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Inventories, Net and Significant Suppliers (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Inventories, Net | Inventories, net were as follows:
| December 31,
(In thousands) | 2016 |  | 2015
Raw materials | $ | 33,059 |  |  | $ | 29,290 |
Components | 15,046 |  |  | 12,228 |
Work in process | 5,860 |  |  | 5,671 |
Finished goods | 80,119 |  |  | 78,222 |
Reserve for excess and obsolete inventory | (4,205 | ) |  | (3,045 | )
Inventories, net | $ | 129,879 |  |  | $ | 122,366 |
Schedule of Reserve for Excess and Obsolete Inventory | Changes in the reserve for excess and obsolete inventory were as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands) | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 3,045 |  |  | $ | 2,539 |  |  | $ | 2,714 |
Additions charged to costs and expenses (1) | 3,464 |  |  | 3,070 |  |  | 3,181 |
Sell through (2) | (1,116 | ) |  | (1,108 | ) |  | (869 | )
Write-offs/Foreign exchange effects | (1,188 | ) |  | (1,456 | ) |  | (2,487 | )
Balance at end of period | $ | 4,205 |  |  | $ | 3,045 |  |  | $ | 2,539 |
(1) | The additions charged to costs and expenses do not include inventory directly written-off that was scrapped during production totaling $0.3 million, $0.3 million, and $0.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively. These amounts are production waste and are not included in management’s reserve for excess and obsolete inventory.
(2) | These amounts represent the reversal of reserves associated with inventory items that were sold during the period.
Schedule of Related Party Transactions | Inventory purchases from this supplier were as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| $ (thousands) |  | % of Total Inventory Purchases |  | $ (thousands) |  | % of Total Inventory Purchases |  | $ (thousands) |  | % of Total Inventory Purchases
Related party supplier | $ | 6,350 |  |  | 1.8 | % |  | $ | 8,550 |  |  | 2.5 | % |  | $ | 9,188 |  |  | 3.2 | %
Total accounts payable to this supplier were as follows:
| December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015
| $ (thousands) |  | % of Accounts Payable |  | $ (thousands) |  | % of Accounts Payable
Related party supplier | $ | 1,690 |  |  | 1.7 | % |  | $ | 2,361 |  |  | 2.5 | %

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