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Acquisitions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Schedule of Business Combination Costs | All acquisition related costs (including the gains recognized as a result of the change in fair value of the earn-out obligation) consisted of the following for the years ended December 31 (in thousands):
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Selling, general and administrative costs | $ | (1,594 | ) |  | (34 | ) |  | 456 |
Cost of sales | 206 |  |  | 685 |  |  | 244 |
Total acquisition related costs | $ | (1,388 | ) |  | 651 |  |  | 700 |
2013 Acquisitions |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Schedule of allocation of purchase consideration | The allocation of purchase consideration to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed during 2013 are as follows (in thousands):
Working capital | $ | 2,665 |
Property, plant, and equipment | 153 |
Acquired intangible assets | 2,170 |
Goodwill | 2,466 |
Fair value of purchase consideration | $ | 7,454 |
Schedule of Acquired Intangible Assets | The intangible assets acquired in this acquisition consisted of the following (in thousands):
| Fair Value |  | Estimated Useful Life
Trademarks | $ | 640 |  |  | Indefinite
Technology | 260 |  |  | 15 Years
Customer relationships | 1,130 |  |  | 15 Years
Non-compete agreements | 140 |  |  | 5 Years
Total | $ | 2,170 |  |  |
2012 Acquisitions |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Schedule of allocation of purchase consideration | The allocation of purchase consideration to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed during 2012 are as follows (in thousands):
Working capital | $ | 8,868 |
Property, plant, and equipment | 9,682 |
Intangible assets | 10,183 |
Other liabilities | (733 | )
Goodwill | 15,263 |
Fair value of purchase consideration | $ | 43,263 |
Schedule of Acquired Intangible Assets | The acquired intangible assets consisted of the following for the four acquisitions completed during the year ended December 31, 2012 (in thousands):
| Fair Value |  | Estimated Useful Life
Customer relationships | $ | 4,470 |  |  | 5-15 Years
Unpatented technology and patents | 2,313 |  |  | 15 Years
Trademarks | 2,130 |  |  | Indefinite
Amortizable trademarks | 800 |  |  | 5 Years
Non-compete agreements | 340 |  |  | 5-10 Years
Backlog | 130 |  |  | 0.5 years
Total | $ | 10,183 |  |  |

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