Goodwill and Intangible Assets

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

8)	Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill

The Company’s methodology for allocating the purchase price relating to purchase acquisitions is determined through established and generally accepted valuation techniques. Goodwill is measured as the excess of the cost of the acquisition over the sum of the amounts assigned to tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired less liabilities assumed. The Company assigns assets acquired (including goodwill) and liabilities assumed to one or more reporting units as of the date of acquisition. Typically acquisitions relate to a single reporting unit and thus do not require the allocation of goodwill to multiple reporting units. If the products obtained in an acquisition are assigned to multiple reporting units, the goodwill is distributed to the respective reporting units as part of the purchase price allocation process.

Goodwill and purchased intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are not amortized, but are reviewed for impairment annually during the fourth quarter of each fiscal year and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. The process of evaluating the potential impairment of goodwill and intangible assets requires significant judgment. The Company regularly monitors current business conditions and other factors including, but not limited to, adverse industry or economic trends, restructuring actions and lower projections of profitability that may impact future operating results.

As of October 31, 2013, the Company performed its annual impairment assessment of goodwill and determined that there was no impairment.

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill and accumulated impairment (loss) during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and twelve months ended December 31, 2013 were as follows:


	2014							2013
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Impairment (Loss)			Net		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Impairment (Loss)			Net
Beginning balance at January 1	$	290,323	$	(139,414	)	$	150,909	$	290,147	$	(139,414	)	$	150,733
Acquired goodwill⁽¹⁾		41,993		—			41,993		—		—			—
Foreign currency translation		223		—			223		176		—			176

Ending balance at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013	$	332,539	$	(139,414	)	$	193,125	$	290,323	$	(139,414	)	$	150,909

(1)	During the second quarter of 2014, the Company recorded $41,612 of goodwill related to the May 30, 2014 GP acquisition. During the first quarter of 2014, the Company recorded a purchase accounting adjustment for $381 related to the March 12, 2013 purchase of Alter S.r.l.

Goodwill associated with each of our reportable segments is as follows:


	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Reportable segment:
Advanced Manufacturing Capital Equipment	$	184,234	$	142,065
Analytical Solutions Group		8,668		8,668
Europe Region Sales & Service		—		—
Asia Region Sales & Service		—		—
Foreign currency translation		223		176

Total goodwill	$	193,125	$	150,909

Intangible Assets

Components of the Company’s intangible assets are comprised of the following:


As of September 30, 2014:	Gross		Accumulated Amortization			Foreign Currency Translation		Net
Completed technology (1)	$	100,380	$	(79,263	)	$	490	$	21,607
Customer relationships (1)		35,821		(11,612	)		588		24,797
Patents, trademarks, trade names and other (1)		27,536		(25,193	)		65		2,408

	$	163,737	$	(116,068	)	$	1,143	$	48,812

(1)	During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company recorded $38,850 of separately identified intangible assets of which $15,700 was completed technology, $21,250 was customer relationships and $1,900 was trademarks and trade names, relating to the May 30, 2014 GP acquisition.


As of December 31, 2013:	Gross		Accumulated Amortization			Foreign Currency Translation		Net
Completed technology	$	84,680	$	(78,072	)	$	519	$	7,127
Customer relationships		14,571		(9,831	)		454		5,194
Patents, trademarks, trade names and other		25,636		(24,951	)		84		769

	$	124,887	$	(112,854	)	$	1,057	$	13,090

Aggregate amortization expense related to acquired intangibles for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 were $1,760 and $3,214, respectively. Aggregate amortization expense related to acquired intangibles for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 were $361 and $1,537, respectively. Estimated amortization expense for each of the remaining fiscal years is as follows:


Year	Amount
2014 (remaining)	$	1,777
2015		6,555
2016		6,306
2017		6,268
2018		6,260
2019		6,214
Thereafter		15,432

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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