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Acquisitions (Notes) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Acquisitions [Abstract] |
Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block] | Acquisitions 2019 The Company did not make any acquisitions in 2019. 2018 The Company completed the acquisition of Screw Products, Inc. in October 2018 for approximately $5.2 million. The purchase price was funded with cash on hand and utilization of the Company's existing credit facility. Screw Products, Inc. is a distributor of bulk industrial products to large manufacturers and job shops. The Company allocated $2.6 million of the purchase price to an intangible asset for customer relationships and $0.5 million for intangible asset for trade names. These amounts were determined by a third party valuation firm with estimated useful lives of 10 and 15 years, respectively. The excess of the purchase price over the fair values of the identifiable assets and liabilities was recorded as goodwill and represents the expected future benefit to the Company from the acquisition of Screw Products. The Company's Lawson operating segment includes revenues of approximately $2.6 million and $0.6 million from Screw Products in 2019 and 2018, respectively. The following table contains unaudited pro forma net sales and net income for Lawson Products assuming the Screw Products acquisition closed on January 1, 2017.
| (Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2019 |  | 2018
Net Sales |  |  |
Actual | $ | 370,785 |  |  | $ | 349,637 |
Pro forma (unaudited) | $ | 370,785 |  |  | $ | 351,916 |
Net income |  |  |
Actual | $ | 7,221 |  |  | $ | 6,214 |
Pro forma (unaudited) | $ | 7,221 |  |  | $ | 6,674 |
The pro forma disclosures in the table above include adjustments for, amortization of intangible assets, interest expense, tax expenses and the impact of pro forma adjustments and acquisition costs to reflect results that are more representative of the combined results of the transactions as if the Screw Products acquisition closed on January 1, 2017. This pro forma information utilizes certain estimates, is presented for illustrative purposes only and may not be indicative of the results of operation that would have actually occurred. In addition, future results may vary significantly from the results reflected in the pro forma information. The unaudited pro forma financial information does not reflect the impact of future events that may occur after the acquisition, such as anticipated cost savings from operating synergies.

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