SEGMENT INFORMATION

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

SEGMENT INFORMATION [Abstract]

SEGMENT INFORMATION

NOTE 14 - SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company's businesses are organized, managed and internally reported as five operating segments.  Three of these operating segments, Premier Packaging Corporation, dba DSS Packaging Group, Plastic Printing Professionals, Inc., dba DSS Plastics Group, and Secuprint Inc., dba DSS Printing Group are engaged in the printing and production of paper, cardboard and plastic documents with a wide range of features, including the Company's patented technologies and trade secrets designed for the protection of documents against unauthorized duplication and altering.     The two other operating segments, ExtraDev, Inc., dba DSS Digital Group, and DSS Technology Management, Inc., (f/k/a Lexington Technology Group, Inc.) are engaged in various aspects of developing, acquiring, selling and licensing technology assets and are grouped into one reportable segment called Technology.  DSS Technology Management acquires or internally develops patented technology or intellectual property assets (or interests therein), with the purpose of monetizing these assets through a variety of value-enhancing initiatives, including, but not limited to, investments in the development and commercialization of patented technologies, licensing, strategic partnerships and commercial litigation. DSS Digital Group researches and develops intellectual property, products and services for purposes of creating commercial sales of products that are based on internally developed intellectual property and intellectual property assets and rights acquired by DSS Technology Management. DSS Digital Group also provides IT sales and services including remote server and application hosting, cloud computing, secure document systems, back-up and disaster recovery services and custom program development services. These two operating segments are combined into one reportable segment.

Approximate information concerning the Company's operations by reportable segment for years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 is as follows.  The Company relies on intersegment cooperation and management does not represent that these segments, if operated independently, would report the results contained herein:

Year Ended December 31, 2013	Packaging Segment		Printing Segment		Plastics Segment		Technology Segment			Corporate Segment			Total
Revenues from external customers	$	8,969,000	$	3,273,000	$	3,639,000	$	1,571,000		$	-		$	17,452,000
Revenues from other operating segments		154,000		543,000		-		-			-			697,000
Interest expense		120,000		45,000		-		5,000			76,000			246,000
Stock based compensation		-		-		-		-			1,895,000			1,895,000
Depreciation and amortization		409,000		161,000		170,000		2,225,000			1,000			2,966,000
Income tax (benefit)		-		-		-		-			(10,949,000	)		(10,949,000	)
Net income (loss)		443,000		233,000		89,000		(3,968,000	)		5,797,000			2,594,000
Capital Expenditures		1,889,000		-		15,000		2,864,000			12,000			4,780,000
Identifiable assets		8,681,000		489,000		2,125,000		55,193,000			854,000			67,342,000

Year Ended December 31, 2012	Packaging Segment		Printing Segment			Plastics Segment			Technology Segment			Corporate Segment			Total
Revenues from external customers	$	9,428,000	$	3,640,000		$	2,966,000		$	1,081,000		$	-		$	17,115,000
Revenue from other operating segments		91,000		625,000			-			-			-			716,000
Interest expense		151,000		-			-			8,000			69,000			228,000
Stock based compensation		-		-			-			-			847,000			847,000
Depreciation and amortization		415,000		95,000			187,000			86,000			62,000			845,000
Income tax (benefit)		-		-			-			-			19,000			19,000
Net income (loss)		431,000		(207,000	)		(60,000	)		(354,000	)		(4,091,000	)		(4,281,000	)
Capital Expenditures		28,000		-			68,000			129,000			20,000			245,000
Identifiable assets		7,189,000		2,146,000			1,951,000			1,036,000			1,928,000			14,250,000

International revenue, which consists of sales to customers with operations in Canada, Western Europe, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia comprised 2% of total revenue for 2013, (2%- 2012). Revenue is allocated to individual countries by customer based on where the product is shipped to, location of services performed or the location of equipment that is under an annual maintenance agreement. The Company had no long-lived assets in any country other than the United States for any period presented.

Major Customers - During 2013, two customers accounted for 35% of the Company's consolidated revenue. As of December 31, 2013, these two customers accounted for 30% of the Company's trade accounts receivable balance. During 2012, one customer accounted for 29% of the Company's consolidated revenue. As of December 31, 2012, this customer accounted for 21% of the Company's trade accounts receivable balance.