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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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 |  | DSI Acquisition |  | Stress-Tek Acquisition |  | Pacific Instruments
Balance at January 1, 2018 | $ | 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 |
Goodwill acquired | 18,606 |  |  |  |  | 18,606 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | 271 |  |  | 271 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Balance at December 31, 2019 | $ | 35,018 |  |  | $ | 6,559 |  |  | $ | 18,606 |  |  | $ | 6,311 |  |  | $ | 3,542 |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets | Intangible assets were as follows (in thousands):
| December 31,
| 2019 |  | 2018
Intangible assets subject to amortization |  |  |
(Definite-lived): |  |  |
Patents and acquired technology | $ | 19,504 |  |  | $ | 9,067 |
Customer relationships | 25,690 |  |  | 20,941 |
Trade names | 1,690 |  |  | 1,674 |
Non-competition agreements | 11,745 |  |  | 11,820 |
| 58,629 |  |  | 43,502 |
Accumulated amortization: |  |  |
Patents and acquired technology | (4,718 | ) |  | (4,103 | )
Customer relationships | (11,727 | ) |  | (10,399 | )
Trade names | (1,690 | ) |  | (1,674 | )
Non-competition agreements | (11,717 | ) |  | (11,748 | )
| (29,852 | ) |  | (27,924 | )
Net intangible assets subject to amortization | $ | 28,777 |  |  | $ | 15,578 |
Intangible assets not subject to amortization |  |  |
(Indefinite-lived): |  |  |
Trade names | 5,421 |  |  | 2,078 |
| $ | 34,198 |  |  | $ | 17,656 |
Schedule of Expected Amortization Expense | Estimated annual amortization expense for each of the next five years is as follows (in thousands):
2020 | $ | 2,465 |
2021 | 2,416 |
2022 | 2,415 |
2023 | 2,311 |
2024 | 2,279 |

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