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Business Realignment and Corporate Headquarter Relocation
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Business Realignment and Corporate Headquarter Relocation [Abstract]  
Business Realignment and Corporate Headquarter Relocation

(12) Business Realignment and Corporate Headquarter Relocation



Business Realignment



The Company regularly evaluates the performance of its businesses and cost structures, including personnel, and makes necessary changes thereto in order to optimize its results.  The Company also evaluates the required skill sets of its personnel and periodically makes strategic changes.  As a consequence of these actions, the Company incurs severance related costs which are referred to as business realignment charges.



Business realignment charges by reportable segment were as follows:







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended



 

September 30,

 

September 30,



 

2017 

 

2016 

 

2017 

 

2016 

Electronics (A)

$

16 

$

 -

$

72 

$

1,180 

PST (B)

 

37 

 

211 

 

475 

 

1,242 

Total business realignment charges

$

53 

$

211 

$

547 

$

2,422 



(A)   Severance costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 related to SG&A were $16. Severance costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 related to COGS were $56.  Severance costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 related to SG&A and design and development (“D&D”) were $196 and $984, respectively.



(B)   Severance costs for the three months ended September 30, 2017 related to COGS, SG&A and D&D were $17, $19 and $1, respectively.  Severance costs for the three months ended September 30, 2016 related to COGS and SG&A were $20 and $191, respectively. Severance costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 related to COGS, SG&A and D&D were $355, $119 and $1, respectively.  Severance costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 related to COGS, SG&A and D&D were $307,  $819 and $116, respectively.



Business realignment charges classified by statement of operations line item were as follows:







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Three months ended

 

 

Nine months ended



 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,



 

2017 

 

2016 

 

 

2017 

 

2016 

Cost of goods sold

$

17 

$

20 

 

$

411 

$

307 

Selling, general and administrative

 

35 

 

191 

 

 

135 

 

1,015 

Design and development

 

 

 -

 

 

 

1,100 

Total business realignment charges

$

53 

$

211 

 

$

547 

$

2,422 









Corporate Headquarter Relocation



In March 2016, the Company announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters from Warren, Ohio to Novi, Michigan. As a result, the Company incurred relocation costs of $726 and $998 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 which were recorded within SG&A expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.



In connection with the headquarter relocation, the Company was approved for a Michigan Business Development Program grant of up to $1,400 based upon the number of new jobs created in Michigan through 2021.  As a result of the attainment of the first milestone,  grant income of $338 was recognized for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 within SG&A expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.