GOODWILL, INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND LONG TERM ASSETS

a. Goodwill

The following table summarizes the goodwill activity by segment for the

six

-month periods ended

July 1, 2018

and

July 2, 2017:

	Battery & Energy			Communi- cations
	Products			Systems		Total

Balance - December 31, 2016	$	8,472		$	11,493	$	19,965
Effect of Foreign Currency Translation		258			-		258
Balance – July 2, 2017		8,730			11,493		20,223
Effect of Foreign Currency Translation		235			-		235
Balance - December 31, 2017		8,965			11,493		20,458
Effect of Foreign Currency Translation		(136	)		-		(136	)
Balance – July 1, 2018	$	8,829		$	11,493	$	20,322

b. Other Intangible Assets

The composition of other intangible assets was:

	at July 1, 2018
			Accumulated
	Cost		A mortization		Net

Trademarks	$	3,410	$	-	$	3,410
Customer Relationships		6,555		4,305		2,250
Patents and Technology		5,520		4,662		858
Distributor Relationships		377		377		-
Trade Name		383		96		287
Total Other Intangible Assets	$	16,245	$	9,440	$	6,805

	at December 31, 2017
			Accumulated
	Cost		A mortization		Net

Trademarks	$	3,411	$	-	$	3,411
Customer Relationships		6,618		4,208		2,410
Patents and Technology		5,545		4,595		950
Distributor Relationships		377		377		-
Trade Name		393		79		314
Total Other Intangible Assets	$	16,344	$	9,259	$	7,085

Amortization expense for intangible assets was as follows:

	Three-month periods ended				Six-month periods ended
	July 1 ,		July 2 ,		July 1 ,		July 2 ,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Amortization included in:
Research and development	$	37	$	41	$	75	$	81
Selling, general and administrative		64		63		128		128
Total amortization expense	$	101	$	104	$	203	$	209

The decrease in the cost value of total other intangible assets from

December 31, 2017

July 1, 2018

$99

is the result of the effect of foreign currency translations.