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Note 5 - Supplemental Balance Sheet Information
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Supplemental Balance Sheet Disclosures [Text Block]
Note
5
- Supplemental Balance Sheet Information
 
 
a.
Cash and Restricted Cash
 
The Company had cash and restricted cash totaling
$7,405
and
$25,934
as of
December 31, 2019
and
2018,
respectively.
 
   
December 31
 
   
201
9
   
201
8
 
Cash
  $
7,135
    $
25,583
 
Restricted cash
   
270
     
351
 
Total
  $
7,405
    $
25,934
 
 
 
As of
December 31, 2019
and
December 31, 2018,
restricted cash included
$188
and
$266,
respectively, relating to a government grant awarded in the People’s Republic of China to fund specified technological research and development initiatives.  The grant proceeds are realized to income as a direct offset to expense as the related expenditures are incurred.  For the year ended
December 31, 2019,
grant proceeds of
$78
were realized to income.  As of
December 31, 2019
and
December 31, 2018,
restricted cash included euro-denominated deposits of
$82
and
$85,
respectively, withheld by the Dutch tax authorities and
third
-party VAT representatives in connection with a previously utilized logistics arrangement in the Netherlands. Restricted cash is included as a component of the cash balance for purposes of the consolidated statements of cash flows.
 
b.      Inventory, Net
 
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value with cost determined under the
first
-in,
first
-out (FIFO) method.  The composition of inventories, net was:
 
   
December 31
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
Raw materials
  $
18,485
    $
13,274
 
Work in process
   
2,548
     
2,016
 
Finished products
   
8,726
     
7,553
 
Total
  $
29,759
    $
22,843
 
 
c.      
Property, Plant and Equipment
 
Major classes of property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:
 
   
December 31
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
Land
  $
1,273
    $
123
 
Buildings and leasehold improvements
   
8,148
     
8,267
 
Machinery and equipment
   
62,562
     
51,261
 
Furniture and fixtures
   
2,112
     
2,058
 
Computer hardware and software
   
6,528
     
5,590
 
Construction in progress
   
4,730
     
4,302
 
     
85,353
     
71,601
 
Less – Accumulated depreciation
   
(62,828
)    
(60,857
)
Total
  $
22,525
    $
10,744
 
 
Depreciation expense was
$2,220
and
$1,972
for the years ended
December 31, 2019
and
2018,
respectively.
 
 
d.     
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
 
The Company performed its annual impairment tests of goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets as of the
first
day of the fiscal
fourth
quarter of
2019
and
2018.
 
The Company performed a quantitative impairment test as of
September 30, 2019
of its
five
identified goodwill reporting units including a reporting unit for SWE (Note
2
) which is a component of the Battery & Energy Products segment. The fair value for the reporting units could
not
be determined using readily available quoted Level
1
inputs or Level
2
inputs that were observable in active markets.  Therefore, we used a discounted cash flow model to estimate the fair value of the reporting units, using Level
3
inputs.  To estimate the fair value of the reporting units, we used significant estimates and judgments, including an assessment of our future revenue prospects, revenue growth rates and profit margins based on internal forecasts, industry and market based terminal growth rates, inputs to the weighted-average cost of capital used to discount future cash flows, and earnings multiples. 
 
The Company performed a quantitative impairment test of its
four
other indefinite-lived intangible assets (trademarks). The fair value of our trademarks could
not
be determined using readily available quoted Level
1
inputs or Level
2
inputs that were observable in active markets.  Therefore, we used a relief from royalty approach to estimate the fair value of our trademarks, using Level
3
inputs.  Significant estimates and judgments included an assessment of our future revenue  prospects, industry and market based terminal growth rates, inputs to the weighted-average cost of capital used to discount future cash flows, and royalty rates based on external market data. 
 
As a result of the impairment tests performed for
2019
and
2018,
we determined that
no
impairments existed.  Fair value exceeded carrying value for all reporting units and trademarks by more than
10%,
except for the goodwill test as of
September 30, 2019
for SWE which was acquired
five
months prior.
 
There is a possibility that our goodwill and other intangible assets could be impaired in the future should there be a significant change in our internal forecasts and other assumptions used in our impairment analysis.
 
The following table summarizes the goodwill activity by segment for the years ended
December 31, 2019
and
2018:
 
   
Battery &
Energy
Products
   
Communications
Systems
   
Total
 
Balance – January 1, 2018
  $
8,965
    $
11,493
    $
20,458
 
Effect of foreign currency translation
   
(349
)    
-
     
(349
)
Balance – December 31, 2018
   
8,616
     
11,493
     
20,109
 
Acquisition of SWE
   
6,534
     
-
     
6,534
 
Effect of foreign currency translation
   
110
     
-
     
110
 
Balance – December 31, 2019
  $
15,260
    $
11,493
    $
26,753
 
 
The composition of intangible assets was:
 
   
December 31, 201
9
 
   
Cost
   
Accumulated
amortization
   
Net
 
Trademarks
  $
3,403
    $
-
    $
3,403
 
Customer relationships
   
9,080
     
4,721
     
4,359
 
Patents and technology
   
5,521
     
4,869
     
652
 
Distributor relationships
   
377
     
377
     
-
 
Trade name
   
1,511
     
204
     
1,307
 
Total other intangible assets
  $
19,892
    $
10,171
    $
9,721
 
 
 
   
December 31, 201
8
 
   
Cost
   
Accumulated
a
mortization
   
Net
 
Trademarks
  $
3,405
    $
-
    $
3,405
 
Customer relationships
   
6,471
     
4,392
     
2,079
 
Patents and technology
   
5,486
     
4,725
     
761
 
Distributor relationships
   
377
     
377
     
-
 
Trade name
   
370
     
111
     
259
 
Total other intangible assets
  $
16,109
    $
9,605
    $
6,504
 
 
 
The change in the cost value of other intangible assets is a result of the SWE acquisition (Note
2
) and the effect of foreign currency translations.
 
Amortization of other intangible assets was included in the following financial statement captions:
 
   
Year ended December 31
 
   
201
9
   
2018
 
Research and development expense
  $
130
    $
147
 
Selling, general and administrative expense
   
395
     
250
 
Total
  $
525
    $
397
 
 
 
Future amortization expense of amortizable intangible assets will be approximately
$360,
$341,
$326,
$323
and
$313
for the
five
fiscal years ending
December 31, 2020
through
2024,
respectively.