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Identified Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Summary of Changes in Identified Intangible Assets

The changes in identified intangible assets were as follows:

		Total
Balance as of January 1, 2017:
Cost			9,512
Accumulated amortization/impairment			(2,169	)
Book value			7,343
Changes in book value:
Acquisitions/additions			78
Amortization			(1,539	)
Impairment			(23	)
Translation differences			4
Total changes			(1,480	)
Balance as of December 31, 2017:
Cost			9,335
Accumulated amortization/impairment			(3,472	)
Book value			5,863
Changes in book value:
Acquisitions/additions			114
Amortization			(1,509	)
Translation differences			(1	)
Total changes			(1,396	)
Balance as of December 31, 2018:
Cost			9,183
Accumulated amortization/impairment			(4,716	)
Book value			4,467

Summary of Identified Intangible Assets

Identified intangible assets as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 respectively were composed of the following:

		December 31, 2018								December 31, 2017
		Gross carrying amount				Accumulated amortization				Gross carrying amount				Accumulated amortization
IPR&D 1)			276				-				687				-
Marketing-related			81				(50	)			82				(34	)
Customer-related			964				(301	)			1,155				(437	)
Technology-based			7,862				(4,365	)			7,411				(3,001	)
Identified intangible assets			9,183				(4,716	)			9,335				(3,472	)

1) IPR&D is not subject to amortization until completion or abandonment of the associated research and development effort.

Other Intangible Assets [Member]

Schedule of Estimated Amortization Expense for Intangible Assets, Excluding Software

The estimated amortization expense for these identified intangible assets, excluding software, for each of the five succeeding years is:

2019			1,533
2020			1,308
2021			504
2022			418
2023			230

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