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Allowance for Doubtful Debts (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Allowance For Doubtful Debts Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Credit Losses for Financing Receivables, Current [Table Text Block]

		Charged (credited) to
		Beginning		Bad Debt		Charged to				Ending
		Balance		Expense (Recoveries)		Allowance (1)		Other (2)		Balance
		(in thousands)
Year ended December 31, 2017	$	301		(57)		(68)		17	$	193
Year ended December 31, 2018	$	193		28		13		98	$	332
(1) Consists of accounts written off, net of recoveries.
(2) For 2018 this amount consists of an addition to the allowance of $103,000 due to business combination as well as the effect of currency translation. For 2017, this amount consists solely of the effect of currency translation.

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Tabular disclosure of credit losses for current financing receivables (such as trade and accounts receivable), including a rollforward of the balance. An alternative caption includes allowance for doubtful accounts.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 11B
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=SL6953423-111524

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