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Segment Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements |
Segment Information | 10. Segment Information The Company reports financial information based on the organizational structure used by management for making operating and investment decisions and for assessing performance. The Company’s reportable business segments include (1) United States; (2) Canada and (3) Europe. The financial results for the Company’s Asian operations have been aggregated with the results of its United States operations to form one reportable segment called the “United States segment”. Sales in the United States segment include both domestic sales as well as direct import sales. Each reportable segment derives its revenue from the sales of cutting devices, measuring instruments and first aid products for school, office, home, hardware and industrial use. Domestic sales orders are filled from the Company’s distribution center in North Carolina. The Company is responsible for the costs of shipping, insurance, customs clearance, duties, storage and distribution related to such products. Orders filled from the Company’s inventory are generally for less than container-sized lots. Direct Import Sales are products sold by the Company’s Asian subsidiary, directly to major U.S. retailers who take ownership of the products in Asia. These sales are completed by delivering product to the customers’ common carriers at the shipping points in Asia. Direct import sales are made in larger quantities than domestic sales, typically full containers. Direct Import Sales represented approximately 19% and 15% of the Company’s total net sales in 2012 and 2011, respectively. The Chief Operating Decision Maker evaluates the performance of each operating segment based on segment revenues and operating income. Segment revenues are defined as total revenues, including both external customer revenue and inter-segment revenue. Segment operating earnings are defined as segment revenues, less cost of goods sold and operating expenses. Identifiable assets by segment are those assets used in the respective reportable segment’s operations. Inter-segment amounts are eliminated to arrive at consolidated financial results. Financial data by segment:
2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(000's omitted) |  | United States |  |  | Canada |  |  | Europe |  |  | Consolidated |
Sales to unaffiliated customers |  | $ | 67,510 |  |  |  | 8,808 |  |  |  | 8,052 |  |  | $ | 84,370 |
Operating income |  |  | 4,394 |  |  |  | 775 |  |  |  | 192 |  |  |  | 5,361 |
Assets |  |  | 56,115 |  |  |  | 6,107 |  |  |  | 5,606 |  |  |  | 67,828 |
Additions to property, plant and equipment |  |  | 656 |  |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | 681 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 980 |  |  |  | 36 |  |  |  | 73 |  |  |  | 1,089 |
2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales to unaffiliated customers |  | $ | 56,663 |  |  | $ | 8,514 |  |  | $ | 8,125 |  |  | $ | 73,302 |
Operating income (loss) |  |  | 3,485 |  |  |  | 924 |  |  |  | (124 | ) |  |  | 4,285 |
Assets |  |  | 43,174 |  |  |  | 6,033 |  |  |  | 6,015 |  |  |  | 55,222 |
Additions to property, plant and equipment |  |  | 912 |  |  |  | 26 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 941 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 857 |  |  |  | 36 |  |  |  | 85 |  |  |  | 978 |
The following is a reconciliation of segment operating income to consolidated income before taxes:
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Total operating income |  | $ | 5,361 |  |  | $ | 4,285 |
Interest expense, net |  |  | 264 |  |  |  | 255 |
Other expense, net |  |  | 99 |  |  |  | 4 |
Consolidated income before taxes |  | $ | 4,998 |  |  | $ | 4,026 |
Net Income |  | $ | 3,549 |  |  | $ | 2,811 |
The table below presents revenue by geographic area. Revenues are attributed to countries based on location of the customer.
Revenues |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
United States |  | $ | 66,694 |  |  | $ | 55,856 |
International: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Canada |  |  | 8,808 |  |  |  | 8,514 |
Europe |  |  | 8,052 |  |  |  | 8,125 |
Other |  |  | 816 |  |  |  | 807 |
Total International |  | $ | 17,676 |  |  | $ | 17,446 |
Total Revenues |  | $ | 84,370 |  |  | $ | 73,302 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8595-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 131 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 15: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 + Details
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