Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Before Income Taxes

	For the years ended August 31,
($ in thousands)	2019			2018		2017
United States	$	(1,949	)	$	25,116	$	21,969
Foreign		4,056			8,737		13,746
	$	2,107		$	33,853	$	35,715

Schedule of Significant Components of Income Tax Provision

	For the years ended August 31,
($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Current:
Federal	$	2,190		$	9,313		$	7,873
State		324			1,047			781
Foreign		3,107			3,266			4,785
Total current		5,621			13,626			13,439
Deferred:
Federal		(3,209	)		517			(688	)
State		(624	)		(47	)		(43	)
Foreign		(1,853	)		(520	)		(172	)
Total deferred		(5,686	)		(50	)		(903	)
Total income tax provision	$	(65	)	$	13,576		$	12,536

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

	For the years ended August 31,
	2019						2018						2017
($ in thousands)	Amount			%			Amount			%			Amount			%
U.S. statutory rate	$	443			21.0		$	8,700			25.7		$	12,500			35.0
State and local taxes, net of federal tax benefit		(379	)		(18.0	)		743			2.2			480			1.3
Foreign tax rate differences		164			7.8			809			2.4			(486	)		(1.4	)
U.S. tax reform		160			7.6			2,496			7.4			—			—
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance		142			6.7			758			2.2			(21	)		(0.1	)
Domestic production activities deduction		—			—			(727	)		(2.1	)		(700	)		(2.0	)
Federal credits		(338	)		(16.0	)		(375	)		(1.1	)		(288	)		(0.8	)
Uncertain tax benefits		(153	)		(7.3	)		198			0.6			264			0.7
Other		(104	)		(4.9	)		974			2.9			787			2.2
Effective rate	$	(65	)		(3.1	)	$	13,576			40.1		$	12,536			35.1

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

	August 31,
($ in thousands)	2019			2018
Deferred tax assets:
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	687		$	947
Accrued expenses		7,791			8,142
Warranty		2,118			1,648
Defined benefit pension plan		1,705			1,528
Inventory		1,445			1,935
Share-based compensation		1,146			925
Vacation		741			797
Net operating loss and capital loss carry forwards		3,648			2,868
Deferred revenue		2,716			536
Other		2,074			665
Gross deferred tax assets		24,071			19,991
Valuation allowance		(3,759	)		(3,562	)
Net deferred tax assets	$	20,312		$	16,429
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangible assets	$	(6,163	)	$	(6,648	)
Property, plant, and equipment		(3,263	)		(4,219	)
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	(9,426	)	$	(10,867	)
Net deferred tax assets	$	10,886		$	5,562

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward

	August 31,
($ in thousands)	2019			2018
Unrecognized tax benefits at September 1	$	1,399		$	1,498
Increases for positions taken in current year		1,457			117
Increases for positions taken in prior years		78			43
Decreases for positions taken in prior years		(216	)		(21	)
Reduction resulting from lapse of applicable    statute of limitations		(329	)		(38	)
Decreases for settlements with tax authorities		—			(200	)
Unrecognized tax benefits at August 31	$	2,389		$	1,399