Segment and Enterprise-Wide Disclosures

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

7. Segment and Enterprise-Wide Disclosures

Under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 280, Segment Reporting, operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate, discrete financial information is available and evaluated by the chief operating decision-maker in making decisions on how to allocate resources and assess performance. We view our operations and manage our business as one operating segment. No discrete operating information is prepared by us except for sales by product line and by legal entity for local reporting purposes.

Most of our revenues are generated in the United States, Germany, and other European countries as well as in Canada, Japan and China. Substantially all of our assets are located in the United States. Net sales to unaffiliated customers by country were as follows:


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
	(in thousands)				(in thousands)
United States	$	13,937	$	14,506	$	43,620	$	43,485
Germany		3,058		2,885		9,421		8,624
Other countries		7,170		7,431		24,138		22,605

Net Sales	$	24,165	$	24,822	$	77,179	$	74,714