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Related Party Transactions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block] |
14. | Related Party Transactions
Stephen M. Merrick is of counsel to a law firm from which we received legal services during the year. Mr. Merrick is both a director and a shareholder of the Company. Legal fees paid to this firm were $127,000 and $154,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. John H. Schwan, Chairman of the Company, is a principal of Shamrock Packaging and affiliated companies. The Company made payments for of packaging materials, rent and temporary employees from Shamrock of approximately $2,019,000 and $2,076,000 during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. John H. Schwan, Chairman of the Company, is an owner of White Horse Production, Inc. The Company made payments for website services from White Horse of approximately $15,000 and $21,000 during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. John H. Schwan, Chairman of the Company, and Howard W. Schwan, President of the Company, are the brothers of Gary Schwan, an owner of Schwan Incorporated which provides building maintenance and remodeling services to the Company. The Company made payments to Schwan Incorporated of approximately $37,000 and $44,000 during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. During the period from January 2003 to the present, John H. Schwan, Chairman of the Company, and Stephen M. Merrick, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, have made loans to the Company and to Flexo which have outstanding balances, for the Company of $1,425,000 and $1,420,000 (net of discount of $0 and $5,000, respectively) and for Flexo of $104,000 and $351,000 as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. During 2011 and 2010, interest expense to these individuals on these outstanding loans was $112,000 and $217,000, respectively (see Notes 10 and 12). As disclosed in Note 10, on February 1, 2006, two principal officers and shareholders of the Company each loaned to our Company the sum of $500,000 in exchange for Promissory Notes and five year warrants to purchase up to 151,515 shares of common stock of the Company at the price of $3.30 per share. On May 28, 2010, each of these officer/shareholders exercised the warrants to purchase 151,515 shares each of common stock of the Company in exchange for cancellation of indebtedness of the Company to them in the amount of the purchase price for the shares. On October 1, 2008, the Company issued warrants to purchase 20,000 shares of common stock of the Company to both John Schwan and Stephen M. Merrick exercisable at the price of $4.80 per share (see Note 18). During 2010, two entities owned by John H. Schwan and Stephen M. Merrick provided financing for the acquisition and construction of latex balloon production and related equipment (see Note 15). Other Assets include amounts due to the Company from its employees. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, the balance outstanding on these amounts was $29,000 and $213,000, respectively. Items identified as Notes Payable Affiliates in the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2011 include loans by shareholders to Flexo Universal totaling $112,000 as well as a loan to CTI Europe totaling $27,000. The remaining balance of $1,000 represents loans from a number of various employees of Flexo Universal (see Note 12).

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- Definition The entire disclosure for related party transactions, including the nature of the relationship(s), a description of the transactions, the amount of the transactions, the effects of any change in the method of establishing the terms of the transaction from the previous period, stated interest rate, expiration date, terms and manner of settlement per the agreement with the related party, and amounts due to or from related parties. If the entity and one or more other entities are under common ownership or management control and this control affects the operating results or financial position, disclosure includes the nature of the control relationship even if there are no transactions between the entities. Disclosure may also include the aggregate amount of current and deferred tax expense for each statement of earnings presented where the entity is a member of a group that files a consolidated tax return, the amount of any tax related balances due to or from affiliates as of the date of each statement of financial position presented, the principal provisions of the method by which the consolidated amount of current and deferred tax expense is allocated to the members of the group and the nature and effect of any changes in that method. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(k)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e23780-122690 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Article 3A -Section 04 -Paragraph b Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 57 -Paragraph 1-4 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39678-107864 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Article 4 -Section 08 -Paragraph k Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39691-107864 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39622-107864 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39603-107864 + Details
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