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Investments | 12 Months Ended
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Investments [Abstract] |
INVESTMENTS | Note 9. Investments The Company is a member of a joint venture, L B Pipe and Coupling Products, LLC (LB Pipe JV) in which it maintains a 45% ownership interest. The LB Pipe JV manufactures, markets, and sells various precision coupling products for the energy, utility, and construction markets and is scheduled to terminate on June 30, 2019. Under applicable guidance for variable interest entities in ASC 810, “Consolidation,” the Company determined that the LB Pipe JV is a variable interest entity. The Company concluded that it is not the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity, as the Company does not have a controlling financial interest and does not have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the LB Pipe JV. Accordingly, the Company concluded that the equity method of accounting remains appropriate. During the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, each of the LB Pipe JV members received proportional distributions of equity from the LB Pipe JV. The Company’s 45% ownership interest resulted in cash distributions of $630 and $558 as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. There were no changes to the members’ ownership interests as a result of the distribution. The Company recorded equity in the income of the LB Pipe JV of approximately $1,286, $1,316 and $837 for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company had a nonconsolidated equity method investment of $5,746 and $5,090, respectively, in the LB Pipe JV and other investments totaling $78 as of December 31, 2014. The Company’s exposure to loss results from its capital contributions, net of the Company’s share of the JV’s income or loss, and its net investment in the direct financing lease covering the facility used by the JV for its operations. The carrying amounts with the maximum exposure to loss of the Company at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, are as follows:
|  | 2014 |  | 2013
LB Pipe JV equity method investment | $ | 5,746 | $ | 5,090
Net investment in direct financing lease |  | 1,117 |  | 1,224
| $ | 6,863 | $ | 6,314
The Company is leasing five acres of land and two facilities to the JV over a period of 9.5 years, through June 30, 2019, with a 5.5 year renewal period. In November 2012, the Company executed the first amendment to its lease with the JV. The amendment included the addition of a second facility built by the Company that was leased to the JV. The current monthly lease payments, including interest, approximate $17, with a balloon payment of approximately $488, which is required to be paid either at the termination of the lease, allocated over the renewal period, or during the initial term of the lease. This lease qualifies as a direct financing lease under the applicable guidance in ASC 840-30, Leases. The following is a schedule of the direct financing minimum lease payments for the years 2015 and thereafter
|  | Minimum Lease Payments
2015 | $ | 122
2016 |  | 131
2017 |  | 140
2018 |  | 150
2019 |  | 574
2020 and thereafter |  | -
| $ | 1,117

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