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Commitments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments Disclosure [Text Block]
15.
Commitments
 
Operating Leases
 
The Company’s United Kingdom subsidiary maintains a lease for office and warehouse space which expires December 2014 at a cost of $5,000 per month and additional space that expires July 2014 at a cost of $2,000 per month. In September 2012, the Company’s German subsidiary entered into a 3-year lease to rent approximately 3,000 square feet of office and warehouse space in Heusenstamm, Germany at a cost of $2,000 per month. In August 2011, Flexo Universal entered into a 5-year lease to rent 73,000 square feet of warehouse and office space in Guadalajara, Mexico at the cost of $30,000 per month. In September 2012, we entered into a lease agreement, expiring on February 28, 2017 to rent approximately 117,000 square feet of warehouse and office space in Lake Zurich, Illinois at a cost per month as follows:
 
Lease period
 
Amount per month
 
March 1, 2013 – October 31, 2013
 
$
25,000
 
November 1, 2013 – October 31, 2014
 
 
28,000
 
November 1, 2014 – October 31, 2015
 
 
30,000
 
November 1, 2015 – October 31, 2016
 
 
33,000
 
November 1, 2016 – February 28, 2017
 
 
36,000
 
 
All of the Company’s lease payments are recognized on a straight-line basis. The net lease expense was $954,000 and $963,000 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
 
The future aggregate minimum net lease payments under existing agreements as of December 31, are as follows:
 
2015
 
$
854,000
 
2016
 
 
661,000
 
2017
 
 
72,000
 
Thereafter
 
 
-
 
Total
 
$
1,587,000
 
 
Licenses
 
The Company has certain merchandising license agreements that require royalty payments based upon the Company’s net sales of the respective products. The agreements call for guaranteed minimum commitments that are determined on a calendar year basis. Future guaranteed commitments due, as computed on a pro rata basis, as of December 31, are as follows:
 
2015
 
$
400,000
 
Thereafter
 
 
950,000
 
Total
 
$
1,350,000