Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block] | 1 2 . Segment and Geographic Information The company and its subsidiaries design, manufacture and sell components and modules for circuit protection, power control and sensing throughout the world. The company reports its operations by the following segments: Electronics, Automotive, and Industrial. An operating segment is defined as a component of an enterprise that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses, and about which separate financial information is regularly evaluated by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources. The CODM is the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). The CODM allocates resources to and assesses the performance of each operating segment using information about its revenue and operating income (loss) before interest and taxes, but does not evaluate the operating segments using discrete balance sheet information. Sales, marketing and research and development expenses are charged directly into each operating segment. Manufacturing, purchasing, logistics, customer service, finance, information technology and human resources are shared functions that are allocated back to the three operating segments. The company does not report inter-segment revenue because the operating segments do not record it. Certain expenses, determined by the CODM to be strategic in nature and not directly related to segments current results, are not allocated but identified as “ Other ” . Additionally, the company does not allocate interest and other income, interest expense, or taxes to operating segments. These costs are not allocated to the segments, as management excludes such costs when assessing the performance of the segments. Although the CODM uses operating income (loss) to evaluate the segments, operating costs included in one segment may benefit other segments. Except as discussed above, the accounting policies for segment reporting are the same as for the company as a whole. Segment information for the three and six months ended July 2, 2016 and June 27, 2015 are summarized “as follows (in thousands): For the Three Months Ended For the Six Months Ended July 2 , 201 6 June 27, 2015 July 2, 2016 June 27, 2015 Net sales Electronics $ 132,170 $ 105,553 $ 230,966 $ 204,933 Automotive 111,370 85,918 203,303 169,989 Industrial 28,372 30,550 57,041 57,412 Total net sales $ 271,912 $ 222,021 $ 491,310 $ 432,334 Depreciation and amortization Electronics $ 7,717 $ 5,775 $ 13,089 $ 11,573 Automotive 4,988 3,303 8,254 6,639 Industrial 1,376 1,295 2,828 2,579 Other (1) - - 937 - Total depreciation and amortization $ 14,081 $ 10,373 $ 25,108 $ 20,791 Operating income (loss) Electronics $ 25,259 $ 22,167 $ 47,675 $ 40,832 Automotive 16,474 12,699 33,965 23,870 Industrial 2,028 4,709 3,701 7,439 Other (2 ) (14,059 ) (3,404 ) (23,211 ) (6,422 ) Total operating income 29,702 36,171 62,130 65,719 Interest expense 1,670 948 3,715 2,099 Foreign exchange (gain) loss (6,237 ) (1,292 ) (2,414 ) 1,825 Other (income) expense, net 255 (1,202 ) (262 ) (2,328 ) Income before income taxes $ 34,014 $ 37,717 $ 61,091 $ 64,123 (2) Included in “Other” Operating income (loss) for the 2016 second quarter is $6.1 million ($12.3 million year-to-date) of acquisition-related costs primarily related to legal and integration costs associated with the company’s acquisition of the PolySwitch business, a $6.9 million ($6.9 million year-to-date) inventory adjustment relating to the PolySwitch acquisition as described in Note 4, $0.3 million ($1.9 million year-to-date) in charges related to the closure of the company’s manufacturing facility in Denmark, $0.7 million ($1.7 million year-to-date) related to the company’s transfer of its reed sensor manufacturing operations from the U.S. and China to the Philippines and $0.1 million ($0.4 million year-to-date) related to internal legal restructuring costs. Included in “Other” Operating income (loss) for the 2015 second quarter is $0.9 million ($1.9 million year-to-date) of costs related to the company’s transfer of its reed sensor manufacturing from the U.S. to the Philippines, $1.7 million ($2.9 million year-to-date) related to internal legal restructuring, $0.2 million ($0.3 million year-to-date) related to acquisition costs and $0.7 million ($1.3 million year-to-date) of expense related to the planned termination of the U.S. pension as described in Note 11 . The company’s significant net sales by country for the three and six months ended July 2, 2016 and June 27, 2015 are summarized as follows (in thousands): For the Three Months Ended ( a ) For the Six Months Ended ( a ) July 2, 2016 June 27, 2015 July 2, 2016 June 27, 2015 United States $ 93,036 $ 89,608 $ 178,184 $ 172,981 China 62,411 49,920 110,919 94,349 Other countries 116,465 82,493 202,207 165,004 Total $ 271,912 $ 222,021 $ 491,310 $ 432,334 (a) Sales by country represent sales to customer or distributor locations. The company’s significant long-lived assets by country as of July 2, 2016 and January 2, 2016 are summarized as follows (in thousands): Long-lived assets (b) July 2 , 2016 January 2, 2016 United States $ 23,985 $ 23,965 China 70,325 37,241 Canada 10,925 10,488 Other countries 119,275 90,874 Total $ 224,510 $ 162,568 (b) Long-lived assets consists of net property, plant and equipment. The company’s significant additions to long-lived assets by country for the six months ended July 2, 2016 and June 27, 2015 are summarized as follows (in thousands): Additions to long-lived assets July 2 , 2016 June 27, 2015 United States $ 2,783 $ 6,615 China 3,847 4,080 Canada 137 878 Other countries 13,450 14,815 Total $ 20,217 $ 26,388 |