Business Segment and Foreign Operations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Reportable Segment

An operating segment, in part, is a component of an enterprise whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance. Operating segments may be aggregated only to a limited extent. Our chief operating decision maker, the Chief Executive Officer, reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis, accompanied by disaggregated information about revenues for purposes of making operating decisions and assessing financial performance. Accordingly, we only have a single operating and reportable segment.

Foreign Operations

Our net sales to external customers by geographic area were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands)	2018		2017
United States	$	79,751	$	81,928
Asia (excluding PRC)	27,400		24,650
People's Republic of China	20,117		15,743
Europe	19,130		17,424
Latin America	10,030		15,645
Other	8,270		6,016
Total net sales	$	164,698	$	161,406

Specific identification of the customer billing location was the basis used for attributing revenues from external customers to geographic areas.

Long-lived tangible assets by geographic area were as follows:



(In thousands)	March 31, 2018		December 31, 2017
United States	$	15,399	$	14,674
People's Republic of China	101,960		96,984
All other countries	4,180		3,870
Total long-lived tangible assets	$	121,539	$	115,528