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Divestiture | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Divestiture [Abstract] |
Divestiture | 14. Divestiture In 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized management to explore strategic alternatives for a facility and certain related business lines within the Flavors & Fragrances segment in Strasbourg, France. In 2016, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $10.8 million, in selling and administrative expense, reducing the carrying value of the long-lived assets for this facility to zero. An estimate of the fair value of this business less cost to sell was determined to be lower than its carrying value. The difference between the fair value and its carrying value exceeded the existing net book value of the long-lived assets. In addition, the Company incurred $0.7 million of outside professional fees and other related costs in 2016, as a result of the then anticipated divestiture. On January 6, 2017, the Company completed the sale of this facility and certain related business lines for approximately $12.5 million. At that time, the Company recognized an additional non-cash loss of approximately $11.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2017. In addition, an additional non-cash loss of approximately $0.6 million was recognized during the three months ended June 30, 2017. The additional non-cash losses in 2017 were primarily due to changes in the estimates related to working capital balances.

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