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   &lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="background-color: #cceeff; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt"&gt;Components of net periodic benefit cost:&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="background-color: white; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; width: 64%; text-indent: 0pt"&gt;Interest cost&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&#13; 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    <us-gaap:SegmentReportingDisclosureTextBlock contextRef="From2012-01-01to2012-03-31">&lt;p style="margin: 0pt"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Note 5&amp;#8212; Segment Information&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="margin: 0pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;The Company reports financial&#13;information based on the organizational structure used by management for making operating and investment decisions and for assessing&#13;performance. The Company&amp;#8217;s reportable business segments consist of: (1) United States; (2) Canada and (3) Europe. As described&#13;below, the activities of the Company&amp;#8217;s Asian operations are closely linked to those of the U.S. operations; accordingly,&#13;management reviews the financial results of both on a consolidated basis, and the results of the Asian operations have been aggregated&#13;with the results of the United States operations to form one reportable segment called the &amp;#8220;United States segment&amp;#8221;&#13;or &amp;#8220;U.S. operating segment&amp;#8221;. Each reportable segment derives its revenue from the sales of cutting devices, measuring&#13;instruments and safety products for school, office, home, hardware and industrial use.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="margin: 0pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;Domestic sales orders are filled&#13;from the Company&amp;#8217;s distribution center in North Carolina. The Company is responsible for the costs of shipping, insurance,&#13;customs clearance, duties, storage and distribution related to such products.&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Orders filled from the Company&amp;#8217;s&#13;inventory are generally for less than container-sized lots.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="margin: 0pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;Direct import sales are products&#13;sold by the Company&amp;#8217;s Asian subsidiary, directly to major U.S. retailers, who take ownership of the products in Asia. These&#13;sales are completed by delivering product to the customers&amp;#8217; common carriers at the shipping points in Asia. Direct import&#13;sales are made in larger quantities than domestic sales, typically full containers. Direct import sales represented approximately&#13;10% and 8% of the Company&amp;#8217;s total net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="margin: 0pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;The chief operating decision&#13;maker evaluates the performance of each operating segment based on segment revenues and operating income. Segment amounts are presented&#13;after converting to U.S. dollars and consolidating eliminations.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;Financial data by segment (in&#13;thousands):&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="margin: 0pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-family: times new roman"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-weight: bold"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="6" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Three months ended&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;        &lt;p style="margin: 0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;March 31&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13; 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vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 64%; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt; padding-left: 27pt"&gt;United States&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 14%; text-align: right"&gt;12,595&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 2%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; width: 2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 14%; text-align: right"&gt;10,559&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="background-color: white; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt; padding-left: 27pt"&gt;Canada&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13; 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padding-bottom: 2px"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="background-color: white; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4px; text-indent: 0pt; padding-left: 27pt"&gt;Consolidated income before taxes&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; padding-bottom: 4px"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: black 4px double; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: black 4px double; text-align: right"&gt;360&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4px"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; padding-bottom: 4px"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: black 4px double; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: black 4px double; text-align: right"&gt;161&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4px"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;/table&gt;&#13;&lt;p style="margin: 0pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; 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