -65,000 55,000 -96,000 261,000 -420,000 -753,000 83,000 -378,000 -570,000 -9,000 -336,000 -575,000 182,000 -867,000 -1,118,000 -210,000 
          other noncurrent assets
        1,544,000 1,107,000 8,221,000 655,000 -5,236,000 -5,954,000 1,101,000 991,000 425,000 609,000 103,000 574,000 -1,439,000 -4,604,000 753,000 897,000 818,000 -1,905,000 848,000 764,000 451,000 523,000 1,028,000 518,000 -4,939,000 23,000 65,000 -1,081,000 591,000 187,000 672,000 230,000 230,000 240,000 245,000 238,000 236,000 -58,000 177,000 -204,000 144,000 192,000 156,000 172,000 -1,429,000 62,000 -555,000 64,000 43,000 55,000 61,000 57,000 91,000 -293,000 33,000 33,000 33,000 296,000 -34,000 -401,000 3,000 3,000 72,000 51,000 36,000 15,000 -65,000 -7,000 15,000 14,000 24,000 -466,000 -232,000 -227,000 -722,000 -282,000 -625,000 
          accounts payable
        -8,152,000 14,211,000 -2,220,000 2,668,000 -12,649,000 9,796,000 -4,640,000 2,848,000 2,395,000 -4,954,000 736,000 -4,456,000 4,921,000 -2,241,000 2,960,000 4,667,000 4,680,000 -12,749,000 -11,746,000 -581,000 11,435,000 -5,208,000 -11,800,000 7,529,000 532,000 -8,497,000 -5,088,000 -11,758,000 12,653,000 4,606,000 -1,970,000 10,815,000 10,759,000 -7,417,000 2,483,000 1,062,000 18,472,000 -2,749,000 -17,040,000 13,011,000 -9,227,000 -1,146,000 -2,957,000 -623,000 -12,478,000 2,558,000 636,000 15,659,000 -2,568,000                             
          deferred revenue
        2,797,000 -3,152,000 83,000 -1,281,000 -129,000 631,000 2,056,000 -3,909,000 -1,008,000 -3,632,000 155,000 1,334,000 -707,000 -2,844,000 2,192,000 -606,000 5,907,000 239,000 -4,122,000 2,016,000 8,152,000 -740,000 -726,000 -2,111,000 2,262,000 -361,000 203,000 -5,602,000 7,542,000 -5,769,000 168,000 2,028,000 82,000 -899,000 5,178,000 -1,088,000 -751,000 118,000 -1,546,000 949,000 1,463,000 -1,962,000 756,000 10,000 -1,083,000 -3,501,000 1,532,000 1,159,000 1,401,000 1,649,000 -5,937,000 -2,177,000 4,660,000 -1,583,000 3,857,000 694,000 -1,501,000 -460,000 1,134,000 -4,472,000 -5,811,000 -15,580,000                
          accrued payroll and employee benefits
        -4,747,000 2,170,000 1,406,000 2,396,000 -10,129,000 4,278,000 3,262,000 2,590,000 -11,599,000 4,555,000 3,694,000 4,501,000 -6,386,000 1,642,000 2,526,000 1,238,000 -4,181,000 -508,000 2,358,000 1,989,000 -3,495,000 -73,000 170,000 1,912,000 -6,094,000 1,592,000 1,913,000 2,951,000 -5,438,000 2,011,000 1,053,000 3,784,000 -5,615,000 1,526,000 1,856,000 2,383,000 -1,505,000 -382,000 364,000 310,000 -2,968,000 147,000 416,000 -159,000 -5,540,000 2,067,000 2,332,000 1,278,000 -3,135,000 1,936,000 222,000 1,174,000 -3,940,000 1,495,000 916,000 1,519,000 -4,524,000 368,000 1,957,000 983,000 -3,680,000 -1,573,000 -1,029,000 -1,806,000 494,000 -3,677,000 -4,367,000 -535,000 -5,184,000 -5,847,000 824,000 2,596,000 298,000 1,482,000 -1,021,000 -1,868,000 587,000 
          other current liabilities
        -454,000 497,000 1,591,000 1,532,000 -2,613,000 -855,000 -1,638,000 -2,403,000 -1,807,000 3,599,000 -103,000 2,040,000 -2,981,000 822,000 1,802,000 629,000 -2,377,000 1,054,000 -900,000 -177,000 -2,384,000 -3,968,000 2,963,000 55,000 -3,124,000 108,000 892,000 372,000 -2,305,000 1,759,000 1,142,000 569,000 576,000 175,000 404,000 -362,000 -805,000 476,000 144,000 843,000 -31,000 -3,819,000 743,000 815,000 -1,928,000 1,526,000 -799,000 2,335,000 -330,000 -1,330,000 -1,957,000 -4,196,000 -78,000 -14,545,000 2,503,000 18,475,000 222,000 -3,785,000 805,000 289,000 530,000 1,281,000 -1,075,000 -811,000 -662,000 -300,000 -760,000 -259,000 -83,000 -3,090,000 1,922,000 976,000 478,000 2,734,000 -1,367,000 1,003,000 2,425,000 
          other long-term liabilities
        -1,085,000  -9,234,000 -1,148,000 5,827,000  -849,000 -786,000 -1,395,000  -425,000 -976,000 1,148,000  -890,000 96,000 -1,022,000  -481,000 -678,000 -621,000  -667,000 -512,000 4,504,000  198,000 -478,000 -733,000  -58,000                                               
          net cash from operating activities
        -10,438,000 22,172,000 29,181,000 10,402,000 -26,136,000 24,285,000 25,165,000 -4,954,000 -21,864,000 22,066,000 18,643,000 -10,265,000 6,932,000           13,038,000 -6,890,000 16,014,000 22,712,000 4,117,000 -13,546,000 3,539,000 14,523,000 5,311,000 2,591,000 11,856,000 -2,405,000   -30,281,000    42,484,000                20,639,000    26,827,000 16,712,000               
          capital expenditures
                                                       
          free cash flows
        -10,438,000 22,172,000 29,181,000 10,402,000 -26,136,000 24,285,000 25,165,000 -4,954,000 -21,864,000 22,066,000 18,643,000 -10,265,000 6,932,000           13,038,000 -6,890,000 16,014,000 22,712,000 4,117,000 -13,546,000 3,539,000 14,523,000 5,311,000 2,591,000 11,856,000 -2,405,000   -30,281,000    42,484,000                20,639,000    26,827,000 16,712,000               
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                     
          capital expenditures on property, plant, and equipment
        -2,960,000 -2,367,000 -2,809,000 -2,673,000 -2,575,000 -1,957,000 -3,488,000 -2,054,000 -2,292,000 -2,149,000 -1,289,000 -796,000 -699,000 -3,074,000 -1,511,000 -1,284,000 -1,764,000 -1,052,000 -1,320,000 -921,000 -1,327,000 -1,529,000 -217,000 -2,989,000 -4,444,000 -3,794,000 -1,189,000 -1,276,000 -2,572,000 -2,055,000 -1,380,000 -1,093,000 -723,000 -814,000 -738,000 -1,144,000 -3,453,000 -1,157,000 -1,437,000 -1,945,000 -3,125,000 -3,295,000 -3,372,000 -3,780,000 -4,466,000 -5,463,000 -3,911,000 -4,183,000 -3,499,000                             
          net cash from investing activities
        -2,960,000 -2,369,000 -2,805,000 -2,624,000 -2,575,000 -2,359,000 -3,488,000 -1,674,000 1,209,000 -3,732,000 -1,918,000 3,055,000 4,661,000           -2,979,000 -4,443,000 -2,896,000 -1,012,000 -1,259,000 -2,513,000  3,911,000                                               
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                     
          repayments of debt
        -97,658,000 -111,140,000 -73,133,000 -57,958,000 -71,314,000 -64,635,000 -65,388,000 -44,782,000 -55,835,000 -58,553,000 -54,864,000 -40,118,000 -55,133,000 -59,666,000 -50,678,000 -47,201,000 -30,892,000 -36,148,000 -56,558,000 -47,345,000 -43,321,000 -38,737,000 -47,796,000 -46,999,000 -39,360,000 -53,379,000 -59,675,000 -53,855,000 -43,414,000 -42,165,000 -53,164,000 -39,286,000 -60,639,000 -69,599,000 -30,566,000 -54,122,000 -28,431,000 -21,227,000 -66,026,000 -31,032,000 -37,142,000 -52,291,000 -46,530,000                                   
          proceeds from debt
        114,603,000 95,637,000 50,756,000 55,407,000 106,205,000 44,479,000 45,595,000 53,826,000 78,746,000 41,555,000 37,522,000 49,245,000 43,086,000 51,343,000 100,956,000 61,669,000 35,301,000 34,932,000 51,806,000 47,873,000 35,026,000 34,656,000 41,374,000 38,386,000 45,362,000 38,573,000 41,559,000 54,788,000 58,614,000 40,678,000 30,597,000 35,919,000 33,076,000 61,280,000 30,866,000 36,841,000 24,131,000 45,168,000 33,286,000 24,485,000 43,304,000 11,299,000 35,473,000                                   
          treasury stock acquisitions
        -3,846,000 -3,408,000 -4,719,000 -2,313,000 -6,071,000 -2,495,000 -2,602,000 -1,527,000 -1,613,000 -1,432,000 -216,000 -668,000 -309,000 -5,000 -4,000 -4,000 -397,000 -183,000 -2,000 -547,000 -5,000 -3,000 -1,657,000 -21,000 -9,000 -65,000 -526,000 -6,000 -310,000 -6,000 -97,000 -77,000 -97,000 -168,000 -15,000 -1,724,000 -962,000 -67,000 -171,000 -747,000 -75,000 -23,000 -63,000 -547,000    -224,000 21,000 -4,932,000      -1,863,000 -1,863,000           
          net cash from financing activities
        13,099,000 -18,911,000 -27,096,000 -6,352,000 28,820,000 -22,651,000 -22,395,000 7,517,000 21,298,000 -18,175,000 -17,558,000 8,459,000 -12,022,000           -9,034,000 4,345,000 -14,827,000 -18,125,000 32,000 14,674,000            5,504,000                               -1,744,000 11,313,000  16,048,000 5,116,000 24,054,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
        -58,000 28,000 -38,000 148,000 49,000 44,000 -168,000 -16,000 -55,000 -568,000 -78,000 -8,000 186,000 364,000 -623,000 -507,000 30,000 -71,000 -129,000 359,000 -206,000 376,000 257,000 -56,000 -772,000 513,000 -202,000 72,000 142,000 577,000 454,000 -641,000 -698,000 -127,000 1,155,000 936,000 369,000 -1,057,000 22,000 -647,000 777,000 -513,000 -1,612,000 1,047,000 -2,520,000 -1,744,000 -1,997,000 1,293,000 -1,194,000 -914,000 1,054,000 -1,040,000 -1,206,000 -359,000 1,176,000 -584,000 707,000 433,000 -1,820,000 66,000 464,000                 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
        -357,000 920,000 -758,000 1,574,000 158,000  -886,000 873,000 588,000  -911,000           -1,747,000 1,924,000   -1,196,000 3,373,000   696,000 -3,685,000 2,287,000 -26,694,000 2,670,000 -449,000 1,689,000 3,405,000      -2,351,000 -1,989,000 -14,474,000 -34,492,000 -1,039,000 -3,576,000 26,508,000 -31,374,000 1,319,000   806,000 23,415,000   16,592,000 11,440,000    6,473,000  2,827,000 3,016,000  3,319,000 -13,449,000 -3,898,000 115,351,000 78,000 2,079,000 -2,455,000 -195,000 -192,000 2,762,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
        4,348,000 2,454,000 2,560,000 2,882,000 10,372,000 7,564,000 14,178,000 10,282,000 37,678,000 30,363,000 33,312,000 52,024,000 64,623,000 101,464,000 73,727,000  74,800,000  124,845,000 124,845,000  115,074,000 115,074,000  121,097,000 121,097,000  1,309,000 1,309,000  1,596,000 1,596,000 280,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
        3,991,000 920,000 -758,000 1,574,000 2,612,000 -681,000 -886,000 873,000 3,148,000 -409,000 -911,000 1,241,000 2,639,000 -2,061,000 -2,718,000 1,422,000 6,239,000 3,967,000 2,265,000 -875,000 5,015,000 -1,747,000 1,924,000 969,000 6,418,000 -1,196,000 3,373,000 2,962,000 9,039,000 696,000 -3,685,000 2,287,000 10,984,000 2,670,000 -449,000 1,689,000 33,768,000 26,712,000 -29,154,000 1,922,000 30,883,000 102,000 -2,351,000 -1,989,000 37,550,000 -34,492,000 -1,039,000 -3,576,000 91,131,000 -31,374,000 1,319,000 13,243,000 81,435,000 806,000 23,415,000 9,492,000 67,751,000  11,440,000 -13,189,000 58,884,000  131,318,000 124,545,000  118,090,000 98,965,000  107,648,000 117,199,000  1,387,000 3,388,000  1,401,000 1,404,000 3,042,000 
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                                                                                     
          interest paid
        822,000  1,305,000 1,407,000 1,010,000  1,252,000 1,388,000 992,000  1,462,000 1,464,000 1,425,000 1,364,000 675,000 293,000 369,000 410,000 766,000 786,000 653,000 813,000 949,000 697,000 807,000 988,000 1,107,000 1,313,000 1,179,000 1,109,000 1,121,000 2,383,000 964,000 1,990,000 1,703,000 2,056,000 1,840,000 1,370,000 1,274,000 1,155,000 1,056,000 1,161,000 1,042,000 1,183,000 288,000 95,000 90,000 90,000 87,000 73,000 82,000 89,000 86,000 104,000 104,000 91,000 106,000 145,000 137,000 47,000 176,000 201,000 398,000 193,000 251,000 593,000 535,000 431,000 996,000 532,000 689,000 2,286,000 1,133,000 933,000 1,411,000 666,000 833,000 
          income taxes paid
        192,000  335,000 487,000 341,000  369,000 924,000 303,000     144,000 -5,540,000 433,000 -44,000 276,000 317,000 852,000 46,000 295,000 1,003,000 154,000 1,173,000 337,000 781,000 4,491,000 904,000 435,000 773,000 2,310,000 994,000 44,000 247,000 -9,375,000 -2,105,000 -49,000 4,000 402,000 3,585,000 1,555,000 -99,000 2,828,000 3,551,000 9,768,000 1,895,000 1,474,000 1,480,000 3,950,000 6,189,000 4,482,000 4,076,000 1,303,000 4,420,000 5,730,000 546,000 3,081,000 1,156,000 4,418,000 740,000 3,039,000 3,199,000 272,000 3,757,000 7,253,000 3,641,000 5,520,000 9,096,000 6,387,000 44,674,000 4,132,000 1,311,000 18,000 1,972,000 181,000 9,000 
          inventory and fixed asset impairments
                                                                                     
          equity loss in nonconsolidated investment
                                                                                     
          gain on sales and disposals of property, plant, and equipment
             6,000 -25,000 -838,000 -3,574,000 -93,000                                                                   
          accrued settlement
             -4,000,000 -2,000,000   -4,000,000 -2,000,000   -4,000,000 -2,000,000   -4,000,000 -2,000,000   -4,000,000 -2,000,000   -4,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000                                                 
          other liabilities
                                        -54,000 1,622,000 -61,000 27,000 -29,000 -80,000 -208,000 26,000 -171,000 -653,000 235,000 -673,000 -17,000 767,000 -174,000 -535,000 595,000 -52,000 -212,000 -153,000 -301,000 844,000 -55,000 -127,000 -281,000 2,784,000 -605,000 389,000 -624,000 -761,000 3,000 16,000 -233,000 17,000 8,000 1,451,000 -446,000 -380,000 16,000 -1,943,000 -1,833,000 1,390,000 482,000 212,000 -556,000 
          proceeds from the sale of property, plant, and equipment
         -2,000 4,000   14,000 380,000 3,501,000 523,000 16,000 8,000 22,000 207,000 30,000     4,000 1,000 10,000 1,000 898,000 177,000 17,000 59,000 122,000 181,000 2,077,000 9,000 74,000 1,245,000 5,000 138,000 46,000 155,000 671,000 97,000 4,950,000 226,000 159,000 4,000 184,000                             
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                 -1,583,000 -629,000   709,000                            -2,130,000 -4,671,000 -189,200,000                                 
          debt issuance costs
                      -48,000    -44,000 -36,000                                                     
          deferred payment for skratch acquisition
                                                                                   
          net interest paid
                                                                                     
          net income taxes paid
                                                                                     
          inventory and fixed asset exit costs
                                                                                    
          right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities
                                                                                     
          loss on asset divestitures
                 1,041,000 2,033,000                                                                 
          proceeds from asset divestitures
                                                                                     
          consideration received from noncontrolling interest
                                                                                     
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                    -243,000  -2,718,000 1,422,000 -4,133,000  2,265,000 -875,000 -2,549,000    -7,760,000    -1,243,000         26,712,000 -29,154,000 1,922,000 -2,429,000            -20,029,000    -5,976,000    -15,916,000   -300,000   -16,109,000           
          equity in loss of nonconsolidated investments
                                 -8,000 -21,000  4,000 3,000          299,000                                   
          proceeds from business dispositions
                  2,362,000 5,344,000                                                                 
          investment of noncontrolling interest
                  334,000     573,000 396,000                                                         
          asset impairments
                                             6,946,000                                       
          equity income in nonconsolidated investment
                                                                                     
          proceeds from asset divestiture
                       1,195,000                                                            
          net income taxes received
                                                                                     
          income taxes received
                    -1,564,000                                                                 
          net loss
                    -2,171,000    -1,586,000                -2,022,000    -2,422,000                                         
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash from operating activities:
                                                                                     
          loss on sales and disposals of property, plant, and equipment
                    -14,000 37,000 -237,000 23,000 21,000 20,000 10,000   221,000 15,000 1,196,000 3,000   799,000 104,000 391,000 3,000 365,000 -469,000 13,000 109,000 -7,000 -31,000 169,000 71,000 -2,189,000 68,000   6,000 3,000 12,000                             
          income from continuing operations
                                                     6,038,000 9,119,000 6,848,000 3,649,000 7,275,000 9,793,000 7,257,000 4,951,000 6,642,000 8,106,000             5,657,000 13,963,000  86,234,000 9,941,000  2,990,000 4,285,000   
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash from continuing operating activities:
                                                                                     
          loss on asset divestiture
                                                                                     
          net cash from continuing operating activities
                     8,260,000 -5,454,000 -5,746,000 -7,636,000 6,000,000 -13,652,000 -772,000 7,614,000 4,348,000                        16,992,000    11,413,000    1,664,000                        
          net cash from discontinued operating activities
                         -69,000 -184,000 -710,000                                                        
          capital contributions to nonconsolidated investment
                                                                                     
          net cash from continuing investing activities
                     -2,357,000 -46,733,000 -6,789,000 -539,000 -1,088,000 21,158,000 -921,000 -1,327,000 -1,631,000                                                        
          net cash from continuing financing activities
                     -8,328,000 50,092,000 14,464,000 4,012,000 -874,000 -5,112,000 528,000 -8,446,000 -4,130,000                                                        
          gain on asset divestitures
                                                                                     
          gain on asset divestiture
                                                                                    
          acquisition, net of cash acquired
                                                                                     
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash fromoperating activities:
                                                                                     
          loss on derivative
                                                                                     
          prepaid income tax
                         -670,000 35,000 -27,000 768,000 133,000 -8,283,000 1,300,000 -2,258,000 2,339,000 -965,000 -2,969,000 -108,000 2,776,000 -1,202,000 -1,546,000 -277,000 1,409,000 -298,000 10,117,000 2,750,000 -6,599,000 -2,174,000 368,000 -4,630,000 -1,835,000 3,917,000 -203,000 -745,000 -2,448,000 1,943,000 2,585,000 450,000 -3,464,000 -707,000 -1,118,000 -1,593,000 -1,358,000 3,827,000 131,000 1,739,000  3,171,000 -1,206,000 -296,000  871,000 448,000  -1,464,000    -329,000  1,359,000 358,000     
          acquisition
                            -106,000                                                        
          net cash from discontinued investing activities
                                                                                5,330,000 5,330,000  
          net cash from discontinued financing activities
                                                                                    
          net income from continuing operations
                          2,240,000                                                   6,306,000   3,092,000   1,206,000  
          adjustments to reconcile net income from continuing operations to cash from operating activities:
                                                                                     
          net loss from continuing operations
                            -1,270,000                                                         
          adjustments to reconcile net loss from continuing operations to cash from operating activities:
                                                                                     
          concrete tie settlement expense
                                                                                     
          equity loss in nonconsolidated investments
                                              263,000                                       
          pension settlement
                                                                                     
          proceeds from sale of equity method investment
                                                                                    
          repayment of revolving line of credit from equity method investment
                                                                                    
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided (used) by operating activities:
                                                                                     
          net cash provided (used) by investing activities
                                                                           -2,550,000 5,388,000         
          net cash used by financing activities
                                       -3,367,000 -27,873,000  294,000                    -446,000 -391,000 -1,781,000 -463,000 -5,424,000 -2,194,000 -1,155,000 -18,585,000 -1,989,000 -1,049,000 -3,410,000 -4,825,000 -3,398,000  -15,948,000         
          change in operating assets and liabilities
                                                                                     
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash provided (used) by operating activities:
                                                                                     
          net cash used by investing activities
                                        -714,000 -740,000 507,000 -1,139,000 -3,315,000 -1,711,000 -1,342,000 -1,274,000 -3,603,000 -414,000 -3,146,000 -8,353,000 -193,662,000            -2,499,000 -4,017,000 -1,712,000 -4,105,000 -11,816,000  -8,250,000 -6,629,000             -7,270,000 
          capital expenditures funded through financing agreements
                                                                                     
          equity loss and remeasurement
                                                                                     
          income tax deficiency (benefit) from stock-based compensation
                                                                                     
          dividends from l b pipe & coupling products, llc
                                                         90,000                           
          loans and capital contributions to equity method investment
                                             -600,000 -60,000                                       
          proceeds from exercise of stock options and stock awards
                                                 68,000      49,000 60,000 13,000 84,000 49,000 41,000 33,000 179,000 272,000 80,000 21,000    464,000 1,177,000 838,000 155,000 91,000 1,746,000 69,000  
          financing fees
                                             -705,000   -1,670,000                                
          cash dividends on common stock paid to shareholders
                                             -415,000 -415,000 -414,000 -412,000 -413,000 -415,000 -416,000 -414,000 -311,000 -311,000 -309,000 -309,000 -311,000 -310,000 -310,000 -257,000 -258,000 -257,000 -257,000 -255,000 -252,000                   
          income tax (deficiency) benefit from stock-based compensation
                                                                                     
          net cash (used) provided by financing activities
                                            -4,397,000 22,951,000 -33,155,000                               -1,085,000 2,041,000       
          equity loss of nonconsolidated investments
                                          -50,000 -145,000 200,000                                         
          share-based compensation
                                            167,000 471,000 320,000 807,000 -252,000 89,000 -514,000 1,276,000 620,000 604,000 604,000 1,224,000 575,000 628,000 437,000 460,000 631,000 677,000 477,000                       
          income tax deficiency from share-based compensation
                                                                                     
          income tax deficiency from stock-based compensation
                                                                                     
          net cash provided (used) by operating activities
                                            10,748,000                           7,378,000  10,796,000      4,594,000      
          equity loss and remeasurement gain
                                                                                     
          excess income tax deficiency (benefit) from share-based compensation
                                             208,000 48,000 76,000                                     
          change in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
                                                                                     
          dividends from lb pipe & coupling products, llc
                                                 90,000 90,000 450,000 90,000                             
          excess income tax (deficiency) benefit from share-based compensation
                                             -208,000 -48,000 -76,000                                     
          equity loss
                                                196,000                                     
          net cash used by operating activities
                                                -5,107,000                -2,403,000          -12,130,000   -9,194,000   -7,783,000  -14,243,000  -14,022,000 
          loan to equity method investment
                                                -575,000                                     
          impairment of goodwill
                                                                                    
          excess income tax benefit from share-based compensation
                                                 36,000 21,000 -310,000 -53,000 -198,000 -85,000                             
          capital contributions to equity method investments
                                                                                   
          net cash provided (used) by financing activities
                                                 -41,455,000 -13,215,000 -178,000 189,137,000                                 
          net cash (used) provided by operating activities
                                                   5,495,000 -7,429,000               -6,956,000 -3,409,000        -2,889,000       -5,904,000  
          depreciation and amortization
                                                    4,776,000 3,330,000 3,259,000 3,086,000 2,902,000 2,904,000 2,357,000 2,376,000 2,365,000 3,398,000 3,355,000 3,120,000 3,100,000 3,285,000 3,081,000 3,055,000 2,939,000 2,849,000 4,396,000 2,163,000 2,254,000 4,311,000 2,148,000 2,202,000 4,408,000 2,155,000 2,187,000 4,261,000 2,121,000 1,776,000 2,839,000 1,386,000 2,476,000 
          repayments of long-term debt
                                                    -28,084,000                           -1,559,000   -219,000  -307,000 
          proceeds from long-term debt
                                                    219,891,000                                 
          adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                     
          deferred gain amortization on sale-leaseback
                                                             -114,000 -342,000 -343,000 -631,000 -53,000 -54,000 -54,000 -107,000 -54,000 -54,000 -107,000 -54,000 -54,000 -72,000 -18,000        
          net cash from discontinued operations
                                                     9,000 5,000 48,000 61,000    124,000                    6,000 -75,000    
          net cash used by continuing investing activities
                                                     -73,474,000 -16,284,000 -4,183,000 -3,810,000 -41,526,000 -2,522,000 -2,481,000 -645,000 -811,000 -1,499,000                 -2,759,000 -1,457,000 -4,125,000 -8,641,000 -5,160,000  
          net cash provided (used) by continuing financing activities
                                                                                     
          acquisitions
                                                                  -8,952,000  -5,050,000 -5,050,000              
          repayments of other long-term debt
                                                      -24,000 -35,000 -19,000 8,000 10,000 -6,000 -18,000 -333,000 -332,000 -347,000 -1,361,000 -349,000 -347,000 -330,000 -1,340,000 -8,133,000 -1,456,000 -615,000 -2,696,000 -1,611,000 -821,000  -1,669,000 -835,000        
          proceeds from other long-term debt
                                                      316,000                             
          net cash used by continuing financing activities
                                                      -808,000 -188,000 -674,000 -365,000 -230,000 -435,000 -686,000                         
          equity in income of nonconsolidated investment
                                                       -142,000 -204,000 -424,000 -296,000 -420,000 -176,000 -194,000 -311,000 -309,000 -23,000                     
          net cash provided (used) by continuing operating activities
                                                       -546,000 32,125,000                             
          acquisition of business
                                                       -495,000                             
          loss on sales and disposals of property, plant and equipment
                                                         79,000 -1,000                           
          excess tax benefit from share-based compensation
                                                         -11,000 -59,000 56,000 -189,000 -78,000 -84,000 11,000 -48,000 -36,000 -58,000 -179,000 -152,000 -338,000 -623,000 -200,000 -56,000  706,000 -754,000  -2,120,000 -646,000 -213,000     
          net cash provided (used) by discontinued operations
                                                         18,000 28,000                        1,311,000 426,000  
          proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment
                                                            8,000 7,000 10,000    43,000                   
          capital expenditures on property, plant and equipment
                                                         -4,026,000 -2,522,000 -2,095,000 -1,031,000 -818,000 -1,509,000 -2,327,000 -2,506,000 -3,832,000 -1,465,000 -3,778,000 -2,864,000 -2,096,000 -2,700,000 -1,329,000 -1,334,000 -2,306,000 -582,000 -826,000 -3,134,000 -2,141,000 -1,416,000 -2,774,000 -1,467,000 -4,200,000 -8,687,000 -5,160,000 -7,278,000 
          capital contributions to equity method investment
                                                                 -175,000 -290,000   -500,000 -250,000 -150,000 -650,000            
          accounts payable - trade
                                                          4,084,000 11,577,000 -9,363,000  1,434,000 14,257,000 -6,528,000  -2,136,000 4,381,000 6,015,000  421,000 -8,574,000 13,867,000             
          net cash (used) provided by continuing operating activities
                                                                                     
          loss on sale of property, plant and equipment
                                                            -8,000 74,000 28,000 222,000 64,000 50,000 63,000 2,000 30,000 9,000 1,000 1,000      26,000 -6,000   5,000  27,000 
          net cash used by continuing operating activities
                                                            -17,616,000                         
          capital distributions received from equity method investment
                                                            378,000                         
          net cash used by discontinued operations
                                                              1,081,000                       
          gain on sale of marketable securities
                                                                                    
          unrealized loss on derivative mark-to-market
                                                                     11,000 11,000 -10,000 32,000 7,000          
          accounts payable — trade
                                                                         -16,686,000 -21,897,000 -14,252,000 12,304,000 -13,582,000 -1,968,000 2,457,000 -5,324,000 11,803,000 -335,000 5,169,000 25,012,000 
          net cash provided/(used) by discontinued operations
                                                             -10,372,000 2,001,000                       
          repayments of term loan
                                                                                     
          net cash used by discontinued financing activities
                                                                                     
          accrued portec purchase price funded in january 2011
                                                                                     
          portec available-for-sale securities redeemed as part of acquisition
                                                                                     
          capital expenditures funded through capital leases
                                                                                     
          adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations
                                                                                     
          to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                     
          l. b. foster company and subsidiaries
                                                                                     
          condensed consolidated statements of cash flows
                                                                                     
          see notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                     
          to net cash provided/(used) by operating activities:
                                                                                     
          net cash provided/(used) by continuing operating activities
                                                                                     
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used
                                                                                     
          by operating activities:
                                                                                     
          proceeds from fixed asset sales
                                                                7,000                     
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                     
          equity in losses of nonconsolidated investments
                                                                     -59,000 241,000               
          prepaid income taxes
                                                                                     
          accounts payable – trade
                                                                                     
          acquisitions, net of cash received
                                                                                     
          proceeds from the sale of assets, property, plant and equipment
                                                                                     
          proceeds from the sale of marketable securities
                                                                                     
          consolidated statements of cash flows for
                                                                                     
          the three years ended december 31, 2011
                                                                                     
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                                     
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                     
          supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
                                                                                     
          see notes to consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                     
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
                                                                                     
          equity in losses of nonconsolidated investment
                                                                  -287,000 -196,000 -87,000   147,000              
          repayments of long-term debt, term loan
                                                                      -1,428,000 -714,000 -714,000 -1,428,000 -714,000 -715,000 -1,666,000 -714,000        
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used) provided
                                                                                     
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used by operating activities:
                                                                                     
          gain on sale of dm&e investment
                                                                           -2,022,000 -2,022,000        
          purchase of investments
                                                                                     
          proceeds from the sale of dm&e investment
                                                                                     
          net cash (used) provided by investing activities
                                                                        -1,484,000 -2,955,000 -581,000           
          the three years ended december 31, 2010
                                                                                     
          net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                     
          proceeds from sale of marketable securities
                                                                                     
          proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
                                                                         1,000 1,000  6,500,000 6,500,000  15,000 10,000  46,000  8,000 
          the company financed 0.1 million in certain capital expenditures through the execution of capital leases during the first nine
                                                                                     
          months of 2010. there were no such expenditures during the 2009 period.
                                                                                     
          the company financed 0.1 million in certain capital expenditures through the execution of capital leases during the first six months of 2010. there were no such expenditures during the 2009 period.
                                                                                     
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided (used) by operating activities:
                                                                                     
          losson sale of property, plant and equipment
                                                                                     
          net cash provided (used) by continuing operations
                                                                                     
          repayments of revolving credit agreement borrowings
                                                                                     
          proceeds from long-term debt, term loan
                                                                                     
          repayments of short-term borrowings
                                                                                     
          during 2007 the company financed certain capital expenditures totaling 101,000 through the execution of capital leases.
                                                                                     
          there were no such expenditures during 2009 or 2008.
                                                                                     
          loss (gain) on sale of property, plant and equipment
                                                                                     
          proceeds from sale of dm&e investment
                                                                            2,022,000 2,022,000        
          proceeds from revolving credit agreement
                                                                                11,721,000  12,036,000 3,661,000  
          tax benefit related to stock options exercised
                                                                         56,000   754,000   646,000 213,000  1,879,000 69,000  
          gain on sale of property, plant and equipment
                                                                         -1,000 -1,000  -1,476,000 -1,486,000   -6,000     
          net cash (used) provided by discontinued operations
                                                                              -35,000 -13,000      
          net cash provided (used) by continuing investing activities
                                                                             6,381,000        
          (repayments) proceeds of revolving credit agreement borrowings
                                                                                     
          (repayments) proceeds of other long-term debt
                                                                                     
          proceeds (repayments) of revolving credit agreement
                                                                                     
          repayments of other short-term borrowings
                                                                                     
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
                                                                            464,000         
          acquisition of treasury stock
                                                                            -13,831,000         
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used) provided by operating activities:
                                                                                     
          unrealized gain on derivative mark-to-market
                                                                            34,000 -34,000 -14,000   -29,000 -29,000 -345,000 
          repayments of revolving credit agreement
                                                                                     
          proceeds from other short-term borrowings
                                                                               662,000   606,000 1,061,000 2,067,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
                                                                                     
          used by operating activities:
                                                                                     
          stock option tax benefit
                                                                                     
          net cash used by continuing operations
                                                                                     
          (repayments) proceeds from short-term borrowings
                                                                                     
          (repayments) proceeds from revolving credit agreement
                                                                               -2,331,000      
          (repayments) proceeds from other short-term borrowings
                                                                                     
          (repayments) proceeds of long-term debt
                                                                                -776,000     
          proceeds (repayments) of revolving credit agreement borrowings
                                                                                     
          proceeds (repayments) of long-term debt
                                                                                   256,000  
          net cash (used) provided by continuing operations
                                                                                     
          exercise of stock options and stock awards
                                                                                    390,000 
          proceeds from revolving credit agreement borrowings
                                                                                    21,904,000 
          impairment of equity investment and advances
                                                                                     
          purchase of dm&e stock
                                                                                     
          exercise of stock options and stock awards, including tax benefit
                                                                                     
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
                                                                                     
          treasury share transactions