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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill | The change in the carrying amount of goodwill by segment is as follows (in thousands):
| Total |  | Weighing and Control Systems Segment |  | Foil Technology Products Segment
|  |  | KELK Acquisition |  | Stress-Tek Acquisition |  | Pacific Instruments
Balance at January 1, 2017 | 18,717 |  |  | 6,364 |  |  | 6,311 |  |  | 6,042 |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | 464 |  |  | 464 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Balance at December 31, 2017 | 19,181 |  |  | 6,828 |  |  | 6,311 |  |  | 6,042 |
Impairment charges | (2,500 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2,500 | )
Foreign currency translation adjustment | (540 | ) |  | (540 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Balance at December 31, 2018 | 16,141 |  |  | 6,288 |  |  | 6,311 |  |  | 3,542 |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets | Intangible assets were as follows (in thousands):
| December 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017
Intangible assets subject to amortization |  |  |
(Definite-lived): |  |  |
Patents and acquired technology | $ | 9,067 |  |  | $ | 9,439 |
Customer relationships | 20,941 |  |  | 21,810 |
Trade names | 1,674 |  |  | 1,693 |
Non-competition agreements | 11,820 |  |  | 12,084 |
| 43,502 |  |  | 45,026 |
Accumulated amortization: |  |  |
Patents and acquired technology | (4,103 | ) |  | (3,839 | )
Customer relationships | (10,399 | ) |  | (9,657 | )
Trade names | (1,674 | ) |  | (1,688 | )
Non-competition agreements | (11,748 | ) |  | (11,850 | )
| (27,924 | ) |  | (27,034 | )
Net intangible assets subject to amortization | $ | 15,578 |  |  | $ | 17,992 |
Intangible assets not subject to amortization |  |  |
(Indefinite-lived): |  |  |
Trade names | 2,078 |  |  | 2,483 |
| $ | 17,656 |  |  | $ | 20,475 |
Schedule of Expected Amortization Expense | Estimated annual amortization expense for each of the next five years is as follows (in thousands):
2019 | $ | 1,530 |
2020 | 1,499 |
2021 | 1,450 |
2022 | 1,449 |
2023 | 1,349 |

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