date:Nov 13, 2012
y $2.9 million in 2012 compared to 2011 resulting from derivative accounting on interest rate swap contracts.
Net sales for the nine months ended September 29, 2012 were $1,352.4 million, compared to $1,296.6 million in 2011, an increase of 4.3%. Net earnings for the nine months ended September 29, 2012 were $16.4 million, compared to a net loss of $5 million in 2011. The earnings increase resulted from higher volumes, improved margins in 2012 due to better alignment of pricing with our input