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RESTRUCTURING AND INTEGRATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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Tabular disclosure of components and changes in the company's restructuring liability.

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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.

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