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Acquisition Activity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Acquisition Activity
Acquisition Activity

Pacific Instruments, Inc.
On April 6, 2016, the Company completed the acquisition of Pacific Instruments, Inc. ("Pacific") for an aggregate purchase price of $10.6 million. Pacific is a designer and manufacturer of high-performance data acquisition systems and has extensive experience integrating these systems. Pacific sells primarily to the aerospace, commercial aviation and defense markets in the United States. Pacific provides installation, facility integration, training, and on-going technical support for their manufactured products. Pacific products expanded the offerings of our Foil Technology Products reporting segment, which already offered data acquisition systems, primarily instruments in the field of strain measurement. The following table summarizes the fair values assigned to the assets and liabilities of Pacific as of April 6, 2016 (in thousands):
Working capital (a)
 
$
921

Property and equipment
 
26

Long-term deferred income tax liability
 
(1,903
)
Intangible assets:
 
 
Patents and acquired technology
 
1,300

Non-competition agreements
 
40

Customer relationships
 
3,500

Trade names
 
700

Total intangible assets
 
5,540

Fair value of acquired identifiable assets and liabilities
 
4,584

Purchase price
 
$
10,626

Goodwill
 
$
6,042

(a)
Working capital accounts include accounts receivable, inventory, prepaid expenses and other current assets, trade accounts payable, accrued payroll, income taxes payable, and other accrued expenses.

The weighted average useful lives for the patents and acquired technology, non-competition agreements, and customer relationships are 20 years, 6.5 years, and 15 years, respectively. None of the goodwill associated with this transaction is deductible for income tax purposes.
The Company recorded acquisition costs associated with this transaction in its consolidated statements of operation as follows (in thousands):
 
Year ended
December 31,
2016
Accounting and legal fees
$
369

Appraisal fees
41

Other
21

 
$
431




Stress-Tek, Inc.

On December 30, 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of Stress-Tek, Inc. ("Stress-Tek"), based in Kent, Washington, for an aggregate purchase price of $20.1 million. Stress-Tek is a designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art, rugged and reliable strain gage-based load cells and force measurement systems primarily servicing the North American market. Their sensors and display systems are used in a wide range of industries, predominantly in transportation and trucking, for timber, refuse, aggregate, mining, and general trucking applications. Stress-Tek adds new products to the Company's Weighing and Control Systems reporting segment which enhances and broadens the Company's on-board weighing offerings with products that are recognized for high quality in their markets.
The following table summarizes the fair values assigned to the assets and liabilities as of the December 30, 2015 acquisition date (in thousands):
Working capital (a)
$
2,564

Property and equipment
6,338

Intangible assets:
 
Patents and acquired technology
1,600

Non-competition agreements
60

Customer relationships
2,500

Trade names
700

Total intangible assets
4,860

Fair value of acquired identifiable assets
13,762

Purchase price
$
20,073

Goodwill
$
6,311

(a)
Working capital accounts include cash, accounts receivable, inventory, prepaid expenses and other current assets, trade accounts payable, accrued payroll, and other accrued expenses.


The weighted average useful lives for the patents and acquired technology, non-competition agreements, and customer relationships are 20, 5, and 15 years, respectively. Most of the goodwill associated with this transaction will be deductible for income tax purposes.

The Company recorded acquisition costs associated with this transaction in its consolidated statements of operations as follows (in thousands):

 
Year ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
Accounting and legal fees
$
51

 
Appraisal fees
12

 
Other

 
 
$
63