Geographic sales information is presented below for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):
| 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | ||||||||||
| Net Sales: | ||||||||||||
| United States | $ | 557,734 | $ | 531,912 | $ | 530,606 | ||||||
| Europe | 573,786 | 549,341 | 574,770 | |||||||||
| Asia: | ||||||||||||
| China | 240,535 | 212,701 | 175,409 | |||||||||
| Japan | 170,115 | 207,340 | 211,893 | |||||||||
| Asia Other | 216,229 | 215,612 | 222,082 | |||||||||
| Total Asia | 626,879 | 635,653 | 609,384 | |||||||||
| Other | 145,819 | 126,735 | 136,424 | |||||||||
| Total net sales | $ | 1,904,218 | $ | 1,843,641 | $ | 1,851,184 | ||||||