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RESTRUCTURING AND EXIT ACTIVITIES
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
RESTRUCTURING AND EXIT ACTIVITIES [Abstract]  
RESTRUCTURING AND EXIT ACTIVITIES

14.          RESTRUCTURING AND EXIT ACTIVITIES

In the first quarter of 2016, the Company implemented restructuring plans in Canada.  Because of these actions, restructuring charges of approximately $126,000 were recorded in 2016 related to employee terminations.  

The following table shows the restructuring activity for 2016 (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 Facility Costs 

 

 

 

 

 

Termination 

 

and Contract

 

 

 

 

 

Benefits

 

Termination

 

Total

Balance at January 1, 2016

$

—

 

 

$

—

 

 

$

—

 

Charges

 

            126

 

 

 

               —

 

 

 

            126

 

Settlements

 

(126

)

 

 

—

 

 

 

(126

)

Balance at December 31, 2016

$

—

 

 

$

—

 

 

$

—

 

 

No restructuring charges were recorded in 2017.

 

In the third quarter of 2016, in order to streamline our operating and cost structure, we initiated the closure of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, Image Sensing Systems HK Limited (ISS HK) located in Hong Kong; Image Sensing Systems (Shenzhen) Limited (ISS WOFE) located in China; Image Sensing Systems Europe Limited (ISS Europe) located in the United Kingdom; Image Sensing Systems Europe Limited SP.Z.O.O (ISS Poland) located in Poland; and Image Sensing Systems Germany, GmbH (ISS Germany) located in Germany. We incurred $31,000 and $35,000 of legal entity closure costs during 2017 and 2016, respectively.