Note 14 - Commitments and Contingencies	9 Months Ended
Oct. 02, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]	( 14 ) Commitments and Contingencies The provision for estimated warranty costs is recorded at the time of sale and periodically adjusted to reflect actual experience. The Company’s warranty liability, which is included in accrued liabilities in the accompanying balance sheets as of October 2, 2016 and December 31, 2015, was $851,000 and $830,000, respectively. The Company’s warranty expense for the nine months ended October 2, 2016 and October 4, 2015 was $64,000 and $112,000, respectively. Additionally, prior to the CSS sale, the Company sold three and five-year extended warranties for one of its link encryption products. The revenue from the extended warranties is deferred and recognized ratably over the contractual term. As of October 2, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company had deferred $245,000 and $495,000, respectively, related to extended warranties. The Company bears insurance risk as a member of a group captive insurance entity for certain general liability, automobile and workers’ compensation insurance programs and a self-insured employee health program. The Company records estimated liabilities for its insurance programs based on information provided by the third-party plan administrators, historical claims experience, expected costs of claims incurred but not paid, and expected costs to settle unpaid claims. The Company monitors its estimated insurance-related liabilities on a quarterly basis. As facts change, it may become necessary to make adjustments that could be material to the Company’s consolidated results of operations and financial condition. The Company believes that its present insurance coverage and level of accrued liabilities are adequate. As of October 2, 2016, the Company had outstanding purchase commitments of approximately $9,346,000, primarily for the acquisition of inventory and manufacturing equipment. As of October 2, 2016, the Company also had outstanding letters of credit approximating $66,000 for certain foreign customers. The Company is involved in certain litigation and contract issues arising in the normal course of business. As a result, contingencies may arise resulting from an existing condition, situation, or set of circumstances involving an uncertainty as to the realization of a possible loss. The Company accounts for loss contingencies in accordance with GAAP. Estimated loss contingencies are accrued only if the loss is probable and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. With respect to a particular loss contingency, it may be probable that a loss has occurred but the estimate of the loss is within a wide range or undeterminable. If the Company deems an amount within the range to be a better estimate than any other amount within the range, that amount will be accrued. However, if no amount within the range is a better estimate than any other amount, the minimum amount of the range is accrued. During the fourth quarter of 2015, the Company gave notification regarding its intention to not renew the lease for its Tampa, FL facility, which will expire on December 31, 2016. During the first quarter of 2016, the Company entered into lease negotiations to extend the current lease for a smaller portion of the facility, but was unable to reach an agreement on the economics of a lease renewal with its current landlord. On May 3, 2016, the Company entered a lease for an alternative facility, which it expects to occupy upon the expiration of the current lease. The Company, Sypris Electronics and the landlord of the Tampa facility are currently involved in litigation over certain terms of the lease (see Item 1, “Legal Proceedings”). As such, it is reasonably possible that the Company may be required to make certain repairs to the current facility in connection which the expiration of the Lease. The current estimate of the Company’s reasonably possible loss contingency is from no liability to $4,000,000. While the Company intends to vigorously dispute these claims, the Company accrued $500,000 during the nine months ended October 2, 2016 related to its estimated potential obligation under the lease. This accrual is included in accrued liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of October 2, 2016.

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) Commitments and Contingencies

The provision for estimated warranty costs is recorded at the time of sale and periodically adjusted to reflect actual experience. The Company’s warranty liability, which is included in accrued liabilities in the accompanying balance sheets as of October 2, 2016 and December 31, 2015, was $851,000 and $830,000, respectively. The Company’s warranty expense for the nine months ended October 2, 2016 and October 4, 2015 was $64,000 and $112,000, respectively.

Additionally, prior to the CSS sale, the Company sold three and five-year extended warranties for one of its link encryption products. The revenue from the extended warranties is deferred and recognized ratably over the contractual term. As of October 2, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company had deferred $245,000 and $495,000, respectively, related to extended warranties.

The Company bears insurance risk as a member of a group captive insurance entity for certain general liability, automobile and workers’ compensation insurance programs and a self-insured employee health program. The Company records estimated liabilities for its insurance programs based on information provided by the third-party plan administrators, historical claims experience, expected costs of claims incurred but not paid, and expected costs to settle unpaid claims. The Company monitors its estimated insurance-related liabilities on a quarterly basis. As facts change, it may become necessary to make adjustments that could be material to the Company’s consolidated results of operations and financial condition. The Company believes that its present insurance coverage and level of accrued liabilities are adequate.

As of October 2, 2016, the Company had outstanding purchase commitments of approximately $9,346,000, primarily for the acquisition of inventory and manufacturing equipment. As of October 2, 2016, the Company also had outstanding letters of credit approximating $66,000 for certain foreign customers.

The Company is involved in certain litigation and contract issues arising in the normal course of business.

As a result, contingencies may arise resulting from an existing condition, situation, or set of circumstances involving an uncertainty as to the realization of a possible loss.

The Company accounts for loss contingencies in accordance with GAAP. Estimated loss contingencies are accrued only if the loss is probable and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. With respect to a particular loss contingency, it may be probable that a loss has occurred but the estimate of the loss is within a wide range or undeterminable. If the Company deems an amount within the range to be a better estimate than any other amount within the range, that amount will be accrued. However, if no amount within the range is a better estimate than any other amount, the minimum amount of the range is accrued.

During the fourth quarter of 2015, the Company gave notification regarding its intention to not renew the lease for its Tampa, FL facility, which will expire on December 31, 2016. During the first quarter of 2016, the Company entered into lease negotiations to extend the current lease for a smaller portion of the facility, but was unable to reach an agreement on the economics of a lease renewal with its current landlord. On May 3, 2016, the Company entered a lease for an alternative facility, which it expects to occupy upon the expiration of the current lease. The Company, Sypris Electronics and the landlord of the Tampa facility are currently involved in litigation over certain terms of the lease (see Item 1, “Legal Proceedings”). As such, it is reasonably possible that the Company may be required to make certain repairs to the current facility in connection which the expiration of the Lease. The current estimate of the Company’s reasonably possible loss contingency is from no liability to $4,000,000. While the Company intends to vigorously dispute these claims, the Company accrued $500,000 during the nine months ended October 2, 2016 related to its estimated potential obligation under the lease. This accrual is included in accrued liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of October 2, 2016.