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RESTRUCTURING AND INTEGRATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of components of restructuring and integration expenses, before taxes | The following is a summary of the components of restructuring and integration expenses, before taxes, relating to operating expenses during the year ended December 31, 2017:
|  | T&D |  |  | Critical Power |  |  |  |
Year Ended December 31, 2017 |  | Segment |  |  | Segment |  |  | Total |
Business integration expenses |  |  | 219 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 219 |
Pre-tax restructuring and integration expense |  | $ | 219 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 219 |
Schedule of components and changes in the company's restructuring liability | The components and changes in the Company’s restructuring liability were as follows:
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Facility |  |  |  |
|  | Severance and |  |  | Product Line |  |  | Closure and |  |  |  |
|  | Related |  |  | Harmonization |  |  | Exit Costs |  |  | Total |
Restructuring liability as of January 31, 2017 |  | $ | 113 |  |  | $ | 46 |  |  | $ | 592 |  |  | $ | 751 |
Restructuring and integration expense |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 219 |  |  |  | 219 |
Cash paid |  |  | (113 | ) |  |  | (46 | ) |  |  | (811 | ) |  |  | (970 | )
Restructuring liability as of December 31, 2017 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4(b)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=115931487&loc=d3e140904-122747 + Details
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