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Business Restructuring | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Restructuring And Related Activities [Abstract] |
Business Restructuring |
17. | BUSINESS RESTRUCTURING
In the first quarter of 2019, the Company approved a plan to restructure its Specialty Products office in the Netherlands and eliminate five positions from the site’s supply chain, quality control and research and development areas. This restructuring was designed to better align the number of personnel with current business requirements and reduce costs at the site. As a result, severance and early lease termination expenses of $396,000 and $122,000, respectively, were recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2019. During the third quarter of 2018, the Company approved a plan to shut down Surfactant operations at its German plant site. As of September 30, 2019, an aggregate of $1,968,000 shut down related expense had been recognized at the site. This aggregate expense is comprised of $1,404,000 of asset and spare part write downs recognized in 2018 and $564,000 of decommissioning costs recognized in the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Decommissioning costs associated with the shutdown are expected to continue throughout the remainder of 2019. In the fourth quarter of 2017, the Company approved a plan to restructure a portion of its Fieldsboro, New Jersey production facility. This facility is a part of the Surfactant reportable segment. As a result, the Company recorded $915,000 of restructuring expense which reflected termination benefits for select plant employees. In the first quarter of 2019, the Company recognized a $251,000 favorable adjustment to the amount of termination benefits initially recorded. In May 2016, the Company announced plans to shut down its Longford Mills, Ontario, Canada (Longford Mills) manufacturing facility, a part of the Surfactant reportable segment, by December 31, 2016. The shutdown plan was implemented to improve the Company’s asset utilization in North America and to reduce the Company’s fixed cost base. Manufacturing operations at the Longford Mills plant ceased by the end of 2016, and production of goods manufactured at the facility was transferred to other Company North American production sites. Decommissioning of the assets is expected to continue throughout 2019. In the third quarter of 2019, the Company recognized $290,000 of decommissioning expenses. As of September 30, 2019, $6,885,000 of aggregate restructuring expense had been recognized, reflecting $1,644,000 of termination benefits for approximately 30 employees and $5,241,000 for other expenses, principally site decommissioning costs.

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