Restructuring Charges

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Restructuring Charges [Abstract]

Restructuring Charges

NOTE 17:  Restructuring Charges

In November 2008, the Company announced the closure of its MVSD facility in Duluth, Georgia. In April 2009, the Company implemented a variety of cost-cutting measures at MVSD intended to more closely align the Company’s cost structure with the lower levels of business at that time. Finally, on October 1, 2009, which was part of the Company’s fiscal September, the Company announced the closure of its SISD facility in Kuopio, Finland.

The restructuring charges from these actions have been included in “Restructuring charges” on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. A reconciliation of the costs incurred in 2009 associated with these restructuring programs was as follows (in thousands):

	November 2008 Program		April 2009 Program		September 2009 Program		Total
One-time termination benefits	$	298	$	2,775	$	301	$	3,374
Contract termination costs		372		167		153		692
Other associated costs		306		103		51		460
	$	976	$	3,045	$	505	$	4,526

One-time termination benefits primarily included severance and retention bonuses for employees who were terminated. Contract termination costs primarily included rental payments and lease termination costs for facilities that were closed. Other associated costs included legal costs for employee termination actions, travel and transportation expenses to close facilities, relocation costs for employees transferred to other locations, and outplacement services for terminated employees.

In 2010, the Company recorded $75,000 related to these restructuring programs, of which $79,000 of expense related to the September 2009 program and $4,000 represented a reversal of the previous year’s expense related to the April 2009 program. All obligations related to these programs were fully paid as of the third quarter of 2010.