BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION | 3 Months Ended |
Mar. 31, 2014 |
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NOTE 1 – BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION |
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Global Power Equipment Group Inc. (“Global Power,” “we,” “us,” “our,” or “the Company”) is a comprehensive provider of customer-engineered equipment, and modification and maintenance services for customers in the power generation, oil & gas, natural gas, infrastructure and process and industrial markets. Our customers are in and outside the United States (“U.S.”) in both developed and emerging economies. |
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We design, engineer and manufacture a comprehensive range of gas and steam turbine auxiliary products, control houses and generator enclosures primarily used to enhance the efficiency and facilitate the operation of gas turbine power plants, sub-base and stand-alone tanks meeting UL listings UL142, UL2085 and ULC-S 601 and for other industrial pipeline compression stations, electric power transmissions and distribution systems. With a strong competitive position in our product lines due to our technology, skilled work force and experience, we benefit from a large installed base of equipment throughout the world which provides us strong brand recognition and value. |
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We provide on-site specialty modification and maintenance services, outage management, facility upgrade services, specialty repair, brazed aluminum heat exchanger repair and maintenance, and other industrial and safety services to nuclear, fossil-fuel, industrial gas, liquefied natural gas, petrochemical and other industrial operations in the U.S. We have the capability to combine our services and equipment resources to offer turn-key solutions for aftermarket repair applications for the North American gas turbine power generation, energy infrastructure, process and cogeneration markets. |
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Our operations are grouped into three reportable segments: Product Solutions, Nuclear Services and Energy Services. Our Product Solutions segment is comprised of two primary product categories: Electrical Solutions and Auxiliary Products. |
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· Our Electrical Solutions product category is comprised of Koontz-Wagner Custom Controls Holdings, LLC (“Koontz-Wagner”), including, following its merger with and into Koontz-Wagner (the “Merger”), the former operations of IBI, LLC (“IBI Power” or “IBI”). This product category focuses on manufacturing and integrating engineered packaged control house solutions and manufacturing custom power packaging and integration solutions, including control house systems, generator enclosures, and industrial tanks, for the energy, oil & gas and electrical industries. |
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· Our Auxiliary Products category is comprised of Braden Manufacturing, L.L.C. (“Braden”) which engineer and manufacture filter houses, inlet and exhaust systems, diverter dampers, selective catalytic emission reduction systems (commonly referred to as “SCR”) used in the power generation market. Consolidated Fabricators Inc. (“CFI”), which engineer and manufacture complex equipment to support gas turbines and other power generation equipment, and, TOG Manufacturing Company, Inc. (“TOG”), which manufacture highly-engineered precision components for critical applications across a variety of industries including: Power Generation, U.S. Defense Department and Off-Shore Drilling. |
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· Our Nuclear Services segment is comprised of the operations of Williams Plant Services, LLC and Williams Specialty Services, LLC (together, the “Williams business”). Our Nuclear Services segment is focused on the nuclear maintenance and specialty services business. |
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· Our Energy Services segment is comprised Hetsco, Inc. (“Hetsco”) and the operations of Construction & Maintenance Professionals, LLC and Williams Industrial Services, LLC. Our Energy Services segment is focused on providing mission critical brazed aluminum heat exchanger repair, maintenance, and safety services to the industrial gas, liquefied natural gas and petrochemical industries and maintenance and specialty services to the industrial and fossil business. |
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Effective as of January 1, 2013, our Board of Directors determined to change from a traditional month-end calendar close cycle to a 4-4-5 calendar close methodology during interim periods. Our fiscal year will continue to end on December 31. Under this methodology, each interim period is comprised of 13 weeks, which includes two 4-week months and one 5-week month, and begins on Monday and ends on Sunday. The 4-4-5 close methodology will change the accounting periods to month-end dates that would be different than the traditional last day of the standard month end. We will label our quarterly information using a calendar convention, that is, first quarter will be labeled as ending on March 31, second quarter as ending on June 30, and third quarter as ending on September 30. This change in methodology aligns our financial calendar to our payroll cycle simplifying our close process. The effects of this practice are modest and only exist within a reporting year. The reporting periods and applicable reports for 2014 are: |
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Fiscal Period | | Reporting Period | | Report to be Filed | | | | |
First quarter of fiscal 2014 | | January 1, 2014 to March 30, 2014 | | Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q | | | | |
Second quarter of fiscal 2014 | | March 31, 2014 to June 29, 2014 | | Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q | | | | |
Third quarter of fiscal 2014 | | June 30, 2014 to September 28, 2014 | | Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q | | | | |
Fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 | | September 29, 2014 to December 31, 2014 | | Annual Report on Form 10-K | | | | |
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Acquisitions: During 2013, we completed the following acquisitions: |
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Business Acquired | | Date of Closing | | Net Assets | | Primary Form of | |
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IBI, LLC | | July 9, 2013 | | $ | 18.6 | | Cash | |
Hetsco Holdings, Inc. | | April 30, 2013 | | $ | 32.4 | | Cash | |
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Each of the acquired businesses has been included in our results of operations since the date of closing. Due to the timing of these acquisitions and related operating results, our 2014 and 2013 operating results are not entirely comparable. See Note 3—Acquisitions. |
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