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Segment Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

NOTE 14 - SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company’s businesses are organized, managed and internally reported as four operating segments. Two of these operating segments, Packaging and Printing and Plastics, are engaged in the printing and production of paper, cardboard and plastic documents with a wide range of features, including the Company’s patented technologies and trade secrets designed for the protection of documents against unauthorized duplication and altering. The two other operating segments, DSS Digital Group, and DSS Technology Management, Inc., are engaged in various aspects of developing, acquiring, selling and licensing technology assets and are grouped into one reportable segment called Technology.

Approximate information concerning the Company’s operations by reportable segment for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows. The Company relies on intersegment cooperation and management does not represent that these segments, if operated independently, would report the results contained herein:

Year Ended December 31, 2017		Packaging and Printing				Plastics				Technology				Corporate				Total

Revenue		$	12,556,000				4,470,000				1,636,000				-			$	18,662,000
Depreciation and amortization			663,000				134,000				614,000				3,000				1,414,000
Interest expense			107,000				-				62,000				54,000				223,000
Amortized Debt Discount			1,000				-				131,000				22,000				154,000
Stock based compensation			-				-				40,000				175,000				215,000
Income tax benefit			-				-				-				(21,000	)			(21,000	)
Net Income (loss) to common shareholders			1,453,000				385,000				(1,219,000	)			(1,197,000	)			(578,000	)
Capital Expenditures			439,000				520,000				-				-				959,000
Identifiable assets			9,331,000				2,933,000				1,725,000				3,442,000				17,431,000

Year Ended December 31, 2016		Packaging and Printing				Plastics				Technology				Corporate				Total

Revenue		$	12,934,000				4,344,000				1,900,000				-			$	19,178,000
Depreciation and amortization			617,000				122,000				649,000				4,000				1,392,000
Interest Expense			121,000				-				41,000				86,000				248,000
Amortized Debt Discount			2,000				-				29,000				-				31,000
Stock based compensation			17,000				10,000				26,000				276,000				329,000
Income tax benefit			-				-				-				11,000				11,000
Net Income (loss) to common shareholders			1,533,000				447,000				(1,271,000	)			(1,659,000	)			(950,000	)
Capital Expenditures			251,000				18,000				3,117,000				-				3,386,000
Identifiable assets			9,484,000				2,335,000				1,942,000				4,705,000				18,466,000

International revenue, which consists of sales to customers with operations in Canada, Western Europe, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia comprised 3.2% of total revenue for 2017 (2%- 2016). Revenue is allocated to individual countries by customer based on where the product is shipped. The Company had no long-lived assets in any country other than the United States for any period presented.