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Note 19 - Plant Consolidation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Plant Consolidation Disclosure [Text Block]
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19
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Plant Consolidation
 
On
March 18, 2015,
the Company committed to move forward with a plan to cease operations at its Raritan, New Jersey, plant and consolidate operations into its Newburyport, Massachusetts, facility and other UFP facilities. The Company’s decision was in response to a continued decline in business at the Raritan facility and the purchase of the facility in Newburyport. The activities related to this consolidation are complete.
 
The Company also relocated all operations in its Haverhill, Massachusetts, and Byfield, Massachusetts facilities and certain operations in its Georgetown, Massachusetts facility to Newburyport. The Haverhill and Byfield relocations were complete at
December 31, 2015
and the partial Georgetown relocation was complete at
June 30, 2017.
 
The Company has incurred approximately
$2.1
million in
one
-time expenses in connection with the Massachusetts consolidations. Included in this amount are approximately
$180,000
relating to employee severance payments and relocation costs, approximately
$1.6
million in moving expenses and expenses associated with vacating the Raritan, Haverhill and Byfield properties, and approximately
$360,000
in lease termination costs. Total cash charges were approximately
$2.0
million.
 
On
July 16, 2014,
the Company committed to move forward with a plan to cease operations at its Costa Mesa, California, plant and consolidate operations into its Rancho Dominguez, California, facility and other UFP facilities. The Company’s decision was in response to the
December 31, 2014,
expiration of the lease on the Costa Mesa facility as well as the close proximity of the
two
properties. The California consolidation was complete at
December 31, 2015.
 
The Company has recorded the following restructuring costs associated with the consolidations discussed above for the years ended
December 31, 2017,
2016
and
2015
(in thousands):
 
    2017   2016   2015
Restructuring Costs   MA   MA   MA   CA   Total
                     
Employee severance   $
-
    $
-
    $
178
    $
18
    $
196
 
Relocation    
63
     
420
     
1,138
     
66
     
1,204
 
Lease termination    
-
     
-
     
356
     
-
     
356
 
                                         
Total restructuring costs   $
63
    $
420
    $
1,672
    $
84
    $
1,756
 
 
The
2017
and
2016
costs were reclassified in the Consolidated Statement of Income as “Restructuring Costs” from Cost of Sales. The
2015
costs were reclassified in the Consolidated Statement of Income as “Restructuring Costs” as follows:
$1,669,000
from Cost of Sales,
$36,000
from Selling, General and Administrative expenses and
$51,000
from Gain on sales of property, plant and equipment.