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Customer Claims | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Customer Claims | 25. Customer Claims In the fourth quarter of 2016, the Company established a reserve for two customer claims which alleged that product manufactured by the Company may have caused performance problems with the customers’ products. The combined amount of the reserve was $7,367,000, which was recorded as a reduction of net sales in the year ended December 31, 2016. Both claims related to the Company’s Surfactant segment. In the fourth quarter of 2017, the Company paid $2,709,000 for one of the claims and reversed the remainder of the reserve for the claim. The claim reversal was recorded within net sales. The second claim for $703,000 was paid in the second quarter of 2019 and was covered by insurance.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for legal proceedings, legal contingencies, litigation, regulatory and environmental matters and other contingencies. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 450 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2127136 + Details
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