RESTRUCTURING AND EXIT ACTIVITIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

RESTRUCTURING AND EXIT ACTIVITIES [Abstract]

RESTRUCTURING AND EXIT ACTIVITIES

13.          RESTRUCTURING AND EXIT ACTIVITIES

In the third quarter of 2018, we initiated the closure of the Company's Bucharest, Romania office location, a sales office for Image Sensing Systems EMEA Limited. The Company will continue doing business in the European region utilizing its Barcelona, Spain sales office. As a result of the Romania closure, we incurred $2,000and $144,000 of restructuring charges in 2019 and 2018, respectively.   

The following table shows the restructuring activity for 2019 (in thousands): 

				Facility Costs
	Termination Benefits			and Contract Termination			Total
Balance at January 1, 2018		—			—			—
Charges		92			52			144
Settlements		(74	)		(48	)		(122	)
Balance at December 31, 2018	$	18		$	4		$	22
Charges		2			—			2
Settlements		(20	)		(4	)		(24	)
Balance at December 31, 2019	$	—		$	—		$	—

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) in Hong Kong; Image Sensing Systems (Shenzhen) Limited (ISS WOFE) in China; Image Sensing Systems Europe Limited (ISS Europe) in the United Kingdom; Image Sensing Systems Europe Limited SP.Z.O.O (ISS Poland) in Poland; and Image Sensing Systems Germany, GmbH (ISS Germany) in Germany. At December 31, 2018, Image Sensing Systems Europe Limited and Image Sensing Systems Europe Limited SP.Z.O.O were fully closed. At December 31, 2019, Image Sensing Systems Germany, GmbH was fully closed. We incurred $6,000 of legal entity closure costs in 2019 compared to $3,000 in 2018.