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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
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The Company considers the applicability and impact of all Accounting Standards Updates (“ASUs”). ASUs not discussed below were assessed and determined to be either not applicable or are expected to have minimal impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.

In February 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2018-02, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220), Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, that allows companies to reclassify to Retained earnings the stranded tax effects in Accumulated other comprehensive income resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Tax Act"). The amendments in ASU 2018-02 are effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption of the amendments in this update is permitted, including adoption in any interim period. The Company elected to early adopt this guidance effective January 1, 2018 and to reclassify the stranded tax effects from the Tax Act from Accumulated other comprehensive income to Retained earnings (see Note 10).
 
In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-07, Compensation – Retirement Benefits (Topic 715), in order to improve the presentation of net periodic pension and postretirement costs. The amendment requires that an employer report the service cost component in the same line item or items as other compensation costs arising from services rendered by the pertinent employees during the period. The other components of net benefit cost as defined in paragraphs 715-30-35-4 and 715-60-35-9 are required to be presented in the income statement separately from the service cost component and outside a subtotal of income from operations, if one is presented. The amendments in this ASU also allow only the service cost component to be eligible for capitalization when applicable. The amendments in this update related to income statement activity were applied retrospectively whereas balance sheet activity was applied prospectively. For public business entities, the effective date for ASU 2017-07 was annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those annual periods. The Company adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2018 and there was no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations upon adoption other than pension expense reclassifications in the 2017 Consolidated Statement of Operations which reduced Costs of goods sold and Selling, general and administrative expenses and increased Other non-operating expense (income), net.
 
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires lessees to recognize most leases on their balance sheets related to the rights and obligations created by those leases. The new standard also requires disclosures to help financial statement users better understand the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases and will be effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018 (early adoption is permitted). Initial guidance states the new standard be applied under a modified retrospective approach. During August 2018, however, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842), providing another transition method allowing a company to recognize a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. We continue to evaluate the impact of the new standard on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations and related disclosures. Although we have not yet completed our assessment, adoption of this standard will have a significant impact on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.  However, we do not expect adoption of this standard to have a significant impact on the recognition, measurement or presentation of lease expenses within the Consolidated Statements of Operations or the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.  Information about our undiscounted future lease payments and the timing of those payments is provided in Note 8 of the 2017 Form 10-K.  The Company plans to adopt this standard effective January 1, 2019. 
 
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which replaced the existing accounting standards for revenue recognition with a single comprehensive five-step model eliminating industry-specific accounting rules. The core principle is to recognize revenue upon the transfer of goods or services to customers at an amount that reflects the consideration expected to be received. Since its issuance, the FASB amended several aspects of the new guidance, including provisions that address revenue recognition associated with the licensing of intellectual property. The provisions of ASU 2014-09 became effective for public business entities for interim and annual periods beginning after
December 15, 2017. The Company adopted this standard effective January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method of transition and there was no cumulative impact adjustment on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations. Under this standard, revenue recognition from the Company's products remained unchanged from the Company's previous revenue recognition model. As a result of adopting this standard, the Company expanded its revenue recognition disclosures (see Note 3).