Segment Information |
11. Segment Information
The Company reports financial information based
on the organizational structure used by the Company’s chief operating decision makers for making operating and investment
decisions and for assessing performance. The Company’s reportable business segments consist of: (1) United States; (2) Canada;
and (3) Europe. As described below, the activities of the Company’s Asian operations are closely linked to those of the U.S.
operations; accordingly, the Company’s chief operating decision makers review the financial results of both on a consolidated
basis, and the results of the Asian operations have been aggregated with the results of the United States operations to form one
reportable segment called the “United States segment” or “U.S. segment”. Each reportable segment derives
its revenue from the sales of cutting devices, measuring instruments and safety products for school, office, home, hardware, sporting
and industrial use.
Domestic sales orders are filled primarily
from the Company’s distribution centers in North Carolina, Washington, Massachusetts, Tennessee and California. The Company
is responsible for the costs of shipping, insurance, customs clearance, duties, storage and distribution related to such products.
Orders filled from the Company’s inventory are generally for less than container-sized lots.
Direct import sales are products sold by the
Company’s Asian subsidiary, directly to major U.S. retailers who take ownership of the products in Asia. These sales are
completed by delivering product to the customers’ common carriers at the shipping points in Asia. Direct import sales are
made in larger quantities than domestic sales, typically full containers. Direct import sales represented approximately 12% and
11% of the Company’s total net sales in 2018 and 2017, respectively.
The Chief Operating Decision Maker
evaluates the performance of each operating segment based on segment revenues and operating income. Segment revenues are defined
as total revenues, including both external customer revenue and inter-segment revenue. Segment operating earnings are defined as
segment revenues, less cost of goods sold and operating expenses. Identifiable assets by segment are those assets used in the respective
reportable segment’s operations. Inter-segment amounts are eliminated to arrive at consolidated financial results.
The following table sets forth certain
financial data by segment for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017:
Financial data by segment:
(000’s omitted)
Year Ended December 31, 2018: | |
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United States | |
Canada | |
Europe | |
Consolidated |
Net sales | |
$ | 120,993 | | |
$ | 7,040 | | |
$ | 9,288 | | |
$ | 137,321 | |
Operating income | |
| 6,103 | | |
| 884 | | |
| 470 | | |
| 7,457 | |
Assets | |
| 99,720 | | |
| 3,839 | | |
| 5,918 | | |
| 109,477 | |
Additions to property, plant and equipment | |
| 2,705 | | |
| 83 | | |
| 63 | | |
| 2,851 | |
Depreciation and amortization | |
| 3,153 | | |
| 9 | | |
| 67 | | |
| 3,229 | |
Year Ended December 31, 2017: | |
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United States | |
Canada | |
Europe | |
Consolidated |
Net sales | |
$ | 115,407 | | |
$ | 6,935 | | |
$ | 8,208 | | |
$ | 130,550 | |
Operating income | |
| 6,788 | | |
| 775 | | |
| 320 | | |
| 7,883 | |
Assets | |
| 104,431 | | |
| 4,926 | | |
| 5,373 | | |
| 114,730 | |
Additions to property, plant and equipment | |
| 7,014 | | |
| 19 | | |
| 113 | | |
| 7,146 | |
Depreciation and amortization | |
| 2,845 | | |
| 8 | | |
| 42 | | |
| 2,895 | |
The following is a reconciliation of segment
operating income to consolidated income before taxes:
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2018 | |
2017 |
Total operating income | |
$ | 7,457 | | |
$ | 7,883 | |
Interest expense, net | |
| 1,858 | | |
| 1,327 | |
Other expense | |
| 67 | | |
| 63 | |
Consolidated income before taxes | |
$ | 5,532 | | |
$ | 6,493 | |
The table below presents revenue by geographic
area. Revenues are attributed to countries based on location of the customer.
Revenues | |
2018 | |
2017 |
United States | |
$ | 119,573 | | |
$ | 114,231 | |
International: | |
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Canada | |
| 7,040 | | |
| 6,935 | |
Europe | |
| 9,288 | | |
| 8,208 | |
Other | |
| 1,420 | | |
| 1,176 | |
Total International | |
$ | 17,748 | | |
$ | 16,319 | |
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Total Revenues | |
$ | 137,321 | | |
$ | 130,550 | |
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