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Accrued Warranty | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract] |
Product Warranty Disclosure [Text Block] | 7. Accrued Warranty Changes in the Company’s product warranty reserve are as follows (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31,
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 453 |  | $ | 665
Accrued warranty expense |  | 230 |  |  | 199
Warranty claims paid |  | (212) |  |  | (19)
Translation adjustment |  | (13) |  |  | (21)
Balance at end of period | $ | 458 |  | $ | 824

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- Definition The entire disclosure for standard and extended product warranties and other product guarantee contracts, including a tabular reconciliation of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability for the reporting period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6398077&loc=d3e12565-110249 + Details
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