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Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block] | 18. Segment Reporting The Company has two business division segments based on the products it delivers: Catalyst division — The Catalyst division produces catalysts to reduce emissions from gasoline, diesel and natural gas combustion engines that are offered for multiple markets and a wide range of applications. The Catalyst Division developed a family of unique high-performance catalysts, featuring inexpensive base-metals with low or even no platinum group metals, or PGMs, to provide increased catalytic function and value for technology-driven automotive industry customers. The Catalyst division’s technical and manufacturing competence in the light duty vehicle market is aimed at meeting auto makers’ most stringent requirements, and it has supplied over eleven million parts to light duty vehicle customers since 1996. The Catalyst division also provides catalyst formulations for the Company’s Heavy Duty Diesel Systems division. Intersegment revenues are based on market prices. Heavy Duty Diesel Systems division — The Heavy Duty Diesel Systems division designs and manufactures verified exhaust emissions control solutions. This division offers a full range of products for the verified retrofit and non-retrofit OEM and aftermarket markets through its distributor/dealer network and direct sales. These products are used to reduce exhaust emissions created by on-road, off-road and stationary diesel and alternative fuel engines including propane and natural gas. The retrofit market in the U.S. is driven in particular by state and municipal environmental regulations and incentive funding for voluntary early compliance. The Heavy Duty Diesel Systems division derives significant revenues from retrofit with a portfolio of solutions verified by the California Air Resources Board and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Corporate — Corporate includes cost for personnel, insurance and public company expenses such as legal, audit and taxes that are not allocated down to the operating divisions. Discontinued operations — In 2006, the Company purchased AUS, a provider of cost-effective, engineered solutions for the clean and efficient utilization of fossil fuels. AUS, referred to as the Company’s Energy Systems division, provided emissions control and energy systems solutions for industrial and utility boilers, process heaters, gas turbines and generation sets used largely by major utilities, industrial process plants, OEMs, refineries, food processors, product manufacturers and universities. The Energy Systems division delivered integrated systems built for customers’ specific combustion processes. As discussed in Note 15, this division was sold on October 1, 2009. Summarized financial information for the Company’s reportable segments is as follows (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012
Net sales |  |  |
Heavy Duty Diesel Systems | $ 32,614 |  | $ 40,666
Catalyst | 25,823 |  | 24,322
Corporate | ─ |  | ─
Eliminations (1) | (3,153) |  | (4,451)
Total | $ 55,284 |  | $ 60,537
Income (loss) from operations |  |  |
Heavy Duty Diesel Systems | $ 1,018 |  | $ (602)
Catalyst | 1,026 |  | (1,816)
Corporate | (6,476) |  | (5,469)
Eliminations | 166 |  | 50
Total | $ (4,266) |  | $ (7,837)
Depreciation and amortization |  |  |
Heavy Duty Diesel Systems | $ 1,082 |  | $ 1,238
Catalyst | 204 |  | 192
Corporate | ─ |  | ─
Total | $ 1,286 |  | $ 1,430
Capital expenditures |  |  |
Heavy Duty Diesel Systems | $ 48 |  | $ 135
Catalyst | 94 |  | 101
Corporate | ─ |  | ─
Total | $ 142 |  | $ 236
| December 31,
Total assets | 2013 |  | 2012
Heavy Duty Diesel Systems | $ 42,181 |  | $ 40,182
Catalyst | 41,687 |  | 37,637
Discontinued operations | 1,132 |  | 1,172
Eliminations | (56,631) |  | (43,550)
Total | $ 28,369 |  | $ 35,441
(1) Elimination of Catalyst revenue related to sales to Heavy Duty diesel Systems. Net sales by geographic region based on location of sales organization is as follows (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012
United States | $ 26,659 |  | $ 25,895
Canada | 23,913 |  | 22,152
United Kingdom | 951 |  | 6,691
Sweden | 3,761 |  | 5,799
Total | $ 55,284 |  | $ 60,537
Net fixed assets and total assets by geographic region as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 is as follows (in thousands):
| Fixed Assets |  | Total Assets
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
United States | $ 609 |  | $ 616 |  | $ 12,371 |  | $ 15,353
Canada | 803 |  | 1,278 |  | 12,874 |  | 15,681
United Kingdom | ─ |  | ─ |  | 741 |  | 1,392
Sweden | 47 |  | 106 |  | 2,383 |  | 3,015
Total | $ 1,459 |  | $ 2,000 |  | $ 28,369 |  | $ 35,441

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8595-108599 + Details
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