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Acquisitions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition | A summary of the acquisitions is as follows:
|  |  |  | Net Assets |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | Acquired |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquired |  | Closing |  | (in 000s) |  | Segment |  | Primary Form of Consideration |
Titan Energy Worldwide, Inc. |  | 12/02/14 |  | $ | 1,958 |  | Critical Power |  | Cash/stock |
Harmonics Holdings Inc. |  | 01/16/15 |  |  | 1,202 |  | T&D Solutions |  | Seller note/debt forgiveness |
Pacific Power Systems Integration, Inc. |  | 08/01/15 |  |  | 2,013 |  | T&D Solutions |  | Cash |
|  |  |  | $ | 5,173 |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination | The major classes of intangible assets arising from the acquisition of Titan, their respective amortization periods, and the amount of amortization expense recognized during the year ended December 31, 2015 (in thousands):
|  | Weighted Average |  |  |
|  | Amortization Years |  | 2014 Acquisition |
Acquired Intangible Assets |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  | 4 |  | $ | 4,320 |
Distributor territory license |  | 4 |  |  | 474 |
Internally developed software |  | 7 |  |  | 289 |
Trade names |  | 1 |  |  | 64 |
|  |  |  | $ | 5,147 |
Amortization expense recorded during the year ended December 31, 2015 |  |  |  | $ | 1,304 |
Schedule of Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class | The major classes of intangible assets arising from the acquisition of Harmonics and Pacific, their respective amortization periods, and the amount of amortization expense recognized during the year ended December 31, 2015 (in thousands):
|  | Weighted Average |  | Harmonics |
|  | Amortization Years |  | Acquisition |
Acquired Intangible Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  |  | 10 |  | $ | 319 |
Non-compete agreements |  |  | 5 |  |  | 75 |
Developed technology |  |  | 10 |  |  | 492 |
Trademark |  |  | Indefinite |  |  | 26 |
Technology-related industry accreditations |  |  | Indefinite |  |  | 83 |
|  |  |  |  | $ | 995 |
Amortization expense recorded during the year ended December 31, 2015 |  |  |  |  | $ | 99 |
|  | Weighted Average Amortization Years |  | Pacific Acquisition |
Acquired Intangible Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  |  | 7 |  | $ | 400 |
Non-compete agreements |  |  | 7 |  |  | 100 |
Technology-related industry accreditations |  |  | Indefinite |  |  | 1,000 |
|  |  |  |  | $ | 1,500 |
Amortization expense recorded during the year ended December 31, 2015 |  |  |  |  | $ | 30 |
Titan Energy Worldwide Inc. [Member] |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition | The following table summarizes the consideration paid for the Titan acquisition and presents the allocation of the amount to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets based on their estimated fair values as of December 2, 2014 (in thousands):
|  | Titan Acquisition |
Purchase Price |  |  |  |
Cash consideration |  | $ | 953 |
Common stock consideration |  |  | 1,005 |
|  | $ | 1,958 |
Purchase Price Allocation |  |  |  |
Current assets, including cash and cash equivalents of $0.1 million |  | $ | 3,721 |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  | 410 |
Identifiable intangible assets |  |  | 5,147 |
Goodwill |  |  | 2,969 |
Total assets acquired |  |  | 12,247 |
Current liabilities |  |  | (7,131) |
Notes payable |  |  | (3,158) |
Net assets acquired |  | $ | 1,958 |
Harmonics Holdings Inc. [Member] |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition | The following table summarizes the consideration paid for the Harmonics and Pacific acquisitions and presents the allocation of the amount to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets based on their estimated fair values as of January 16, 2015 and August 1, 2015, respectively (in thousands):
|  | Harmonics |  | Pacific |
|  | Acquisition |  | Acquisition |
Purchase Price |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash consideration |  | $ | 93 |  | $ | 2,013 |
Forgiveness of trade payables and indebtedness due to purchaser |  |  | 609 |  |  | - |
Deferred payments due to seller |  |  | 341 |  |  | - |
|  | $ | 1,043 |  | $ | 2,013 |
Purchase Price Allocation |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current assets |  | $ | 21 |  | $ | 18 |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  | 4 |  |  | 147 |
Intangible assets |  |  | 995 |  |  | 1,500 |
Goodwill |  |  | 23 |  |  | 348 |
Total assets acquired |  |  | 1,043 |  |  | 2,013 |
Current liabilities |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Net assets acquired |  | $ | 1,043 |  | $ | 2,013 |

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