10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q 

(Mark One) 

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2016

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number: 001-35212 

PIONEER POWER SOLUTIONS, INC. 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	27-1347616
(State of incorporation)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

400 Kelby Street, 12th Floor 

Fort Lee, New Jersey 07024 

(Address of principal executive offices)

(212) 867-0700 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes ☒  No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes ☒  No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one): 

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☒
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes ☐  No ☒

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value, as of November 14, 2016 was 8,699,712.

PIONEER POWER SOLUTIONS, INC. 

Form 10-Q 

For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
	Page
Item 1. Financial Statements	1
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 and 2015	1
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 and 2015	2
Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2016 (unaudited) and December 31, 2015	3
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 and 2015	4
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements	5
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	19
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	29
Item 4. Controls and Procedures	29
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings	30
Item 1A. Risk Factors	30
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	30
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities	30
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures	31
Item 5. Other Information	31
Item 6. Exhibits	31

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION 

 Item 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

PIONEER POWER SOLUTIONS, INC. 

Consolidated Statements of Operations 

(In thousands, except per share data) 

(Unaudited) 

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Revenues	$	29,389		$	24,924		$	85,889		$	80,272
Cost of goods sold		22,854			19,885			66,986			64,598
Gross profit		6,535			5,039			18,903			15,674
Operating expenses
Selling, general and administrative		5,356			5,166			15,156			16,663
Restructuring and integration		19			3,439			199			3,439
Foreign exchange gain		(52	)		(234	)		(142	)		(326	)
Total operating expenses		5,323			8,371			15,213			19,776
Operating Income (loss)		1,212			(3,332	)		3,690			(4,102	)
Interest expense		556			173			1,151			506
Other expense		264			1,270			554			1,533
Income (loss) before taxes		392			(4,775	)		1,985			(6,141	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		70			(1,224	)		900			(1,548	)
Net income (loss)	$	322		$	(3,551	)	$	1,085		$	(4,593	)
Net income (loss) per common share:
Basic	$	0.04		$	(0.48	)	$	0.12		$	(0.62	)
Diluted	$	0.04		$	(0.48	)	$	0.12		$	(0.62	)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic		8,700			7,468			8,700			7,427
Diluted		8,708			7,468			8,708			7,427

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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PIONEER POWER SOLUTIONS, INC. 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) 

(In thousands) 

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Net income (loss)	$	322		$	(3,551	)	$	1,085		$	(4,593	)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustments		(147	)		(1,135	)		445			(2,381	)
Amortization of net prior service costs and net actuarial losses, net of tax		32			(42	)		(109	)		9
Other comprehensive income (loss)		(115	)		(1,177	)		336			(2,372	)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	207		$	(4,728	)	$	1,421		$	(6,965	)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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PIONEER POWER SOLUTIONS, INC. 

Consolidated Balance Sheets 

(In thousands, except share data)

 (Unaudited)

	September 30,			December 31,
	2016			2015
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	837		$	648
Accounts receivable, net		18,363			14,223
Inventories, net		26,891			17,663
Income taxes receivable		412			576
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		2,276			1,759
Total current assets		48,779			34,869
Property, plant and equipment, net		6,919			7,349
Deferred income taxes		4,737			3,642
Other assets		804			827
Intangible assets, net		8,717			9,956
Goodwill		9,972			10,068
Total assets	$	79,928		$	66,711
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities
Bank overdrafts	$	1,008		$	1,923
Revolving credit facilities		16,256			9,874
Short term borrowings		4,919			—
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		17,772			20,030
Current maturities of long-term debt and capital lease obligations		1,432			6,037
Income taxes payable		950			237
Total current liabilities		42,337			38,101
Long-term debt, net of current maturities		4,079			—
Pension deficit		111			63
Other long-term liability		2,461			372
Noncurrent deferred income taxes		2,091			781
Total liabilities		51,079			39,317
Stockholders’ equity
Preferred stock, par value $0.001; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued		—			—
Common stock, par value $0.001; 30,000,000 shares authorized; 8,699,712 shares issued and outstanding		9			9
Additional paid-in capital		23,187			23,153
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(5,333	)		(5,669	)
Retained earnings		10,986			9,901
Total stockholders’ equity		28,849			27,394
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	79,928		$	66,711

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 

(In thousands)

(Unaudited) 

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2016			2015
Operating activities
Net income (loss)	$	1,085		$	(4,593	)
Depreciation		1,006			1,053
Amortization of intangible assets		1,309			1,301
Amortization of deferred financing costs		153			92
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)		206			(2,808	)
Gain on purchase of notes		—			(150	)
Change in receivable reserves		250			(12	)
Change in inventory reserves		(435	)		(106	)
Accrued pension		(68	)		30
Stock-based compensation		34			174
Impairments of fixed assets		—			2,411
Loss on disposition of fixed assets		77			36
Intangible asset impairment		—			143
Foreign currency remeasurement gain (loss)		2			(333	)
Changes in current operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		(4,188	)		(3,365	)
Inventories		(8,455	)		(2,340	)
Prepaid expenses and other assets		(378	)		339
Income taxes		890			1,122
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		(348	)		3,935
Net cash used in operating activities		(8,860	)		(3,071	)
Investing activities
Additions to property, plant and equipment		(476	)		(796	)
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets		7			—
Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired		—			(2,106	)
Notes receivable		—			(134	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(469	)		(3,036	)
Financing activities
Increase in bank overdrafts		(922	)		1,160
Increase in short term borrowings		4,919			—
Borrowings under debt agreement		30,413			26,738
Repayment of debt		(24,564	)		(28,798	)
Payment of deferred financing costs		(226	)		(46	)
Repayment of financing obligation		—			(208	)
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock		—			3,946
Net cash provided by financing activities		9,620			2,792
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		291			(3,315	)
Effect of foreign exchange on cash and cash equivalents		(102	)		(517	)
Cash and cash equivalents
Beginning of year		648			3,832
End of period	$	837		$	—
Non-cash investing activities:
Forgiveness of indebtedness due to purchaser	$	—		$	609

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

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PIONEER POWER SOLUTIONS, INC.

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

1.  BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Overview

Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (referred to herein as the “Company,” “Pioneer,” “we,” “our” and “us”) manufacture, sell and service a broad range of specialty electrical transmission, distribution and on-site power generation equipment for applications in the utility, industrial, commercial and backup power markets. The Company is headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey and operates from thirteen additional locations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico for manufacturing, centralized distribution, engineering, sales and administration.

We have two reportable segments as defined in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 31, 2016: Transmission and Distribution Solutions (“T&D Solutions”) and Critical Power Solutions.

Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared pursuant to the rules of the SEC and reflect the accounts of the Company as of September 30, 2016. Certain information and footnote disclosures, normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”), have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations. We believe that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information presented not misleading to the reader. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to fairly state the financial position, results of operations and cash flows with respect to the interim consolidated financial statements have been included. The results of operations for the interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire fiscal year. The year-end balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP for a year-end balance sheet.

All dollar amounts (except share and per share data) presented in the notes to our unaudited consolidated financial statements are stated in thousands of dollars, unless otherwise noted. Amounts may not foot due to rounding.

These unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. As further described in the two paragraphs below, certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. 

As the Company continues to implement the remediation plans discussed under the heading “Part I – Item 4. Controls and Procedures” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Company has determined that there were inconsistencies in classification of expenses between its business units.  As a result, the Company has reclassified certain expenses from cost of goods sold to operating expenses for the current period.  The Company has made the same reclassification to the results for the three month period ended September 30, 2015, resulting in an increase to gross profit of $198, or 0.8% as a percentage of sales for this period, and the results for the nine month period ended September 30, 2015, resulting in an increase to gross profit of $507, or 0.6% as a percentage of sales for this period. 

As a result of the restructuring plans implemented during calendar year 2015, the activities of our Pioneer Critical Power switchgear operations have been transferred to the T&D Solutions segment as of January 1, 2016. For comparison purposes, prior periods presented have been adjusted to reflect this reclassification.

These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the risk factors and the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of the Company and its subsidiaries included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

2.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. There have been no significant changes in the Company’s accounting policies during the third quarter of 2016. 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

There have been no recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted by the Company which would have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

Revenue from Contracts with Customers. In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 (“ASU 2014-09”), which supersedes nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP. The core principle of ASU 2014-09 is to recognize revenues when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 defines a five step process to achieve this core principle and, in doing so, more judgment and estimates may be required within the revenue recognition process than are required under existing U.S. GAAP.

In July 2015, the FASB made a decision to defer the effective date of the new standard for one year and permit early adoption as of the original effective date.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact of its pending adoption of ASU 2014-09 on its consolidated financial statements and has not yet determined the method by which it will adopt the standard in 2018.

Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, “Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs” (“ASU 2015-03”). ASU 2015-03 requires that debt issuance costs be reported in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the face amount of the related liability, consistent with the presentation of debt discounts. Further, ASU 2015-03 requires the amortization of debt issuance costs to be reported as interest expense. Similarly, debt issuance costs and any discount or premium are considered in the aggregate when determining the effective interest rate on the debt. ASU 2015-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. ASU 2015-03 must be applied retrospectively. The Company retrospectively adopted ASU No. 2015-03 and reclassified the carrying value of its debt issuance costs related to its term loans and credit agreements from an asset to a direct reduction of the liability. Accordingly, prior periods have been conformed to the current period’s presentation. As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the aggregate carrying value of the debt issuance costs was $302 and $229, respectively.

Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent). In May 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2015-07, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent)” (“ASU 2015-07”). The amendments apply to reporting entities that elect to measure the fair value of an investment using the net asset value (“NAV”) per share (or its equivalent) practical expedient. The amendments remove the requirement to categorize within the fair value hierarchy all investments for which fair value is measured using the NAV per share practical expedient. The amendments also remove the requirement to make certain disclosures for all investments that are eligible to be measured at fair value using the NAV per share practical expedient. Rather, those disclosures are limited to investments for which the entity has elected to measure the fair value using that practical expedient. The amendments in this ASU were effective the first quarter of 2016 and were applied retrospectively to all periods presented. As the Company measures certain defined benefit plan assets using the NAV practicable expedient, upon adoption of ASU 2015-07, the fair value of these plan assets were removed from the fair value hierarchy in all periods presented in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. The Company will continue to disclose information on these investments for which fair value is measured at NAV as a practical expedient.

Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. This standard amends Topic 330, Inventory, which currently requires an entity to measure inventory at the lower of cost or market. Market could be replacement cost, net realizable value, or net realizable value less an approximately normal profit margin. When this standard is adopted, an entity should measure in scope inventory at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Net realizable value is the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years.  The Company does not expect material impact of adopting ASU No. 2015-11on its consolidated financial statements.

Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes. In November 2015, the FASB issued No. 2015-17, Income Taxes (Topic 740), which requires that deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as non-current in a classified statement of financial position. The current requirement that deferred tax liabilities and assets of a tax-paying component of an entity be offset and presented as a single amount is not affected by ASU No. 2015-17. ASU No. 2015-17 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. A reporting entity may apply the provisions of ASU No. 2015-17 prospectively or retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company retrospectively adopted ASU No. 2015-17 in 2015 and has reflected the impact in the current and prior years in its statement of financial position.

Leases. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires, among other things, a lessee to recognize a liability representing future lease payments and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. For operating leases, a lessee will be required to recognize at inception a right-of-use asset and a lease liability equal to the net present value of the lease payments, with lease expense recognized over the lease term on a straight-line basis. For leases with a term of twelve months or less, ASU 2016-02 allows a reporting entity to make an accounting policy election to not recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability, and to recognize lease expense on a straight-line basis. ASU No. 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. Upon adoption, a reporting entity should apply the provisions of ASU 2016-02 at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach, which includes certain optional practical expedients that an entity may elect to apply. The Company is evaluating the potential impact on its consolidated financial statements of adopting ASU 2016-02.

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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

Share-Based Compensation. In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, “Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718), Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting”. Under ASU No. 2016-09, companies will no longer record excess tax benefits and certain tax deficiencies in additional paid-in capital (“APIC”). Instead, they will record all excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies as income tax expense or benefit in the income statement and the APIC pools will be eliminated. In addition, ASU No. 2016-09 eliminates the requirement that excess tax benefits be realized before companies can recognize them. ASU No. 2016-09 also requires companies to present excess tax benefits as an operating activity on the statement of cash flows rather than as a financing activity. Furthermore, ASU No. 2016-09 will increase the amount an employer can withhold to cover income taxes on awards and still qualify for the exception to liability classification for shares used to satisfy the employer’s statutory income tax withholding obligation. An employer with a statutory income tax withholding obligation will now be allowed to withhold shares with a fair value up to the amount of taxes owed using the maximum statutory tax rate in the employee’s applicable jurisdiction(s). ASU No. 2016-09 requires a company to classify the cash paid to a tax authority when shares are withheld to satisfy its statutory income tax withholding obligation as a financing activity on the statement of cash flows. Under current GAAP, it was not specified how these cash flows should be classified. In addition, companies will now have to elect whether to account for forfeitures on share-based payments by (1) recognizing forfeitures of awards as they occur or (2) estimating the number of awards expected to be forfeited and adjusting the estimate when it is likely to change, as is currently required. The Amendments of this ASU are effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted but all of the guidance must be adopted in the same period. Management is currently assessing the impact the adoption of ASU No. 2016-09 will have on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

3.  ACQUISITIONS

Since January 1, 2015, the Company has acquired two businesses in the U.S. These acquisitions have allowed the Company to expand its products and service capabilities and offer its customers a greater breadth of solutions for their electrical power distribution and backup power needs. A summary of the acquisitions is as follows:

Business Acquired	Closing	Net Assets Acquired (in 000s)		Segment	Primary Form of Consideration
Harmonics Holdings Inc.	01/16/15		1,043	T&D Solutions	Seller note/debt forgiveness
Pacific Power Systems Integration, Inc.	08/01/15		2,013	T&D Solutions	Cash
		$	3,056

Each of the acquired businesses has been included in the Company’s results of operations since the date of its respective closing. 

2015 Acquisitions

On January 16, 2015, the Company, through its Jefferson Electric, Inc. subsidiary, acquired substantially all the assets comprising the business of Harmonics Holdings Inc. (“Harmonics”), consisting primarily of intellectual property, accounts receivable and machinery and equipment. Harmonics is a Connecticut-based specialty provider of equipment that incorporates a patented technology for the elimination of harmonic currents in power distribution systems. The transaction was accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting and the Company funded the acquisition from available cash on hand, a seller note and forgiveness of debt.       

On August 1, 2015, the Company, through its Pioneer Custom Electrical Products Corp. subsidiary, acquired substantially all the assets comprising the business of Pacific Power Systems Integration, Inc. (“Pacific”). Located in Santa Fe Springs, California, Pacific is a manufacturer of low and medium voltage switchgear, primarily serving customers in the oil refining, mass transit and utility sectors. The transaction was accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting and the Company funded the cash consideration for the acquisition with debt drawn under one of the Company’s revolving credit facilities.

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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

The following table summarizes the consideration paid for the Harmonics and Pacific acquisitions and presents the allocation of the amount to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets based on their estimated fair values as of January 16, 2015 and August 1, 2015, respectively (in thousands):

	Harmonics Acquisition		Pacific Acquisition
Purchase Price
Cash consideration	$	93	$	2,013
Forgiveness of trade payables and indebtedness due to purchaser		609		—
Deferred payments due to seller		341		—
	$	1,043	$	2,013
Purchase Price Allocation
Current assets	$	21	$	18
Property, plant and equipment		4		182
Identifiable intangible assets		995		1,562
Goodwill		23		251
Net assets acquired		1,043		2,013

The acquisitions resulted in the recognition of goodwill in the Company’s consolidated financial statements because the purchase prices exceeded the net tangible asset values, and reflects the future net income and cash flow potential of the acquired businesses.

The following table summarizes the major classes of intangible assets arising from the acquisition of Harmonics and Pacific, their respective amortization periods, and the amount of amortization expense recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 (in thousands):

	Weighted Average Amortization Years	Harmonics Acquisition
Acquired Intangible Assets
Customer relationships	10	$	319
Non-compete agreements	5		75
Developed technology	10		492
Trademark	Indefinite		26
Technology-related industry accreditations	Indefinite		83
		$	995
Amortization expense recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2016		$	70

	Weighted Average Amortization Years	Pacific Acquisition
Acquired Intangible Assets
Customer relationships	13	$	512
Non-compete agreements	7		180
Technology-related industry accreditations	Indefinite		870
		$	1,562
Amortization expense recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2016		$	48

The Company reported Harmonics and Pacific results of operations in the T&D Solutions segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements 

4.  RESTRUCTURING AND INTEGRATION

During the second quarter of 2015, the Company began evaluating improvement strategies intended to reorganize, simplify and reduce costs from operations through business integration, pursuant to a restructuring and integration plan to be carried out in stages and completed in 2016.

In August 2015, management finalized and commenced execution of its plan, which includes a consolidation of the Company’s six manufacturing facilities into three locations, workforce reductions, staff relocations and measures to more closely align product lines and supply chains across business units, among other actions that have resulted in the recognition of certain restructuring, integration and impairment expenses.

The following is a summary of the components of restructuring, integration and impairment expenses, before taxes, during the three months ended September 30, 2015 (in thousands):

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015	T&D Segment		Critical Power Segment		Total
Employee severance and related costs	$	36	$	—	$	36
Lease termination and other facility costs		143		81		224
Business integration expenses		608		—		608
Asset write-down		2,556		—		2,556
Other costs		15		—		15
Pre-tax restructuring and integration expense	$	3,358	$	81	$	3,439

There were no restructuring and integration expenses incurred during the six month period ended June 30, 2015.

Employee severance and related costs consists of retention pay and severance benefits. Lease termination and other facility costs include contract termination and exit costs. Business integration expenses include inventory obsolescence as a result of product line integration, travel, and third-party information technology costs. Asset write-down includes the write-down of the Company’s Canadian dry-type transformer facility, excess machinery and equipment held for sale in preparation for the plant consolidations, and certain intangible assets associated with products the Company no longer expects to continue to produce and sell. Other costs consist primarily of legal expenses incurred in connection with implementing the restructuring plan.

Charges associated with each action were included in restructuring and integration expenses in our consolidated operating statement, and reflected in our table of Operating Income (Loss) by segment group in Note 15 – Business Segment and Geographic Information.

The components and changes in the Company’s restructuring liability were as follows:

	Severance and Related			Product Line Harmonization		Facility Closure and Exit Costs			Total
Restructuring liability as of January 1, 2016	$	445		$	43	$	91		$	579
Restructuring and integration expense		57			—		142			199
Cash paid		(295	)		—		(192	)		(487	)
Foreign currency translation		—			2		—			2
Restructuring liability as of September 30, 2016	$	207		$	45	$	41		$	293

The Company expects to pay the entire amount of $293 of accrued restructuring costs in the next 12 months. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the company recorded pretax charges of $199 related to restructuring in its T&D Segment, including $142 of facility closure and exit costs and $57 of severance and related costs.

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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements 

5.  OTHER EXPENSE

Other expense in the consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015			2016		2015
Accrued interest and penalties, net		68		1,186			23		1,186
Acquisition transaction and other expenses		196		129			531		497
(Gain) on cancellation of Titan notes payable		—		(45	)		—		(150	)
Other expense	$	264	$	1,270		$	554	$	1,533

The Company continues to record interest and penalties on past due and unpaid payroll tax obligations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company received waivers of certain interest and penalties on these obligations totaling $0.4 million.

On October 24, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service has granted abatement for $1.2 million in previously accrued penalties related to the Company’s delinquent federal payroll tax obligations. The abatement covers the entire accrued penalties from Pioneer Power Solutions (Corporate), Pioneer CEP, and Jefferson Electric, with accrued penalties for Pioneer Critical Power, Inc. still being reviewed by the IRS for potential abatement. The remaining accrued penalty and related interest is approximately $72.

6.  INVENTORIES

The components of inventories are summarized below (in thousands):

	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
Raw materials	$	10,680		$	7,115
Work in process		5,716			3,918
Finished goods		10,994			7,134
Provision for excess and obsolete inventory		(499	)		(504	)
Total inventories	$	26,891		$	17,663

Included in raw materials and finished goods at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 are goods in transit of approximately $3.5 million and $2.1 million, respectively.

At September 30, 2016, $4.6 million of raw materials not pledged to our secured creditor were used as collateral to secure short term borrowings under a product financing arrangement, while none of the raw materials was pledged as of December 31, 2015.

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PIONEER POWER SOLUTIONS, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

7.  GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Changes in the carrying values of goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, were as follows (in thousands):

	T&D Solutions Segment			Critical Power Solutions Segment		Total Goodwill
Gross Goodwill:
Balance as of January 1, 2016	$	8,075		$	2,969	$	11,044
Adjustments		(96	)		—		(96	)
Balance as of September 30, 2016	$	7,979		$	2,969	$	10,948
Accumulated impairment losses:
Balance as of January 1, 2016	$	(976	)	$	—	$	(976	)
Net Goodwill	$	7,003		$	2,969	$	9,972

Changes in the carrying values of intangible assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, were as follows (in thousands):

	T&D Solutions Segment			Critical Power Solutions Segment			Total Intangible Assets
Balance as of January 1, 2016		6,112			3,843			9,956
Adjustments		62			—			62
Amortization		(379	)		(930	)		(1,309	)
Foreign currency translation		8			—			8
Balance as of September 30, 2016	$	5,803		$	2,913		$	8,717

The components of intangible assets as of September 30, 2016 are summarized below (in thousands):

	Weighted Average Amortization Years		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Foreign Currency Translation		Net Book Value
Customer relationships		7	$	7,201	$	(3,228	)	$	—	$	3,973
Non-compete agreements		6		715		(367	)		2		350
Trademarks		(a)		2,061		(231	)		10		1,840
Distributor territory license		4		474		(207	)		—		267
Internally developed software		7		289		(72	)		—		217
Developed technology		10		492		(87	)		—		405
Technology-related industry accreditations		Indefinite		1,664		—			1		1,665
Total intangible assets			$	12,896	$	(4,192	)	$	13	$	8,717

(a) Includes $1.8 million of trademarks with an indefinite useful life.

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PIONEER POWER SOLUTIONS, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

8. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment are summarized below (in thousands):

	September 30,			December 31,
	2016			2015
Land	$	48		$	45
Buildings		2,347			2,224
Machinery and equipment		9,546			9,143
Furniture and fixtures		429			416
Computer hardware and software		1,246			1,334
Leasehold improvements		511			271
Construction in progress		30			375
		14,157			13,808
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(7,238	)		(6,459	)
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	6,919		$	7,349

Depreciation expense was $1.0 million and $1.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

9.  OTHER ASSETS

In December 2011 and January 2012, the Company made two loans, each in the amount of $0.3 million to a developer of a renewable energy project in the U.S. The promissory notes accrue interest at a rate of 4.5% per annum with a final payment of all unpaid principal and interest becoming fully due and payable upon the earlier to occur of (i) the four year anniversary of the issuance date of the promissory notes, or (ii) an event of default. As defined in the promissory notes, an event of default includes, but is not limited to, the following: any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the borrower, a sale or transfer of substantially all the assets of the borrower, a default by the borrower relating to any indebtedness due to third parties, the incurrence of additional indebtedness by the borrower without the Company’s written consent and failure of the borrower to perform its obligations pursuant to its other agreements with the Company, including its purchase order for pad mount transformers.  The full loan receivable is outstanding at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015. The company expects to fully recover these amounts. The Company is actively evaluating its alternatives to either foreclose on its security interests underlying the loans, or otherwise renegotiate and extend them. As the Company does not currently expect repayment of the loans receivable within the next twelve months, they have been classified as long-term in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Also included in Other Assets at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 is a customer note receivable of $0.2 million.

10. DEBT

Canadian Credit Facilities

Our Canadian subsidiaries have maintained credit facilities with Bank of Montreal since October 2009. In April 2016, our wholly owned subsidiary, Pioneer Electrogroup Canada Inc. (“PECI”), entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“ARCA”) with Bank of Montreal (the “Canadian Facilities”) that replaced and superseded all of our businesses’ prior financing arrangements with the bank. This ARCA extended the maturity date of our Canadian Facilities to July 31, 2017. Additionally, defaults relating to the breach of certain financial covenants under the prior financing arrangements with the bank existing as of December 31, 2015 were waived by the Bank of Montreal.

Our Canadian Facilities provide for up to $8.1 million Canadian dollars (“CAD”) (approximately $6.3 million expressed in U.S. dollars) consisting of a $7.0 million CAD demand revolving credit facility (“Facility A”) to finance ongoing operations, a $0.5 million CAD term credit facility (“Facility B”) that financed a plant expansion, and a $0.7 million USD term credit facility (“Facility C”) that financed a business acquisition and the purchase and expansion of its manufacturing facilities.

Facility A is subject to margin criteria and borrowings bear interest at Bank of Montreal’s prime rate plus 0.75% per annum on amounts borrowed in Canadian dollars, or its U.S. base rate plus 0.75% per annum or LIBOR plus 2.25% per annum on amounts borrowed in U.S. dollars.

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PIONEER POWER SOLUTIONS, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

Borrowings under Facility B bear interest at Bank of Montreal’s prime rate plus 1.25% per annum with principal repayments becoming due on a five year amortization schedule. Quarterly principal repayments were reduced to $47 CAD, with a bullet payment of $141CAD due on July 31, 2017.

Borrowings under Facility C bear interest at Bank of Montreal’s prime rate plus 1.50% per annum on amounts borrowed in Canadian dollars, or its U.S. base rate plus 1.50% per annum or LIBOR plus 2.75% per annum on amounts borrowed in U.S. dollars. A principal repayment at June 30, 2016 is $72 USD, with quarterly principal repayments beginning on October 31, 2016 reduced to $36 USD, with a bullet payment of $496 USD due on July 31, 2017.

The ARCA modified financial covenant testing so that testing will be performed on the consolidated financial statements of the Company. The financial covenants were changed to require certain minimum working capital ratios, minimum EBITDA levels and effective tangible net worth levels for each fiscal quarter. The Company passed all financial covenant testing for the period ended and as of September 30, 2016.

As of September 30, 2016, we had approximately $5.2 million in U.S. dollar equivalents outstanding under our Canadian Credit Facilities. Our borrowings consisted of approximately $4.3 million outstanding under Facility A, $0.3 million outstanding under Facility B and $0.6 million outstanding under Facility C.

United States Credit Facilities

In April 2016, we entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“US ARCA”) with Bank of Montreal (the “U.S. Facilities”) that replaced and superseded all of our businesses’ prior financing arrangements with the bank. Additionally, defaults relating to the breach of certain financial covenants under the prior financing arrangements with the bank existing as of December 31, 2015 were waived by the Bank of Montreal.

Our U.S. Facilities provide for up to $19.1 million U.S. dollars (“USD”) consisting of a $14.0 million USD demand revolving credit facility (“Facility A”) to finance ongoing operations, a $5.0 million USD term credit facility (“Facility B”) that financed the acquisition of Titan, and a new $100 revolving credit facility provided pursuant to a MasterCard is to be used to pay for and temporarily finance day-to-day business expenses of the Company and for no other purpose.

Facility A continues to bear interest, at our option, at the bank’s prime rate plus 1.00% per annum on U.S. prime rate loans, or an adjusted LIBOR rate plus 2.25% per annum on Eurodollar loans and shall mature on July 31, 2017.

Borrowings under Facility B bear interest, at our option, at U.S. base rate plus 1.25% per annum on U.S. prime loans, or an adjusted LIBOR rate plus 2.50% per annum on Eurodollar loans. Quarterly principal repayments were reduced to $31 USD for calendar year 2016. The original amortization schedule will continue to apply to all quarterly principal payments made after December 31, 2016, with no change in the final maturity date of December 2, 2019.

The ARCA modified financial covenant testing so that testing will be performed on the consolidated financial statements of the Company. The financial covenants were changed to require certain minimum working capital ratios, minimum EBITDA levels and effective tangible net worth levels for each fiscal quarter. The Company passed all financial covenant testing for the period ended and as of September 30, 2016.

Our obligations under the U.S. Facilities are guaranteed by all our wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries. In addition, we and our wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries granted a security interest in substantially all of our assets, including 65% of the shares of Pioneer Electrogroup Canada Inc. held by us, to secure our obligations for borrowed money under the U.S. Facilities.

As of September 30, 2016, we had approximately $16.7 million outstanding under our U.S. Credit Facilities. Our borrowings consisted of approximately $12.0 million outstanding under Facility A, and $4.7 million outstanding under Facility B.

Nexus Promissory Note

On July 25, 2012, the Company’s Mexican subsidiary, Nexus Magneticos de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. (“Nexus”), entered into a $1.65 million term loan agreement with GE CF Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (“GE Capital Mexico”). The term loan is payable in 60 consecutive monthly installments and bears interest, payable monthly, at a rate of 6.93% per annum. The obligations of Nexus under the term loan are secured by certain machinery and equipment located in Mexico and by a corporate guaranty by the Company. As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, there was approximately $0.3 million outstanding under the Nexus Promissory Note.

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PIONEER POWER SOLUTIONS, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

Long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands):

	September 30,			December 31,
	2016			2015
Term credit facilities, net (a)	$	5,245		$	5,714
Nexus promissory note		261			316
Capital lease obligations		5			7
Total debt		5,511			6,037
Less current portion		(1,432	)		(6,037	)
Total long-term debt	$	4,079		$	—

(a) The balance as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 included deferred financing fees of $302 and $229, respectively.

11. OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

Unpaid and Past Due Payroll Tax Obligations

From January 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015, the Company failed to report and pay its Federal payroll tax obligations. During last fiscal quarter, the Company entered into installment payment agreements with the Internal Revenue Service for the payment of delinquent payroll tax liabilities. These agreements encompass approximately 97% of the amounts owed by the Company for delinquent payroll tax liabilities. As shown in the chart below, with the execution of these installment payment agreements the Company reclassified $2.1 million of this liability as long-term indebtedness, while $2.0 million of the delinquent payroll tax obligations are included in the accrued liabilities as of September 30, 2016.

The Company continues to pursue installment payment agreements for our Pioneer Critical Power Inc. division, as well as abatement of all penalties assessed by the Internal Revenue Service on the delinquent payroll taxes.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016 the Company received waivers of certain interest and penalties on these obligations totaling $0.4 million. The Company had previously recorded these liabilities, resulting in the waivers being recognized as other expense when they were granted.

On October 24, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service has granted abatement for $1.2 million in previously accrued penalties related to the Company’s delinquent federal payroll tax obligations. The abatement covers 100% of the accrued penalties from Pioneer Power Solutions (Corporate), Pioneer CEP, and Jefferson Electric, with accrued penalties for Pioneer Critical Power, Inc. still being reviewed by the IRS for potential abatement. The remaining accrued penalty and related interest is approximately $72.

Deferred payments due for Harmonics Acquisition

As consideration for the purchase of Harmonics by the Company, the sellers agreed to defer a portion of the purchase price. These deferred payments to the sellers are to be made annually for a period of five years, with a balloon payment being due at the end of year five for the balance remaining. The annual payments are determined as a percentage of the prior year’s sales dollars of the Harmonics products.

Other long-term liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30,		December 31,
	2016		2015
Past due payroll tax obligations, including interest and penalties	$	4,034	$	5,730
Net deferred payments due for Harmonics Acquisition	$	360	$	372
Total		4,394		6,102
Less current portion		1,933		5,730
Total other long-term liabilities	$	2,461	$	372

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PIONEER POWER SOLUTIONS, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

12.  PENSION PLAN

The Company’s Canadian subsidiary sponsors a defined benefit pension plan at one of its locations in which a majority of its employees are members. The subsidiary funds 100% of all contributions to the plan. The benefits, or the rate per year of credit service, are established by the Company and updated at its discretion.

The components of the expense the Company incurred under the pension plan are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Current service cost, net of employee contributions	$	10		$	12		$	33		$	41
Interest cost on accrued benefit obligation		26			27			76			81
Expected return on plan assets		(41	)		(42	)		(121	)		(127	)
Amortization of transitional obligation		3			3			8			8
Amortization of past service costs		3			2			8			5
Amortization of net actuarial gain		10			9			28			29
Total cost of benefit	$	11		$	11		$	32		$	37

The Company’s policy is to fund the pension plan at or above the minimum level required by law. The Company made $86 and $93 of contributions to its defined benefit pension plan during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Changes in the discount rate and actual investment returns that are lower than the long-term expected return on plan assets could result in the Company making additional contributions.

13.  STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Common Stock

The Company had 8,699,712 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, outstanding of as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

Warrants

As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company had warrants outstanding to purchase 50,600 shares of common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $7.00 per share. The warrants expire on September 18, 2018.  No warrants were exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

Stock-Based Compensation

A summary of stock option activity under the 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan as of September 30, 2016, and changes during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, are presented below:

	Stock Options			Weighted average exercise price		Weighted average remaining contractual term		Aggregate intrinsic value
Outstanding as of January 1, 2016		344,733		$	9.35			$
Granted		27,000			3.68
Exercised		—			—
Forfeited		(124,333	)		9.31
Outstanding as of September 30, 2016		247,400		$	8.75		6.2	$	105,270
Exercisable as of September 30, 2016		197,733			9.30		5.6		48,840

As of September 30, 2016, there were 452,600 shares available for future grants under the Company’s 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

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PIONEER POWER SOLUTIONS, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

Stock-based compensation expense recorded for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was approximately $28 and $34, respectively, as compared to the expense of $57 and $174, respectively, during the three and nine month ended September 30, 2015. For the three month and nine months ended September 30, 2016, the expense reversal is primarily the result of forfeitures of previously expensed awards to our former Chief Financial Officer. At September 30, 2016, the Company had total stock-based compensation expense remaining to be recognized in the consolidated statements of operations of approximately $72.

Foreign Currency Translation

Foreign assets and liabilities are translated using the exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date, and results of operations are translated using an average rate for the period. Translation adjustments are accumulated and reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). The Company had foreign currency translation adjustments resulting in unrealized income of $0.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and unrealized losses of $2.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

14.  BASIC AND DILUTED INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE

Basic and diluted income (loss) per common share is calculated based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. The Company’s employee and director stock option awards, as well as incremental shares issuable upon exercise of warrants, are not considered in the calculations if the effect would be anti-dilutive. The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted income (loss) per share (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	September 30,					September 30,
	2016		2015			2016		2015
Numerator:
Net income (loss)	$	322	$	(3,551	)	$	1,085	$	(4,593	)
Denominator:
Weighted average basic shares outstanding		8,700		7,468			8,700		7,427
Effect of dilutive securities - equity based compensation plans		8		—			8		—
Denominator for diluted net income (loss) per common share		8,708		7,468			8,708		7,427
Net income (loss) per common share:
Basic	$	0.04	$	(0.48	)	$	0.12	$	(0.62	)
Diluted	$	0.04	$	(0.48	)	$	0.12	$	(0.62	)
Anti-dilutive securities (excluded from per share calculation):
Equity based compensation plans		173		349			173		349
Warrants		51		51			51		51

15.  BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

The Company follows ASC 280 - Segment Reporting in determining its reportable segments. In December 2014, the Company considered the way its management team, most notably its chief executive officer, makes operating decisions and assesses performance and considered which components of the Company’s enterprise have discrete financial information available.  As the Company makes decisions using a products and services group focus, its analysis resulted in two reportable segments: T&D Solutions and Critical Power Solutions. The Critical Power Solutions reportable segment is comprised of the Company’s Titan Energy Systems Inc. subsidiary. The T&D Solutions reportable segment is an aggregation of all other Company subsidiaries, primarily engaged in the manufacture of electrical transformers and switchgear, together with sales and expenses attributable to the strategic sales group for its T&D Solutions marketing activities. As a result of the restructuring plans implemented during calendar year 2015, the activities of our Pioneer Critical Power switchgear operations have been transferred to the T&D Solutions segment as of January 1, 2016. For comparison purposes, prior periods presented have been adjusted to reflect this reclassification.

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PIONEER POWER SOLUTIONS, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

The T&D Solutions segment is involved in the design, manufacture and distribution of electrical transformers and switchgear used primarily by utilities, large industrial and commercial operations to manage their electrical power distribution needs. The Critical Power Solutions segment provides power generation equipment, switchgear, related electrical distribution infrastructure and aftermarket field-services primarily to help customers ensure smooth, uninterrupted power to operations during times of emergency.

The following tables present information about segment income and loss (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Revenues
T&D Solutions
Transformers	$	21,110	$	16,837	$	61,605	$	57,947
Switchgear		4,268		2,201		10,876		6,037
		25,378		19,038		72,481		63,984
Critical Power Solutions
Equipment		1,741		3,145		7,598		9,566
Service		2,270		2,741		5,810		6,722
		4,011		5,886		13,408		16,288
Consolidated	$	29,389	$	24,924	$	85,889	$	80,272

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Depreciation and Amortization
T&D Solutions	$	450	$	394	$	1,203	$	1,221
Critical Power Solutions		355		365		1,063		1,082
Unallocated Corporate Overhead Expenses		17		18		51		51
Consolidated	$	822	$	777	$	2,317	$	2,354

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Operating Income (Loss)
T&D Solutions	$	2,003		$	(2,390	)	$	6,083		$	(987	)
Critical Power Solutions		(11	)		(311	)		(100	)		(903	)
Unallocated Corporate Overhead Expenses		(780	)		(631	)		(2,293	)		(2,212	)
Consolidated	$	1,212		$	(3,332	)	$	3,690		$	(4,102	)

Revenues are attributable to countries based on the location of the Company’s customers (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
United States	$	20,594	$	17,443	$	59,067	$	51,842
Canada		8,795		7,322		26,758		27,907
Others		—		159		64		523
Total	$	29,389	$	24,924	$	85,889	$	80,272

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PIONEER POWER SOLUTIONS, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

16.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On October 24, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service has granted abatement for $1.2 million in previously accrued penalties related to the Company’s delinquent federal payroll tax obligations. The abatement covers 100% of the accrued penalties from Pioneer Power Solutions (Corporate), Pioneer CEP, and Jefferson Electric, with accrued penalties for Pioneer Critical Power, Inc. still being reviewed by the IRS for potential abatement. The remaining accrued penalty and related interest is approximately $72.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated interim financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31.

Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this Form 10-Q to the “Company,” “Pioneer,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements,” which include information relating to future events, future financial performance, financial projections, strategies, expectations, competitive environment and regulation.  Words such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” and similar expressions, as well as statements in future tense, identify forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results and may not be accurate indications of when such performance or results will be achieved.  Forward-looking statements are based on information we have when those statements are made or management’s good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause such differences include, but are not limited to:

• general economic conditions and their effect on demand for electrical equipment, particularly in the commercial construction market, but also in the power generation, industrial production, data center, oil and gas, marine and infrastructure industries;

• the effects of fluctuations in sales on our business, revenues, expenses, net income, income per share, margins and profitability;

• the fact that many of our competitors are better established and have significantly greater resources, and may subsidize their competitive offerings with other products and services, which may make it difficult for us to attract and retain customers;

• our dependence on Hydro-Quebec Utility Company and Siemens Industry, Inc. for a large portion of our business, and any change in the level of orders from Hydro-Quebec Utility Company or Siemens Industry, Inc., could have a significant impact on our results of operations;

• the potential loss or departure of key personnel, including Nathan J. Mazurek, our chairman, president and chief executive officer;

• our ability to expand our business through strategic acquisitions;

• our ability to integrate acquisitions and related businesses;

• our ability to generate internal growth, maintain market acceptance of our existing products and gain acceptance for our new products;

• unanticipated increases in raw material prices or disruptions in supply, which could increase production costs and adversely affect our profitability;

• restrictive loan covenants and/or our ability to repay or refinance debt under our credit facilities,which could limit our future financing options and liquidity position and may limit our ability to grow our business;

• our ability to realize revenue reported in our backlog;

• operating margin risk due to competitive pricing and operating efficiencies, supply chain risk, material, labor or overhead cost increases, interest rate risk and commodity risk;

• strikes or labor disputes with our employees may adversely affect our ability to conduct our business;

• the fact that a significant portion of our revenue and expenditures are derived or spent in Canadian dollars, exposing us to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations;

• the impact of geopolitical activity on the economy, changes in government regulations such as income taxes, climate control initiatives, adverse economic conditions and our ability to access capital markets;

• the fact that our chairman controls a majority of our voting stock, and may have, or may develop in the future, interests that may diverge from stockholders;

• material weaknesses in internal controls; and

• the liquidity and trading volume of our common stock.

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For a discussion of these and other risks that relate to our business and investing in our common stock, you should carefully review the risks and uncertainties described under the heading “Part II – Item 1A. Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, and those described from time to time in our future reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which any such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Business Overview

We manufacture, sell and service a broad range of specialty electrical transmission, distribution and on-site power generation equipment for applications in the utility, industrial, commercial and backup power markets.  Our principal products and services include custom-engineered electrical transformers, switchgear and engine-generator sets and controls, complemented by a national field-service network to maintain and repair power generation assets. We are headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey and operate from 13 additional locations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico for manufacturing, service, centralized distribution, engineering, sales and administration.

Description of Business Segments

We have two reportable segments: Transmission & Distribution Solutions (“T&D Solutions”) and Critical Power Solutions (“Critical Power”).

• Our T&D Solutions business provides equipment solutions that help customers effectively and efficiently manage their electrical power distribution systems to desired specifications. The reporting segment is comprised of two primary product categories: electrical transformers and switchgear. These solutions are marketed principally through our Pioneer Transformers Ltd., Jefferson Electric, Inc. and Pioneer CEP brand names. As a result of the restructuring plans implemented during calendar year 2015, the activities of our Pioneer Critical Power switchgear operations have been transferred to the T&D Solutions segment as of January 1, 2016.  For comparison purposes, prior periods presented have been adjusted to reflect this reclassification.

• Our Critical Power Solutions business provides customers with sophisticated power generation equipment and an advanced data collection and monitoring platform, the combination of which is used to ensure smooth, uninterrupted power to operations during times of emergency. These solutions are marketed by our operations headquartered in Minneapolis, currently doing business under the Titan Energy Systems Inc. (“Titan”) brand name.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rates

Although we report our results in accordance with U.S. GAAP and in U.S. dollars, two of our business units are Canadian operations whose functional currency is the Canadian dollar.  As such, the financial position, results of operations, cash flows and equity of these operations are initially consolidated in Canadian dollars. Their assets and liabilities are then translated from Canadian dollars to U.S. dollars by applying the foreign currency exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date, while the results of their operations and cash flows are translated to U.S. dollars by applying weighted average foreign currency exchange rates in effect during the reporting period. The resulting translation adjustments are included in other comprehensive income or loss.

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The following table provides actual end of period exchange rates used to translate the financial position of our Canadian operations at the end of each period reported. The average exchange rates presented below, as provided by the Bank of Canada, are indicative of the weighted average rates we used to translate the revenues and expenses of our Canadian operations into U.S. dollars (rates expressed as the number of U.S. dollars to one Canadian dollar for each period reported):

	2016						2015
	Balance Sheet		Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income				Balance Sheet		Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income
Quarter Ended	End of Period		Period Average		Cumulative Average		End of Period		Period Average		Cumulative Average
March 31	$	0.7700	$	0.7274	$	0.7274	$	0.7895	$	0.8057	$	0.8057
June 30	$	0.7742	$	0.7760	$	0.7509	$	0.8006	$	0.8134	$	0.8095
September 30	$	0.7624	$	0.7662	$	0.7560	$	0.7493	$	0.7638	$	0.7937

Reclassifications

As we continue to implement the remediation plans discussed under the heading “Part I – Item 4. Controls and Procedures” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we determined that there were inconsistencies in classification of expenses between our business units. As a result, we have reclassified certain expenses from cost of goods sold to operating expenses for the current period. We have made the same reclassification to the results for the three month period ended September 30, 2015, resulting in an increase to gross profit of $198, or 0.8% as a percentage of sales for this period and to the results for the nine month period ended September 30, 2015, resulting in an increase to gross profit of $507, or 0.6% as a percentage of sales for this period.

Critical Accounting Policies

There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview of Nine Month Results

Selected financial and operating data for our reportable business segments for the most recent reporting period is summarized below. This information, as well as the selected financial data provided in Note 15 – Business Segment and Geographic Information and in our unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, should be referred to when reading our discussion and analysis of results of operations below.

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Our summary of operating results during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Revenues
T&D Solutions	$	25,378		$	19,038		$	72,481		$	63,984
Critical Power Solutions		4,011			5,886			13,408			16,288
Consolidated		29,389			24,924			85,889			80,272
Cost of sales
T&D Solutions		19,664			14,912			55,647			50,963
Critical Power Solutions		3,190			4,973			11,339			13,635
Consolidated		22,854			19,885			66,986			64,598
Gross profit		6,535			5,039			18,903			15,674
Selling, general and administrative expenses		4,812			4,647			13,531			15,110
Depreciation and amortization expense		544			519			1,625			1,554
Restructuring and integration		19			3,439			199			3,439
Foreign exchange gain		(52	)		(234	)		(142	)		(327	)
Total operating expenses		5,323			8,371			15,213			19,776
Operating income (loss)		1,212			(3,332	)		3,690			(4,102	)
Interest expense		556			173			1,151			506
Other expense		264			1,270			554			1,533
Income (loss) before taxes		392			(4,775	)		1,985			(6,141	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		70			(1,224	)		900			(1,548	)
Net income (loss)	$	322		$	(3,551	)	$	1,085		$	(4,593	)

Backlog

Our backlog is based on firm orders from our customers expected to be delivered in the future, most of which is expected to occur during the next twelve months.  Backlog may vary significantly from reporting period to reporting period due to the timing of customer commitments. The time between receipt of an order and actual delivery, or completion, of our products and services varies from one or more days, in the case of inventoried standard products, to three to nine months, in the case of certain custom engineered equipment solutions, and up to one year or more under our service contracts. 

The following table represents the progression of our backlog, by reporting segment, as of the end of the last five quarters (in thousands):

	September 30,		June 30,		March 31,		December 31,		September 30,
	2016		2016		2016		2015		2015
T&D Solutions	$	36,699	$	33,653	$	31,647	$	24,487	$	21,981
Critical Power Solutions		4,831		4,146		3,586		4,180		8,047
Total order backlog	$	41,530	$	37,799	$	35,233	$	28,667	$	30,028

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Three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 Compared to Three and nine months ended September 30, 2015

Revenue

The following table represents our revenues by reporting segment and major product category for the periods indicated (in thousands, except percentages):

	Three Months Ended September 30,										Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		Variance			%			2016		2015		Variance			%
T&D Solutions
Transformers	$	21,110	$	16,837	$	4,273			25.4		$	61,605	$	57,947	$	3,658			6.3
Switchgear		4,268		2,201		2,067			93.9			10,876		6,037		4,839			80.2
		25,378		19,038		6,340			33.3			72,481		63,984		8,497			13.3
Critical Power Solutions
Equipment		1,741		3,145		(1,404	)		(44.6	)		7,598		9,566		(1,968	)		(20.6	)
Service		2,270		2,741		(471	)		(17.2	)		5,810		6,722		(912	)		(13.6	)
		4,011		5,886		(1,875	)		(31.9	)		13,408		16,288		(2,880	)		(17.7	)
Total revenue	$	29,389	$	24,924	$	4,465			17.9		$	85,889	$	80,272	$	5,617			7.0

For the three months ended September 30, 2016, our consolidated revenue increased by $4.5 million, or 17.9%, to $29.4 million, up from $24.9 million during the three months ended September 30, 2015. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, our consolidated revenue increased by $5.6 million, or 7.0%, to $85.9 million, up from $80.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

T&D Solutions. During the three months ended September 30, 2016, revenue from our transformer product lines increased by $4.3 million, or 25.4%. The increase was driven by higher sales of our dry type product lines, which increased by $2.4 million or 23.6%. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, revenue from our Canadian transformer product lines decreased by $1.8 million, or 6.0%. This decrease was offset by higher sales of our US dry type transformers.

Our sales of T&D switchgear increased by 93.9% to $4.3 million, during the three months ended September 30, 2016, as compared to the same period of the prior year. This increase is the result of higher sales of our medium voltage switchgear products. During the three months ended September 30, 2016, sales of these products were $1.6 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, our switchgear sales increased $4.8 million when compared to the same period last year. This increase is primarily the result of our acquisition of Pacific Power, which was acquired in August, 2015. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, sales of these products were $3.8 million.

Critical Power Solutions. Titan is the only business unit in the Critical Power segment. For the three months ended September 30, 2016, equipment sales were down $1.4 million as compared to the same period in the prior year, resulting from a reduced focus on this revenue stream. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, equipment sales were down $2.0 million compared to the same period in 2015.

For the three months ended September 30, 2016, service revenue was down $0.5 million as compared to the same period in the prior year. This decrease is from one of our major service customers delaying their work to the final quarter of this year and another customer reducing the amount of locations requiring our services. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, service revenue was down $0.9 million compared to the same period in 2015. This decrease is the result of two major customers delaying the start of their commitments during this period.

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Gross Profit and Gross Margin

The following table represents our gross profit by reporting segment for the periods indicated (in thousands, except percentages):

	Three Months Ended September 30,										Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		Variance			%			2016		2015		Variance			%
T&D Solutions
Gross profit	$	5,714	$	4,126	$	1,588			38.5		$	16,834	$	13,021	$	3,813			29.3
Gross margin %		22.5		21.7		0.8						23.2		20.4		2.8
Critical Power Solutions
Gross profit		821		913		(92	)		(10.1	)		2,069		2,653		(584	)		(22.0	)
Gross margin %		20.5		15.5		5.0						15.4		16.3		(0.9	)
Consolidated gross profit	$	6,535	$	5,039	$	1,496			29.7		$	18,903	$	15,674	$	3,229			20.6
Consolidated gross margin %		22.2		20.2		2.0						22.0		19.5		2.5

For the three months ended September 30, 2016, our gross margin was 22.2% of revenues, compared to 20.2% during the three months ended September 30, 2015. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, our gross margin was 22.0% of revenues, compared to 19.5% during the nine months ended September 30, 2015. The 2.0% and 2.5% favorable variances for the three months and nine months in 2016 as compared to the same periods in 2015, are explained mostly by the results of our T&D Solutions segment.

T&D Solutions. During the three months ended September 30, 2016 the 0.8% increase in our T&D Solutions gross margin resulted primarily from a favorable shift in our switchgear margins. This occurred because of the shift towards higher margin switchgear products from lower margin enclosures.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 the 2.8% increase in our T&D Solutions gross margin resulted primarily from a favorable shift in our low voltage transformer margins, occurring because of outsourcing our high volume standard products to lower cost production facilities in Asia and the shift towards more profitable switchgear business.

 Critical Power Solutions. During the three months ended September 30, 2016, the gross margin increased 5.0% when compared to the three months ended September 30, 2015. This increase is the result of revenue mix with shift towards service sales, which provide a greater gross margin than equipment sales. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, when compared to the same period in the prior year, the gross margin decreased 0.9%.

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Operating Expenses

The following table represents our operating expenses by reportable segment for the periods indicated (in thousands, except percentages):

	Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			Variance			%			2016			2015			Variance			%
T&D Solutions
Selling, general and administrative expense	$	3,591		$	3,256		$	335			10.3		$	10,238		$	10,545		$	(307	)		(2.9	)
Depreciation and amortization expense		172			136			36			26.5			511			421			90			21.4
Restructuring and integration		—			3,358			(3,358	)		—			143			3,358			(3,215	)		(95.7	)
Foreign exchange (gain)		(52	)		(234	)		182			(77.8	)		(142	)		(316	)		174			(55.1	)
Segment operating expense	$	3,711		$	6,516		$	(2,805	)		(43.0	)	$	10,750		$	14,008		$	(3,258	)		(23.3	)
Critical Power Solutions
Selling, general and administrative expense	$	477		$	778		$	(301	)		(38.7	)	$	1,107		$	2,393		$	(1,286	)		(53.7	)
Depreciation and amortization expense		355			365			(10	)		(2.7	)		1,063			1,082			(19	)		(1.8	)
Restructuring and integration		—			81			(81	)		—			(1	)		81			(82	)		(101.2	)
Segment operating expense	$	832		$	1,224		$	(392	)		(32.0	)	$	2,169		$	3,556		$	(1,387	)		(39.0	)
Unallocated Corporate Overhead Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expense	$	744		$	613		$	131			21.4		$	2,186		$	2,172		$	14			0.6
Depreciation expense		17			18			(1	)		(5.6	)		51			51			—			—
Restructuring and integration		19			—			19			—			57			—			57			—
Foreign exchange loss		—			—			—			—			—			(11	)		11			—
Segment operating expense	$	780		$	631		$	149			23.6		$	2,294		$	2,212		$	82			3.7
Consolidated
Selling, general and administrative expense	$	4,812		$	4,647		$	165			3.6		$	13,531		$	15,110		$	(1,579	)		(10.5	)
Depreciation and amortization expense		544			519			25			4.8			1,625			1,554			71			4.6
Restructuring and integration		19			3,439			(3,420	)		(99.4	)		199			3,439			(3,240	)		(94.2	)
Foreign exchange (gain)		(52	)		(234	)		182			(77.8	)		(142	)		(327	)		185			(56.6	)
Consolidated operating expense	$	5,323		$	8,371		$	(3,048	)		(36.4	)	$	15,213		$	19,776		$	(4,563	)		(23.1	)

Selling, General and Administrative Expense. For the three months ended September 30, 2016, consolidated selling, general and administrative expense, before depreciation and amortization, increased by approximately $0.2 million, or 3.6%, to $4.8 million, as compared to $4.6 million during the three months ended September 30, 2015. As a percentage of our consolidated revenue, selling, general and administrative expense before depreciation and amortization decreased to 16.3% in the 2016 period, as compared to 18.6% in 2015.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, consolidated selling, general and administrative expense, before depreciation and amortization, decreased by approximately $1.6 million, or 10.5%, to $13.5 million, as compared to $15.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2015. As a percentage of our consolidated revenue, selling, general and administrative expense before depreciation and amortization decreased to 15.8% in the 2016 period, as compared to 18.8% in 2015.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the decrease in our selling, general and administrative expense is attributable mostly to headcount reductions in both segments and in our corporate overhead as a result of the restructuring initiatives. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the decrease in salary and benefits expense was $1.3 million when compared to the 2015 period. The remainder of the decrease was in lower bad debt expense and professional fees for the nine month period. For the three months ended September 30, 2016, the increase in our selling, general and administrative expenses was primarily due to the timing of professional fees.

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Depreciation and Amortization Expenses.  Depreciation and amortization expense consists primarily of amortization of definite-lived intangible assets, depreciation of fixed assets and excludes amounts included in cost of sales. Depreciation and amortization expense increased by $25 and $71 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, as compared to the same periods of 2015, primarily as a result of amortization of intangible assets associated with the Harmonics and Pacific acquisitions.

Restructuring and Integration Expenses. Restructuring, integration and impairment expenses of $3.4 million were incurred during the third quarter of 2015, and are primarily attributable to our T&D segment as a result of our plans to consolidate six manufacturing facilities into three, reduce headcount, and more closely align product lines and supply chains across our reporting units. Approximately $3.1 million of the expense represents non-cash charges for the impairment of excess machinery and equipment, the land and building comprising our dry-type transformer manufacturing facility in Canada, and certain product-specific raw material inventory and intangible assets rendered obsolete as a result of our integration plan. The remaining $0.3 million of restructuring, integration and impairment expense relates to lease termination and facility exit costs, and to a lesser extent retention pay and severance benefits for transitional employees (see Note 4 – Restructuring). At completion, we expect these actions to yield annual fixed cost savings of at least $2.5 million, in addition to other operating cost-efficiencies achieved through closer business integration.

Foreign Exchange (Gain) Loss. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, approximately 27% and 29%, respectively, of our consolidated operating revenues were denominated in Canadian dollars (as compared to 32% and 33% in the corresponding 2015 periods) and most of our expenses were denominated and disbursed in U.S. dollars. We have not historically engaged in currency hedging activities. Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates between the time we initiate and then settle transactions with our customers and suppliers can have an impact on our operating results. For the three months ended September 30, 2016, we recorded a gain of $52 due to currency fluctuations, compared to a gain of approximately $234 during the three months ended September 30, 2015. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we recorded a gain of $142 due to currency fluctuations, compared to a gain of approximately $327 during the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

Operating Income (Loss)

The following table represents our operating income or loss by reportable segment for the periods indicated (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			Variance			%			2016			2015			Variance			%
T&D Solutions	$	2,003		$	(2,390	)	$	4,393			(183.8	)	$	6,083		$	(987	)	$	7,070			(716.3	)
Critical Power Solutions		(11	)		(311	)		300			(96.5	)		(100	)		(903	)		803			(88.9	)
Unallocated Corporate Overhead Expenses		(780	)		(631	)		(149	)		23.6			(2,293	)		(2,212	)		(81	)		3.7
Total operating income (loss)	$	1,212		$	(3,332	)	$	4,544			(136.4	)	$	3,690		$	(4,102	)	$	7,792			(190.0	)

T&D Solutions.  During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, T&D segment operating income was $2.0 million and $6.1 million, respectively, as compared to operating loss of $2.4 million and $1.0 million during the same periods of 2015. Higher gross margins provided $1.6 and $3.8 million of this increase for three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, with the balance from decreased operating expenses.

Critical Power Solutions.  During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, our Critical Power segment generated an operating loss of $11 and $0.1 million, respectively, as compared to an operating loss of $0.3 million and $0.9 million during the same periods of 2015.

Unallocated Corporate Overhead Expenses. Our corporate expenses consists primarily of executive management, corporate accounting and human resources personnel, office expenses, financing and corporate development activities, payroll and benefits administration, treasury, tax compliance, legal, stock-based compensation and public reporting costs, and costs not specifically allocated to reportable business segments. During the three months period ended September 30, 2016, our Unallocated Corporate Overhead Expenses increased $0.1 million or 23.6% primarily due to professional fees recorded at corporate, partially offset by lower salary and benefit costs. During the nine month period ended September 30, 2016 our Unallocated Corporate Overhead increased $81 or 3.7% primarily due to increased professional fees.

Non-Operating Expense

Interest Expense. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, interest expense was approximately $0.6 million and $1.2 million, respectively, as compared to $0.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively, during the same periods of 2015. The increase in our interest expense was due to higher average borrowings outstanding under our credit facilities during the 2016 period, as compared to 2015 and the utilization of short term borrowings during the 2016 period.

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Other Expense. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, other non-operating expense was $0.3 million and $0.6 million respectively, as compared to $1.3 million and $1.5 million, respectively, during the same periods of 2015. For all periods, other expense resulted primarily from penalties and interest on our unpaid payroll tax liabilities.

Income Tax Expense (Benefit).  Our effective income tax rate was 17.9% and 45.3% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, as compared to 25.6% and 25.2% during the same periods in 2015, as set forth below (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,								Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015			Variance			2016		2015			Variance
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	392	$	(4,775	)	$	5,167		$	1,985	$	(6,141	)	$	8,126
Income tax expense (benefit)		70		(1,224	)		1,294			900		(1,548	)		2,448
Effective income tax rate %		17.9		25.6			(7.7	)		45.3		25.2			20.1

Historically, most of our taxable income has been derived in Canada where we are subject to lower corporate tax rates relative to our U.S. operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, the decrease in our effective tax rate as compared to a statutory US rate of 35%, is primarily a result of increased losses before income taxes from our U.S. operations (driven in large part by an increase in amortization of acquisition intangibles), and lower taxable income generated in Canada.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the effective income tax rate of 45.3% differs from statutory rate of 35% due to true ups with our 2015 tax return as well as the US tax impact of loans from our Canadian subsidiary under Internal Revenue code 956, partially offset by income sourced to foreign jurisdictions with lower tax rates. The remaining difference is due to other permanent items including payroll tax penalties and state taxes.

Net Income (Loss)

We generated net income of $0.3 million and $1.1 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, as compared to a net loss of $3.6 million and $4.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. Our net income per basic and diluted share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $0.04 and $0.12, respectively, as compared to a net loss per basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.48 and $0.62 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. The overall increase in our net income was driven mostly by operating improvements in gross margins in our T&D solutions segment and reduced spending as a result of the restructuring and integration plans implemented during the last six months of calendar year 2015.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

General. At September 30, 2016, we had total debt of $27.7 million and $0.8 million of cash and cash equivalents on hand. We have historically met our cash needs through a combination of cash flows from operating activities and bank borrowings under our revolving credit facilities. Our cash requirements are generally for operating activities, debt repayment, capital improvements and acquisitions. We believe that working capital, the borrowing capacity available under our credit facilities and funds generated from operations should be sufficient to finance our cash requirements for anticipated operating activities, capital improvements and principal repayments of debt through at least the next twelve months.

Cash Used in Operating Activities. Cash used in our operating activities was approximately $8.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, compared to cash used in our operating activities of $3.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2015. The principal elements of cash provided by operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 were approximately $1.1 million of net income, and $2.3 million of non-cash expenses consisting of depreciation, amortization of intangibles and deferred financing costs, changes in receivable and inventory reserves and stock-based compensation. These sources of cash during the period were offset by $12.5 million of cash used for working capital purposes.

Cash Used in Investing Activities. Cash used in investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was approximately $0.5 million, as compared to $3.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2015. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, additions to our property, plant and equipment were $0.5 million.

Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities. Cash provided by our financing activities was approximately $9.6 million during nine months ended September 30, 2016, as compared to $2.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2015. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, our net cash provided by financing activities included approximately $30.4 million of increased bank overdrafts and borrowings under our credit facilities, offset by payments of $24.8 million on credit facilities and an increase in short term borrowings of $4.9 million as a result of a product financing arrangement.

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Working Capital. As of September 30, 2016, we had working capital of $6.4 million, including $0.8 million of cash and equivalents, compared to negative net working capital of $3.4 million, including $0.6 million of cash and equivalents at December 31, 2015. Our current assets were approximately 1.2 times our current liabilities at September 30, 2016, as compared to 0.9 times at December 31, 2015. At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we had $2.8 million and $2.6 million, respectively, of available and unused borrowing capacity from our revolving credit facilities, without taking into account cash and equivalents on hand. However, the availability of this capacity under our revolving credit facilities is subject to restrictions on the use of proceeds and is dependent upon our ability to satisfy certain financial and operating covenants, including financial ratios.

Credit Facilities and Long-Term Debt

Canadian Credit Facilities

Our Canadian subsidiaries have maintained credit facilities with Bank of Montreal since October 2009. In April 2016, our wholly owned subsidiary, Pioneer Electrogroup Canada Inc. (“PECI”), entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“ARCA”) with Bank of Montreal with respect to our existing Canadian credit facilities (the “Canadian Facilities”) that replaced and superseded all of our businesses’ prior financing arrangements with the bank. This ARCA extended the maturity date of our Canadian Facilities to July 31, 2017. Additionally, defaults relating to the breach of certain financial covenants under the prior financing arrangements with the bank existing as of December 31, 2015 were waived by the Bank of Montreal.

Our Canadian Facilities provide for up to $8.1 million Canadian dollars (“CAD”) (approximately $6.3 million expressed in U.S. dollars) consisting of a $7.0 million CAD demand revolving credit facility (“Facility A”) to finance ongoing operations, a $0.5 million CAD term credit facility (“Facility B”) that financed a plant expansion, and a $0.7 million USD term credit facility (“Facility C”) that financed a business acquisition and the purchase and expansion of its manufacturing facilities.

Facility A is subject to margin criteria and borrowings bear interest at Bank of Montreal’s prime rate plus 0.75% per annum on amounts borrowed in Canadian dollars, or its U.S. base rate plus 0.75% per annum or LIBOR plus 2.25% per annum on amounts borrowed in U.S. dollars.

Borrowings under Facility B bear interest at Bank of Montreal’s prime rate plus 1.25% per annum with principal repayments becoming due on a five year amortization schedule. Quarterly principal repayments were reduced to $47 CAD, with a bullet payment of $141 CAD due on July 31, 2017.

Borrowings under Facility C bear interest at Bank of Montreal’s prime rate plus 1.50% per annum on amounts borrowed in Canadian dollars, or its U.S. base rate plus 1.50% per annum or LIBOR plus 2.75% per annum on amounts borrowed in U.S. dollars. A principal repayment at June 30, 2016 is $72 USD, with quarterly principal repayments beginning on October 31, 2016 reduced to $36 USD, with a bullet payment of $496 USD due on July 31, 2017.

The ARCA modified financial covenant testing so that testing will be performed on the consolidated financial statements of the Company. The financial covenants were changed to require certain minimum working capital ratios, minimum EBITDA levels and effective tangible net worth levels for each fiscal quarter. The Company passed all financial covenant testing for the period ended and as of September 30, 2016.

As of September 30, 2016, we had approximately $5.2 million in U.S. dollar equivalents outstanding under our Canadian Credit Facilities. Our borrowings consisted of approximately $4.3 million outstanding under Facility A, $0.3 million outstanding under Facility B and $0.6 million outstanding under Facility C.

United States Credit Facilities

In April 2016, we entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“US ARCA”) with Bank of Montreal with respect to our existing U.S. credit facilities (the “U.S. Facilities”) that replaced and superseded all of our businesses’ prior financing arrangements with the bank Additionally, defaults relating to the breach of certain financial covenants under the prior financing arrangements with the bank existing as of December 31, 2015 were waived by the Bank of Montreal.

Our U.S. Facilities provide for up to $19.1 million U.S. dollars (“USD”) consisting of a $14.0 million USD demand revolving credit facility (“Facility A”) to finance ongoing operations, a $5.0 million USD term credit facility (“Facility B”) that financed the acquisition of Titan, and a new $100,000 revolving credit facility provided pursuant to a MasterCard is to be used to pay for and temporarily finance day-to-day business expenses of the Company and for no other purpose.

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Facility A continues to bear interest, at our option, at the bank’s prime rate plus 1.00% per annum on U.S. prime rate loans, or an adjusted LIBOR rate plus 2.25% per annum on Eurodollar loans and shall mature on July 31, 2017.

Borrowings under Facility B bear interest, at our option, at U.S. base rate plus 1.25% per annum on U.S. prime loans, or an adjusted LIBOR rate plus 2.50% per annum on Eurodollar loans. Quarterly principal repayments were reduced to $31 USD for calendar year 2016. The original amortization schedule will continue to apply to all quarterly principal payments made after December 31, 2016, with no change in the final maturity date of December 2, 2019.

The ARCA modified financial covenant testing so that testing will be performed on the consolidated financial statements of the Company. The financial covenants were changed to require certain minimum working capital ratios, minimum EBITDA levels and effective tangible net worth levels for each fiscal quarter. The Company passed all financial covenant testing for the period ended and as of September 30, 2016.

Our obligations under the U.S. Facilities are guaranteed by all our wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries. In addition, we and our wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries granted a security interest in substantially all of our assets, including 65% of the shares of Pioneer Electrogroup Canada Inc. held by us, to secure our obligations for borrowed money under the U.S. Facilities.

As of September 30, 2016, we had approximately $16.7 million outstanding under our U.S. Credit Facilities. Our borrowings consisted of approximately $12.0 million outstanding under Facility A, and $4.7 million outstanding under Facility B.

Nexus Promissory Note

On July 25, 2012, Nexus Magneticos de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., a subsidiary of Jefferson Electric, Inc., entered into a $1.7 million term loan agreement with GE CF Mexico, S.A. de C.V. The term loan from GE CF Mexico, S.A. de C.V. is payable in 60 consecutive monthly installments and bears interest, payable monthly, at a rate of 6.93% per annum. In December 2013, we elected to make a $250 advance payment against the Nexus Promissory Note. We provided a guaranty to GE CF Mexico, S.A. de C.V. of all of Nexus Magneticos de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V.’s obligations under the term loan agreement. As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, there was approximately $0.3 million outstanding.

Capital Lease Obligations

As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we had an immaterial amount of capital lease obligations outstanding that were assumed in connection with the acquisition of Titan.

Capital Expenditures 

Our additions to property, plant and equipment were $0.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, as compared to $0.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2015. We have no major future capital projects planned, or significant replacement spending anticipated during 2016.

ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

As a smaller reporting company, we have elected scaled disclosure obligations and therefore are not required to provide this information.

ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Management’s Conclusions Regarding Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The matters that management identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, continued to exist and were still considered material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting at September 30, 2016.

We conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our “disclosure controls and procedures” (“Disclosure Controls”), as defined by Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of September 30, 2016, the end of the period covered by the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Disclosure Controls evaluation was done under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures. As of September 30, 2016, based on the evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures, and in light of the material weaknesses found in our internal controls over financial reporting, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.

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Remediation Plan

As of September 30, 2016, there were control deficiencies which constituted material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. Management has taken, and is continuing to take steps to strengthen our internal control over financial reporting. Specifically:

• We have contracted with a third party to process our payroll, prepare all payroll reports and timely remit payroll taxes to the appropriate tax authorities.  This change was effective with the beginning of calendar year 2016.

• We have approved a plan that provides for the recruitment of new senior personnel at our reporting unit locations, as well as additional training for existing accounting staff as it relates to our financial reporting requirements.  During the nine month period ended September 30, 2016, we have completed this portion of the plan with the hiring of several accounting staff.

• Members of management and the accounting staff have and will receive additional training related to policies, procedures and internal controls, including Pioneer’s policies regarding monthly reconciliations and supervisory review procedures for all significant accounts.

Our corporate accounting group, assisted by an independent consulting firm that has been engaged, will review and assess progress on the remediation plan noted above.

While we have taken certain actions to address the material weaknesses identified, additional measures may be necessary as we work to improve the overall effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting. Through the actions in the remediation plan reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015,  and new actions which have since been initiated, we believe that we are addressing the deficiencies that affected our internal control over financial reporting for the year then ended. The new actions initiated are a component part of our restructuring and integration plan, designed to reduce the number of our production facilities from six locations to three. As a result, the controls and procedures which were previously identified as ineffective at our Bemag Transformer and Pioneer Critical Power reporting units will become inapplicable, as performance of their relevant business activities is transferred to other Pioneer locations having suitable entity-level controls and financial closing and reporting processes. Until the remediation plan is fully implemented and operating for a sufficient period of time, we will not be able to conclude that the material weaknesses have been remediated. We will continue to monitor and assess our remediation activities to address the material weaknesses discussed above through remediation as soon as practicable.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Other than changes that have been enacted pursuant to our remediation plan, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2016 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. 

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

From time to time, we may become involved in lawsuits, investigations and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business. Except as set forth below, as  of the date of this filing, we are not party to any material litigation nor are we aware of any such threatened or pending legal proceedings that we believe could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or operating results.

There are no material proceedings in which any of our directors, officers or affiliates or any registered or beneficial shareholder of more than 5% of our common stock is an adverse party or has a material interest adverse to our interest.

ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS

During the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2016, there were no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

ITEM 2.  UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

None.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

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ITEM 4.  MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION

None.

ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS

See the Exhibit Index following the signature page to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a list of exhibits filed or furnished with this report, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

		PIONEER POWER SOLUTIONS, INC.
Date: November 14, 2016	By:	/s/ Nathan J. Mazurek
		Name: Nathan J. Mazurek
		Title: Chief Executive Officer

Date: November 14, 2016	/s/ Thomas Klink
	Name: Thomas Klink
	Title: Chief Financial Officer  (Principal Financial Officer duly authorized to sign on behalf of Registrant)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
3.1	Composite Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 21, 2011).
3.2	Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 2, 2009).
31.1*	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1*	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2*	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101*	The following materials from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2016, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language), (i) Consolidated Statements of Operations, (ii) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss), (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

* Filed herewith.

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EX-31.1

Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. - 10-Q 

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Nathan J. Mazurek, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a.	designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b.	designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c.	evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d.	disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a.	all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and;
b.	any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 14, 2016	/s/ Nathan J. Mazurek
	Nathan J. Mazurek
	President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer duly authorized to sign on behalf of Registrant)

EX-31.2

Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. - 10-Q  

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Thomas Klink, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a.	designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b.	designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c.	evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d.	disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a.	all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and;
b.	any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 14, 2016	/s/ Thomas Klink
	Thomas Klink
	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer duly authorized to sign on behalf of Registrant)

EX-32.1

Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. - 10-Q  

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO 

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

This certification is furnished solely pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. 1350) and accompanies the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Form 10-Q”) for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2016 of Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”). I, Nathan J. Mazurek, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify that, based on my knowledge:

(1)	The Form 10-Q fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)	The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the periods covered in this report.

Date: November 14, 2016	By:	/s/ Nathan J. Mazurek
	Name:	Nathan J. Mazurek
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

The foregoing certification is being furnished as an exhibit to the Form 10-Q pursuant to Item 601(b)(32) of Regulation S-K and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code) and, accordingly, is not being filed as part of the Form 10-Q for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

EX-32.2

Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. - 10-Q  

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

This certification is furnished solely pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. 1350) and accompanies the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Form 10-Q”) for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2016 of Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”). I, Thomas Klink, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify that, based on my knowledge:

(1)	The Form 10-Q fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)	The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the periods covered in this report.

Date: November 14, 2016	By:	/s/ Thomas Klink
	Name:	Thomas Klink
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

The foregoing certification is being furnished as an exhibit to the Form 10-K pursuant to Item 601(b)(32) of Regulation S-K and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code) and, accordingly, is not being filed as part of the Form 10-Q for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

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	Sep. 30, 2016	Nov. 14, 2016
Document And Entity Information
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Document Type	10-Q
Trading Symbol	PPSI
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2016
Amendment Flag	false
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
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Entity a Voluntary Filer	No
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Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenues	$ 29,389	$ 24,924	$ 85,889	$ 80,272
Cost of goods sold	22,854	19,885	66,986	64,598
Gross profit	6,535	5,039	18,903	15,674
Operating expenses
Selling, general and administrative	5,356	5,166	15,156	16,663
Restructuring and integration	19	3,439	199	3,439
Foreign exchange gain	(52)	(234)	(142)	(326)
Total operating expenses	5,323	8,371	15,213	19,776
Operating Income (loss)	1,212	(3,332)	3,690	(4,102)
Interest expense	556	173	1,151	506
Other expense	264	1,270	554	1,533
Income (loss) before taxes	392	(4,775)	1,985	(6,141)
Income tax expense (benefit)	70	(1,224)	900	(1,548)
Net income (loss)	$ 322	$ (3,551)	$ 1,085	$ (4,593)
Net income (loss) per common share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.04	$ (0.48)	$ 0.12	$ (0.62)
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.04	$ (0.48)	$ 0.12	$ (0.62)
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net income (loss)	$ 322	$ (3,551)	$ 1,085	$ (4,593)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(147)	(1,135)	445	(2,381)
Amortization of net prior service costs and net actuarial losses, net of tax	32	(42)	(109)	9
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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 837	$ 648
Accounts receivable, net	18,363	14,223
Inventories, net	26,891	17,663
Income taxes receivable	412	576
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	2,276	1,759
Total current assets	48,779	34,869
Property, plant and equipment, net	6,919	7,349
Deferred income taxes	4,737	3,642
Other assets	804	827
Intangible assets, net	8,717	9,956
Goodwill	9,972	10,068
Total assets	79,928	66,711
Current liabilities
Bank overdrafts	1,008	1,923
Revolving credit facilities	16,256	9,874
Short term borrowings	4,919
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	17,772	20,030
Current maturities of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	1,432	6,037
Income taxes payable	950	237
Total current liabilities	42,337	38,101
Long-term debt, net of current maturities	4,079
Pension deficit	111	63
Other long-term liability	2,461	372
Noncurrent deferred income taxes	2,091	781
Total liabilities	51,079	39,317
Stockholders' equity
Preferred stock, par value $0.001; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued
Common stock, par value $0.001; 30,000,000 shares authorized; 8,699,712 shares issued and outstanding	9	9
Additional paid-in capital	23,187	23,153
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(5,333)	(5,669)
Retained earnings	10,986	9,901
Total stockholders' equity	28,849	27,394
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 79,928	$ 66,711

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Operating activities
Net income (loss)	$ 1,085	$ (4,593)
Depreciation	1,006	1,053
Amortization of intangible assets	1,309	1,301
Amortization of deferred financing costs	153	92
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)	206	(2,808)
Gain on purchase of notes		(150)
Change in receivable reserves	250	(12)
Change in inventory reserves	(435)	(106)
Accrued pension	(68)	30
Stock-based compensation	34	174
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Loss on disposition of fixed assets	77	36
Intangible asset impairment		143
Foreign currency remeasurement gain (loss)	2	(333)
Changes in current operating assets and liabilities:
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Inventories	(8,455)	(2,340)
Prepaid expenses and other assets	(378)	339
Income taxes	890	1,122
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	(348)	3,935
Net cash used in operating activities	(8,860)	(3,071)
Investing activities
Additions to property, plant and equipment	(476)	(796)
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets	7
Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired		(2,106)
Notes receivable		(134)
Net cash used in investing activities	(469)	(3,036)
Financing activities
Increase in bank overdrafts	(922)	1,160
Increase in short term borrowings	4,919
Borrowings under debt agreement	30,413	26,738
Repayment of debt	(24,564)	(28,798)
Payment of deferred financing costs	(226)	(46)
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Net proceeds from issuance of common stock		3,946
Net cash provided by financing activities	9,620	2,792
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	291	(3,315)
Effect of foreign exchange on cash and cash equivalents	(102)	(517)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	648	3,832
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	837
Non-cash investing activities:
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BASIS OF PRESENTATION

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

1.  BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Overview

Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (referred to herein as the “Company,” “Pioneer,” “we,” “our” and “us”) manufacture, sell and service a broad range of specialty electrical transmission, distribution and on-site power generation equipment for applications in the utility, industrial, commercial and backup power markets. The Company is headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey and operates from thirteen additional locations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico for manufacturing, centralized distribution, engineering, sales and administration.

We have two reportable segments as defined in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 31, 2016: Transmission and Distribution Solutions (“T&D Solutions”) and Critical Power Solutions.

Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared pursuant to the rules of the SEC and reflect the accounts of the Company as of September 30, 2016. Certain information and footnote disclosures, normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”), have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations. We believe that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information presented not misleading to the reader. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to fairly state the financial position, results of operations and cash flows with respect to the interim consolidated financial statements have been included. The results of operations for the interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire fiscal year. The year-end balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP for a year-end balance sheet.

All dollar amounts (except share and per share data) presented in the notes to our unaudited consolidated financial statements are stated in thousands of dollars, unless otherwise noted. Amounts may not foot due to rounding.

These unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. As further described in the two paragraphs below, certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. 

As the Company continues to implement the remediation plans discussed under the heading “Part I – Item 4. Controls and Procedures” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Company has determined that there were inconsistencies in classification of expenses between its business units.  As a result, the Company has reclassified certain expenses from cost of goods sold to operating expenses for the current period.  The Company has made the same reclassification to the results for the three month period ended September 30, 2015, resulting in an increase to gross profit of $198, or 0.8% as a percentage of sales for this period, and the results for the nine month period ended September 30, 2015, resulting in an increase to gross profit of $507, or 0.6% as a percentage of sales for this period. 

As a result of the restructuring plans implemented during calendar year 2015, the activities of our Pioneer Critical Power switchgear operations have been transferred to the T&D Solutions segment as of January 1, 2016. For comparison purposes, prior periods presented have been adjusted to reflect this reclassification.

These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the risk factors and the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of the Company and its subsidiaries included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

2.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. There have been no significant changes in the Company’s accounting policies during the third quarter of 2016. 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

There have been no recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted by the Company which would have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

Revenue from Contracts with Customers. In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 (“ASU 2014-09”), which supersedes nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP. The core principle of ASU 2014-09 is to recognize revenues when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 defines a five step process to achieve this core principle and, in doing so, more judgment and estimates may be required within the revenue recognition process than are required under existing U.S. GAAP.

In July 2015, the FASB made a decision to defer the effective date of the new standard for one year and permit early adoption as of the original effective date.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact of its pending adoption of ASU 2014-09 on its consolidated financial statements and has not yet determined the method by which it will adopt the standard in 2018.

Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, “Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs” (“ASU 2015-03”). ASU 2015-03 requires that debt issuance costs be reported in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the face amount of the related liability, consistent with the presentation of debt discounts. Further, ASU 2015-03 requires the amortization of debt issuance costs to be reported as interest expense. Similarly, debt issuance costs and any discount or premium are considered in the aggregate when determining the effective interest rate on the debt. ASU 2015-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. ASU 2015-03 must be applied retrospectively. The Company retrospectively adopted ASU No. 2015-03 and reclassified the carrying value of its debt issuance costs related to its term loans and credit agreements from an asset to a direct reduction of the liability. Accordingly, prior periods have been conformed to the current period’s presentation. As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the aggregate carrying value of the debt issuance costs was $302 and $229, respectively.

Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent). In May 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2015-07, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent)” (“ASU 2015-07”). The amendments apply to reporting entities that elect to measure the fair value of an investment using the net asset value (“NAV”) per share (or its equivalent) practical expedient. The amendments remove the requirement to categorize within the fair value hierarchy all investments for which fair value is measured using the NAV per share practical expedient. The amendments also remove the requirement to make certain disclosures for all investments that are eligible to be measured at fair value using the NAV per share practical expedient. Rather, those disclosures are limited to investments for which the entity has elected to measure the fair value using that practical expedient. The amendments in this ASU were effective the first quarter of 2016 and were applied retrospectively to all periods presented. As the Company measures certain defined benefit plan assets using the NAV practicable expedient, upon adoption of ASU 2015-07, the fair value of these plan assets were removed from the fair value hierarchy in all periods presented in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. The Company will continue to disclose information on these investments for which fair value is measured at NAV as a practical expedient.

Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. This standard amends Topic 330, Inventory, which currently requires an entity to measure inventory at the lower of cost or market. Market could be replacement cost, net realizable value, or net realizable value less an approximately normal profit margin. When this standard is adopted, an entity should measure in scope inventory at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Net realizable value is the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years.  The Company does not expect material impact of adopting ASU No. 2015-11on its consolidated financial statements.

Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes. In November 2015, the FASB issued No. 2015-17, Income Taxes (Topic 740), which requires that deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as non-current in a classified statement of financial position. The current requirement that deferred tax liabilities and assets of a tax-paying component of an entity be offset and presented as a single amount is not affected by ASU No. 2015-17. ASU No. 2015-17 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. A reporting entity may apply the provisions of ASU No. 2015-17 prospectively or retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company retrospectively adopted ASU No. 2015-17 in 2015 and has reflected the impact in the current and prior years in its statement of financial position.

Leases. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires, among other things, a lessee to recognize a liability representing future lease payments and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. For operating leases, a lessee will be required to recognize at inception a right-of-use asset and a lease liability equal to the net present value of the lease payments, with lease expense recognized over the lease term on a straight-line basis. For leases with a term of twelve months or less, ASU 2016-02 allows a reporting entity to make an accounting policy election to not recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability, and to recognize lease expense on a straight-line basis. ASU No. 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. Upon adoption, a reporting entity should apply the provisions of ASU 2016-02 at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach, which includes certain optional practical expedients that an entity may elect to apply. The Company is evaluating the potential impact on its consolidated financial statements of adopting ASU 2016-02.

Share-Based Compensation. In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, “Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718), Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting”. Under ASU No. 2016-09, companies will no longer record excess tax benefits and certain tax deficiencies in additional paid-in capital (“APIC”). Instead, they will record all excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies as income tax expense or benefit in the income statement and the APIC pools will be eliminated. In addition, ASU No. 2016-09 eliminates the requirement that excess tax benefits be realized before companies can recognize them. ASU No. 2016-09 also requires companies to present excess tax benefits as an operating activity on the statement of cash flows rather than as a financing activity. Furthermore, ASU No. 2016-09 will increase the amount an employer can withhold to cover income taxes on awards and still qualify for the exception to liability classification for shares used to satisfy the employer’s statutory income tax withholding obligation. An employer with a statutory income tax withholding obligation will now be allowed to withhold shares with a fair value up to the amount of taxes owed using the maximum statutory tax rate in the employee’s applicable jurisdiction(s). ASU No. 2016-09 requires a company to classify the cash paid to a tax authority when shares are withheld to satisfy its statutory income tax withholding obligation as a financing activity on the statement of cash flows. Under current GAAP, it was not specified how these cash flows should be classified. In addition, companies will now have to elect whether to account for forfeitures on share-based payments by (1) recognizing forfeitures of awards as they occur or (2) estimating the number of awards expected to be forfeited and adjusting the estimate when it is likely to change, as is currently required. The Amendments of this ASU are effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted but all of the guidance must be adopted in the same period. Management is currently assessing the impact the adoption of ASU No. 2016-09 will have on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ACQUISITIONS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Acquisitions

3.  ACQUISITIONS

Since January 1, 2015, the Company has acquired two businesses in the U.S. These acquisitions have allowed the Company to expand its products and service capabilities and offer its customers a greater breadth of solutions for their electrical power distribution and backup power needs. A summary of the acquisitions is as follows:

Business Acquired	Closing	Net Assets Acquired (in 000s)		Segment	Primary Form of Consideration
Harmonics Holdings Inc.	01/16/15		1,043	T&D Solutions	Seller note/debt forgiveness
Pacific Power Systems Integration, Inc.	08/01/15		2,013	T&D Solutions	Cash
		$	3,056

Each of the acquired businesses has been included in the Company’s results of operations since the date of its respective closing. 

2015 Acquisitions

On January 16, 2015, the Company, through its Jefferson Electric, Inc. subsidiary, acquired substantially all the assets comprising the business of Harmonics Holdings Inc. (“Harmonics”), consisting primarily of intellectual property, accounts receivable and machinery and equipment. Harmonics is a Connecticut-based specialty provider of equipment that incorporates a patented technology for the elimination of harmonic currents in power distribution systems. The transaction was accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting and the Company funded the acquisition from available cash on hand, a seller note and forgiveness of debt.       

On August 1, 2015, the Company, through its Pioneer Custom Electrical Products Corp. subsidiary, acquired substantially all the assets comprising the business of Pacific Power Systems Integration, Inc. (“Pacific”). Located in Santa Fe Springs, California, Pacific is a manufacturer of low and medium voltage switchgear, primarily serving customers in the oil refining, mass transit and utility sectors. The transaction was accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting and the Company funded the cash consideration for the acquisition with debt drawn under one of the Company’s revolving credit facilities.

The following table summarizes the consideration paid for the Harmonics and Pacific acquisitions and presents the allocation of the amount to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets based on their estimated fair values as of January 16, 2015 and August 1, 2015, respectively (in thousands):

	Harmonics Acquisition		Pacific Acquisition
Purchase Price
Cash consideration	$	93	$	2,013
Forgiveness of trade payables and indebtedness due to purchaser		609		—
Deferred payments due to seller		341		—
	$	1,043	$	2,013
Purchase Price Allocation
Current assets	$	21	$	18
Property, plant and equipment		4		182
Identifiable intangible assets		995		1,562
Goodwill		23		251
Net assets acquired		1,043		2,013

The acquisitions resulted in the recognition of goodwill in the Company’s consolidated financial statements because the purchase prices exceeded the net tangible asset values, and reflects the future net income and cash flow potential of the acquired businesses.

The following table summarizes the major classes of intangible assets arising from the acquisition of Harmonics and Pacific, their respective amortization periods, and the amount of amortization expense recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 (in thousands):

	Weighted Average Amortization Years	Harmonics Acquisition
Acquired Intangible Assets
Customer relationships	10	$	319
Non-compete agreements	5		75
Developed technology	10		492
Trademark	Indefinite		26
Technology-related industry accreditations	Indefinite		83
		$	995
Amortization expense recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2016		$	70

	Weighted Average Amortization Years	Pacific Acquisition
Acquired Intangible Assets
Customer relationships	13	$	512
Non-compete agreements	7		180
Technology-related industry accreditations	Indefinite		870
		$	1,562
Amortization expense recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2016		$	48

The Company reported Harmonics and Pacific results of operations in the T&D Solutions segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

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RESTRUCTURING AND INTEGRATION

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

RESTRUCTURING AND INTEGRATION

4.  RESTRUCTURING AND INTEGRATION

During the second quarter of 2015, the Company began evaluating improvement strategies intended to reorganize, simplify and reduce costs from operations through business integration, pursuant to a restructuring and integration plan to be carried out in stages and completed in 2016.

In August 2015, management finalized and commenced execution of its plan, which includes a consolidation of the Company’s six manufacturing facilities into three locations, workforce reductions, staff relocations and measures to more closely align product lines and supply chains across business units, among other actions that have resulted in the recognition of certain restructuring, integration and impairment expenses.

The following is a summary of the components of restructuring, integration and impairment expenses, before taxes, during the three months ended September 30, 2015 (in thousands):

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015	T&D Segment		Critical Power Segment		Total
Employee severance and related costs	$	36	$	—	$	36
Lease termination and other facility costs		143		81		224
Business integration expenses		608		—		608
Asset write-down		2,556		—		2,556
Other costs		15		—		15
Pre-tax restructuring and integration expense	$	3,358	$	81	$	3,439

There were no restructuring and integration expenses incurred during the six month period ended June 30, 2015.

Employee severance and related costs consists of retention pay and severance benefits. Lease termination and other facility costs include contract termination and exit costs. Business integration expenses include inventory obsolescence as a result of product line integration, travel, and third-party information technology costs. Asset write-down includes the write-down of the Company’s Canadian dry-type transformer facility, excess machinery and equipment held for sale in preparation for the plant consolidations, and certain intangible assets associated with products the Company no longer expects to continue to produce and sell. Other costs consist primarily of legal expenses incurred in connection with implementing the restructuring plan.

Charges associated with each action were included in restructuring and integration expenses in our consolidated operating statement, and reflected in our table of Operating Income (Loss) by segment group in Note 15 – Business Segment and Geographic Information.

The components and changes in the Company’s restructuring liability were as follows:

	Severance and Related			Product Line Harmonization		Facility Closure and Exit Costs			Total
Restructuring liability as of January 1, 2016	$	445		$	43	$	91		$	579
Restructuring and integration expense		57			—		142			199
Cash paid		(295	)		—		(192	)		(487	)
Foreign currency translation		—			2		—			2
Restructuring liability as of September 30, 2016	$	207		$	45	$	41		$	293

The Company expects to pay the entire amount of $293 of accrued restructuring costs in the next 12 months. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the company recorded pretax charges of $199 related to restructuring in its T&D Segment, including $142 of facility closure and exit costs and $57 of severance and related costs.

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OTHER EXPENSE

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Other Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Abstract]

OTHER EXPENSE

5.  OTHER EXPENSE

Other expense in the consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015			2016		2015
Accrued interest and penalties, net		68		1,186			23		1,186
Acquisition transaction and other expenses		196		129			531		497
(Gain) on cancellation of Titan notes payable		—		(45	)		—		(150	)
Other expense	$	264	$	1,270		$	554	$	1,533

The Company continues to record interest and penalties on past due and unpaid payroll tax obligations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company received waivers of certain interest and penalties on these obligations totaling $0.4 million.

On October 24, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service has granted abatement for $1.2 million in previously accrued penalties related to the Company’s delinquent federal payroll tax obligations. The abatement covers the entire accrued penalties from Pioneer Power Solutions (Corporate), Pioneer CEP, and Jefferson Electric, with accrued penalties for Pioneer Critical Power, Inc. still being reviewed by the IRS for potential abatement. The remaining accrued penalty and related interest is approximately $72.

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INVENTORIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

INVENTORIES

6.  INVENTORIES

The components of inventories are summarized below (in thousands):

	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
Raw materials	$	10,680		$	7,115
Work in process		5,716			3,918
Finished goods		10,994			7,134
Provision for excess and obsolete inventory		(499	)		(504	)
Total inventories	$	26,891		$	17,663

Included in raw materials and finished goods at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 are goods in transit of approximately $3.5 million and $2.1 million, respectively.

At September 30, 2016, $4.6 million of raw materials not pledged to our secured creditor were used as collateral to secure short term borrowings under a product financing arrangement, while none of the raw materials was pledged as of December 31, 2015.

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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

7.  GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Changes in the carrying values of goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, were as follows (in thousands):

	T&D Solutions Segment			Critical Power Solutions Segment		Total Goodwill
Gross Goodwill:
Balance as of January 1, 2016	$	8,075		$	2,969	$	11,044
Adjustments		(96	)		—		(96	)
Balance as of September 30, 2016	$	7,979		$	2,969	$	10,948
Accumulated impairment losses:
Balance as of January 1, 2016	$	(976	)	$	—	$	(976	)
Net Goodwill	$	7,003		$	2,969	$	9,972

 Changes in the carrying values of intangible assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, were as follows (in thousands):

	T&D Solutions Segment			Critical Power Solutions Segment			Total Intangible Assets
Balance as of January 1, 2016		6,112			3,843			9,956
Adjustments		62			—			62
Amortization		(379	)		(930	)		(1,309	)
Foreign currency translation		8			—			8
Balance as of September 30, 2016	$	5,803		$	2,913		$	8,717

The components of intangible assets as of September 30, 2016 are summarized below (in thousands):

	Weighted Average Amortization Years		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Foreign Currency Translation		Net Book Value
Customer relationships		7	$	7,201	$	(3,228	)	$	—	$	3,973
Non-compete agreements		6		715		(367	)		2		350
Trademarks		(a)		2,061		(231	)		10		1,840
Distributor territory license		4		474		(207	)		—		267
Internally developed software		7		289		(72	)		—		217
Developed technology		10		492		(87	)		—		405
Technology-related industry accreditations		Indefinite		1,664		—			1		1,665
Total intangible assets			$	12,896	$	(4,192	)	$	13	$	8,717

(a) Includes $1.8 million of trademarks with an indefinite useful life.

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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

8. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment are summarized below (in thousands):

	September 30,			December 31,
	2016			2015
Land	$	48		$	45
Buildings		2,347			2,224
Machinery and equipment		9,546			9,143
Furniture and fixtures		429			416
Computer hardware and software		1,246			1,334
Leasehold improvements		511			271
Construction in progress		30			375
		14,157			13,808
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(7,238	)		(6,459	)
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	6,919		$	7,349

Depreciation expense was $1.0 million and $1.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

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OTHER ASSETS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Other Assets [Abstract]

OTHER ASSETS

9.  OTHER ASSETS

In December 2011 and January 2012, the Company made two loans, each in the amount of $0.3 million to a developer of a renewable energy project in the U.S. The promissory notes accrue interest at a rate of 4.5% per annum with a final payment of all unpaid principal and interest becoming fully due and payable upon the earlier to occur of (i) the four year anniversary of the issuance date of the promissory notes, or (ii) an event of default. As defined in the promissory notes, an event of default includes, but is not limited to, the following: any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the borrower, a sale or transfer of substantially all the assets of the borrower, a default by the borrower relating to any indebtedness due to third parties, the incurrence of additional indebtedness by the borrower without the Company’s written consent and failure of the borrower to perform its obligations pursuant to its other agreements with the Company, including its purchase order for pad mount transformers.  The full loan receivable is outstanding at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015. The company expects to fully recover these amounts. The Company is actively evaluating its alternatives to either foreclose on its security interests underlying the loans, or otherwise renegotiate and extend them. As the Company does not currently expect repayment of the loans receivable within the next twelve months, they have been classified as long-term in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Also included in Other Assets at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 is a customer note receivable of $0.2 million.

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DEBT

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

DEBT

10. DEBT

Canadian Credit Facilities

Our Canadian subsidiaries have maintained credit facilities with Bank of Montreal since October 2009. In April 2016, our wholly owned subsidiary, Pioneer Electrogroup Canada Inc. (“PECI”), entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“ARCA”) with Bank of Montreal (the “Canadian Facilities”) that replaced and superseded all of our businesses’ prior financing arrangements with the bank. This ARCA extended the maturity date of our Canadian Facilities to July 31, 2017. Additionally, defaults relating to the breach of certain financial covenants under the prior financing arrangements with the bank existing as of December 31, 2015 were waived by the Bank of Montreal.

Our Canadian Facilities provide for up to $8.1 million Canadian dollars (“CAD”) (approximately $6.3 million expressed in U.S. dollars) consisting of a $7.0 million CAD demand revolving credit facility (“Facility A”) to finance ongoing operations, a $0.5 million CAD term credit facility (“Facility B”) that financed a plant expansion, and a $0.7 million USD term credit facility (“Facility C”) that financed a business acquisition and the purchase and expansion of its manufacturing facilities.

Facility A is subject to margin criteria and borrowings bear interest at Bank of Montreal’s prime rate plus 0.75% per annum on amounts borrowed in Canadian dollars, or its U.S. base rate plus 0.75% per annum or LIBOR plus 2.25% per annum on amounts borrowed in U.S. dollars.

Borrowings under Facility B bear interest at Bank of Montreal’s prime rate plus 1.25% per annum with principal repayments becoming due on a five year amortization schedule. Quarterly principal repayments were reduced to $47 CAD, with a bullet payment of $141CAD due on July 31, 2017.

Borrowings under Facility C bear interest at Bank of Montreal’s prime rate plus 1.50% per annum on amounts borrowed in Canadian dollars, or its U.S. base rate plus 1.50% per annum or LIBOR plus 2.75% per annum on amounts borrowed in U.S. dollars. A principal repayment at June 30, 2016 is $72 USD, with quarterly principal repayments beginning on October 31, 2016 reduced to $36 USD, with a bullet payment of $496 USD due on July 31, 2017.

The ARCA modified financial covenant testing so that testing will be performed on the consolidated financial statements of the Company. The financial covenants were changed to require certain minimum working capital ratios, minimum EBITDA levels and effective tangible net worth levels for each fiscal quarter. The Company passed all financial covenant testing for the period ended and as of September 30, 2016.

As of September 30, 2016, we had approximately $5.2 million in U.S. dollar equivalents outstanding under our Canadian Credit Facilities. Our borrowings consisted of approximately $4.3 million outstanding under Facility A, $0.3 million outstanding under Facility B and $0.6 million outstanding under Facility C.

United States Credit Facilities

In April 2016, we entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“US ARCA”) with Bank of Montreal (the “U.S. Facilities”) that replaced and superseded all of our businesses’ prior financing arrangements with the bank. Additionally, defaults relating to the breach of certain financial covenants under the prior financing arrangements with the bank existing as of December 31, 2015 were waived by the Bank of Montreal.

Our U.S. Facilities provide for up to $19.1 million U.S. dollars (“USD”) consisting of a $14.0 million USD demand revolving credit facility (“Facility A”) to finance ongoing operations, a $5.0 million USD term credit facility (“Facility B”) that financed the acquisition of Titan, and a new $100 revolving credit facility provided pursuant to a MasterCard is to be used to pay for and temporarily finance day-to-day business expenses of the Company and for no other purpose.

Facility A continues to bear interest, at our option, at the bank’s prime rate plus 1.00% per annum on U.S. prime rate loans, or an adjusted LIBOR rate plus 2.25% per annum on Eurodollar loans and shall mature on July 31, 2017.

Borrowings under Facility B bear interest, at our option, at U.S. base rate plus 1.25% per annum on U.S. prime loans, or an adjusted LIBOR rate plus 2.50% per annum on Eurodollar loans. Quarterly principal repayments were reduced to $31 USD for calendar year 2016. The original amortization schedule will continue to apply to all quarterly principal payments made after December 31, 2016, with no change in the final maturity date of December 2, 2019.

The ARCA modified financial covenant testing so that testing will be performed on the consolidated financial statements of the Company. The financial covenants were changed to require certain minimum working capital ratios, minimum EBITDA levels and effective tangible net worth levels for each fiscal quarter. The Company passed all financial covenant testing for the period ended and as of September 30, 2016.

Our obligations under the U.S. Facilities are guaranteed by all our wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries. In addition, we and our wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries granted a security interest in substantially all of our assets, including 65% of the shares of Pioneer Electrogroup Canada Inc. held by us, to secure our obligations for borrowed money under the U.S. Facilities.

As of September 30, 2016, we had approximately $16.7 million outstanding under our U.S. Credit Facilities. Our borrowings consisted of approximately $12.0 million outstanding under Facility A, and $4.7 million outstanding under Facility B.

Nexus Promissory Note

On July 25, 2012, the Company’s Mexican subsidiary, Nexus Magneticos de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. (“Nexus”), entered into a $1.65 million term loan agreement with GE CF Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (“GE Capital Mexico”). The term loan is payable in 60 consecutive monthly installments and bears interest, payable monthly, at a rate of 6.93% per annum. The obligations of Nexus under the term loan are secured by certain machinery and equipment located in Mexico and by a corporate guaranty by the Company. As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, there was approximately $0.3 million outstanding under the Nexus Promissory Note.

Long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands):

	September 30,			December 31,
	2016			2015
Term credit facilities, net (a)	$	5,245		$	5,714
Nexus promissory note		261			316
Capital lease obligations		5			7
Total debt		5,511			6,037
Less current portion		(1,432	)		(6,037	)
Total long-term debt	$	4,079		$	—

(a) The balance as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 included deferred financing fees of $302 and $229, respectively.

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OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

11. OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

Unpaid and Past Due Payroll Tax Obligations

From January 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015, the Company failed to report and pay its Federal payroll tax obligations. During last fiscal quarter, the Company entered into installment payment agreements with the Internal Revenue Service for the payment of delinquent payroll tax liabilities. These agreements encompass approximately 97% of the amounts owed by the Company for delinquent payroll tax liabilities. As shown in the chart below, with the execution of these installment payment agreements the Company reclassified $2.1 million of this liability as long-term indebtedness, while $2.0 million of the delinquent payroll tax obligations are included in the accrued liabilities as of September 30, 2016.

The Company continues to pursue installment payment agreements for our Pioneer Critical Power Inc. division, as well as abatement of all penalties assessed by the Internal Revenue Service on the delinquent payroll taxes.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016 the Company received waivers of certain interest and penalties on these obligations totaling $0.4 million. The Company had previously recorded these liabilities, resulting in the waivers being recognized as other expense when they were granted.

On October 24, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service has granted abatement for $1.2 million in previously accrued penalties related to the Company’s delinquent federal payroll tax obligations. The abatement covers 100% of the accrued penalties from Pioneer Power Solutions (Corporate), Pioneer CEP, and Jefferson Electric, with accrued penalties for Pioneer Critical Power, Inc. still being reviewed by the IRS for potential abatement. The remaining accrued penalty and related interest is approximately $72.

Deferred payments due for Harmonics Acquisition

As consideration for the purchase of Harmonics by the Company, the sellers agreed to defer a portion of the purchase price. These deferred payments to the sellers are to be made annually for a period of five years, with a balloon payment being due at the end of year five for the balance remaining. The annual payments are determined as a percentage of the prior year’s sales dollars of the Harmonics products.

Other long-term liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30,		December 31,
	2016		2015
Past due payroll tax obligations, including interest and penalties	$	4,034	$	5,730
Net deferred payments due for Harmonics Acquisition	$	360	$	372
Total		4,394		6,102
Less current portion		1,933		5,730
Total other long-term liabilities	$	2,461	$	372

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PENSION PLAN

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]

PENSION PLAN

12.  PENSION PLAN

The Company’s Canadian subsidiary sponsors a defined benefit pension plan at one of its locations in which a majority of its employees are members. The subsidiary funds 100% of all contributions to the plan. The benefits, or the rate per year of credit service, are established by the Company and updated at its discretion.

The components of the expense the Company incurred under the pension plan are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Current service cost, net of employee contributions	$	10		$	12		$	33		$	41
Interest cost on accrued benefit obligation		26			27			76			81
Expected return on plan assets		(41	)		(42	)		(121	)		(127	)
Amortization of transitional obligation		3			3			8			8
Amortization of past service costs		3			2			8			5
Amortization of net actuarial gain		10			9			28			29
Total cost of benefit	$	11		$	11		$	32		$	37

The Company’s policy is to fund the pension plan at or above the minimum level required by law. The Company made $86 and $93 of contributions to its defined benefit pension plan during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Changes in the discount rate and actual investment returns that are lower than the long-term expected return on plan assets could result in the Company making additional contributions.

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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

13.  STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Common Stock

The Company had 8,699,712 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, outstanding of as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

Warrants

As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company had warrants outstanding to purchase 50,600 shares of common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $7.00 per share. The warrants expire on September 18, 2018.  No warrants were exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

Stock-Based Compensation

A summary of stock option activity under the 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan as of September 30, 2016, and changes during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, are presented below:

	Stock Options			Weighted average exercise price		Weighted average remaining contractual term		Aggregate intrinsic value
Outstanding as of January 1, 2016		344,733		$	9.35			$
Granted		27,000			3.68
Exercised		—			—
Forfeited		(124,333	)		9.31
Outstanding as of September 30, 2016		247,400		$	8.75		6.2	$	105,270
Exercisable as of September 30, 2016		197,733			9.30		5.6		48,840

As of September 30, 2016, there were 452,600 shares available for future grants under the Company’s 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

Stock-based compensation expense recorded for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was approximately $28 and $34, respectively, as compared to the expense of $57 and $174, respectively, during the three and nine month ended September 30, 2015. For the three month and nine months ended September 30, 2016, the expense reversal is primarily the result of forfeitures of previously expensed awards to our former Chief Financial Officer. At September 30, 2016, the Company had total stock-based compensation expense remaining to be recognized in the consolidated statements of operations of approximately $72.

Foreign Currency Translation

Foreign assets and liabilities are translated using the exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date, and results of operations are translated using an average rate for the period. Translation adjustments are accumulated and reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). The Company had foreign currency translation adjustments resulting in unrealized income of $0.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and unrealized losses of $2.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

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BASIC AND DILUTED INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Net income (loss) per common share:

BASIC AND DILUTED INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE

14.  BASIC AND DILUTED INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE

Basic and diluted income (loss) per common share is calculated based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. The Company’s employee and director stock option awards, as well as incremental shares issuable upon exercise of warrants, are not considered in the calculations if the effect would be anti-dilutive. The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted income (loss) per share (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	September 30,					September 30,
	2016		2015			2016		2015
Numerator:
Net income (loss)	$	322	$	(3,551	)	$	1,085	$	(4,593	)
Denominator:
Weighted average basic shares outstanding		8,700		7,468			8,700		7,427
Effect of dilutive securities - equity based compensation plans		8		—			8		—
Denominator for diluted net income (loss) per common share		8,708		7,468			8,708		7,427
Net income (loss) per common share:
Basic	$	0.04	$	(0.48	)	$	0.12	$	(0.62	)
Diluted	$	0.04	$	(0.48	)	$	0.12	$	(0.62	)
Anti-dilutive securities (excluded from per share calculation):
Equity based compensation plans		173		349			173		349
Warrants		51		51			51		51

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BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

15.  BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

The Company follows ASC 280 - Segment Reporting in determining its reportable segments. In December 2014, the Company considered the way its management team, most notably its chief executive officer, makes operating decisions and assesses performance and considered which components of the Company’s enterprise have discrete financial information available.  As the Company makes decisions using a products and services group focus, its analysis resulted in two reportable segments: T&D Solutions and Critical Power Solutions. The Critical Power Solutions reportable segment is comprised of the Company’s Titan Energy Systems Inc. subsidiary. The T&D Solutions reportable segment is an aggregation of all other Company subsidiaries, primarily engaged in the manufacture of electrical transformers and switchgear, together with sales and expenses attributable to the strategic sales group for its T&D Solutions marketing activities. As a result of the restructuring plans implemented during calendar year 2015, the activities of our Pioneer Critical Power switchgear operations have been transferred to the T&D Solutions segment as of January 1, 2016. For comparison purposes, prior periods presented have been adjusted to reflect this reclassification.

The T&D Solutions segment is involved in the design, manufacture and distribution of electrical transformers and switchgear used primarily by utilities, large industrial and commercial operations to manage their electrical power distribution needs. The Critical Power Solutions segment provides power generation equipment, switchgear, related electrical distribution infrastructure and aftermarket field-services primarily to help customers ensure smooth, uninterrupted power to operations during times of emergency.

The following tables present information about segment income and loss (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Revenues
T&D Solutions
Transformers	$	21,110	$	16,837	$	61,605	$	57,947
Switchgear		4,268		2,201		10,876		6,037
		25,378		19,038		72,481		63,984
Critical Power Solutions
Equipment		1,741		3,145		7,598		9,566
Service		2,270		2,741		5,810		6,722
		4,011		5,886		13,408		16,288
Consolidated	$	29,389	$	24,924	$	85,889	$	80,272

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Depreciation and Amortization
T&D Solutions	$	450	$	394	$	1,203	$	1,221
Critical Power Solutions		355		365		1,063		1,082
Unallocated Corporate Overhead Expenses		17		18		51		51
Consolidated	$	822	$	777	$	2,317	$	2,354

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Operating Income (Loss)
T&D Solutions	$	2,003		$	(2,390	)	$	6,083		$	(987	)
Critical Power Solutions		(11	)		(311	)		(100	)		(903	)
Unallocated Corporate Overhead Expenses		(780	)		(631	)		(2,293	)		(2,212	)
Consolidated	$	1,212		$	(3,332	)	$	3,690		$	(4,102	)

Revenues are attributable to countries based on the location of the Company’s customers (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
United States	$	20,594	$	17,443	$	59,067	$	51,842
Canada		8,795		7,322		26,758		27,907
Others		—		159		64		523
Total	$	29,389	$	24,924	$	85,889	$	80,272

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

16.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On October 24, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service has granted abatement for $1.2 million in previously accrued penalties related to the Company’s delinquent federal payroll tax obligations. The abatement covers 100% of the accrued penalties from Pioneer Power Solutions (Corporate), Pioneer CEP, and Jefferson Electric, with accrued penalties for Pioneer Critical Power, Inc. still being reviewed by the IRS for potential abatement. The remaining accrued penalty and related interest is approximately $72.

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

There have been no recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted by the Company which would have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

Revenue from Contracts with Customers. In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 (“ASU 2014-09”), which supersedes nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP. The core principle of ASU 2014-09 is to recognize revenues when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 defines a five step process to achieve this core principle and, in doing so, more judgment and estimates may be required within the revenue recognition process than are required under existing U.S. GAAP.

In July 2015, the FASB made a decision to defer the effective date of the new standard for one year and permit early adoption as of the original effective date.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact of its pending adoption of ASU 2014-09 on its consolidated financial statements and has not yet determined the method by which it will adopt the standard in 2018.

Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, “Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs” (“ASU 2015-03”). ASU 2015-03 requires that debt issuance costs be reported in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the face amount of the related liability, consistent with the presentation of debt discounts. Further, ASU 2015-03 requires the amortization of debt issuance costs to be reported as interest expense. Similarly, debt issuance costs and any discount or premium are considered in the aggregate when determining the effective interest rate on the debt. ASU 2015-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. ASU 2015-03 must be applied retrospectively. The Company retrospectively adopted ASU No. 2015-03 and reclassified the carrying value of its debt issuance costs related to its term loans and credit agreements from an asset to a direct reduction of the liability. Accordingly, prior periods have been conformed to the current period’s presentation. As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the aggregate carrying value of the debt issuance costs was $302 and $229, respectively.

Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent). In May 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2015-07, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent)” (“ASU 2015-07”). The amendments apply to reporting entities that elect to measure the fair value of an investment using the net asset value (“NAV”) per share (or its equivalent) practical expedient. The amendments remove the requirement to categorize within the fair value hierarchy all investments for which fair value is measured using the NAV per share practical expedient. The amendments also remove the requirement to make certain disclosures for all investments that are eligible to be measured at fair value using the NAV per share practical expedient. Rather, those disclosures are limited to investments for which the entity has elected to measure the fair value using that practical expedient. The amendments in this ASU were effective the first quarter of 2016 and were applied retrospectively to all periods presented. As the Company measures certain defined benefit plan assets using the NAV practicable expedient, upon adoption of ASU 2015-07, the fair value of these plan assets were removed from the fair value hierarchy in all periods presented in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. The Company will continue to disclose information on these investments for which fair value is measured at NAV as a practical expedient.

Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. This standard amends Topic 330, Inventory, which currently requires an entity to measure inventory at the lower of cost or market. Market could be replacement cost, net realizable value, or net realizable value less an approximately normal profit margin. When this standard is adopted, an entity should measure in scope inventory at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Net realizable value is the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years.  The Company does not expect material impact of adopting ASU No. 2015-11on its consolidated financial statements.

Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes. In November 2015, the FASB issued No. 2015-17, Income Taxes (Topic 740), which requires that deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as non-current in a classified statement of financial position. The current requirement that deferred tax liabilities and assets of a tax-paying component of an entity be offset and presented as a single amount is not affected by ASU No. 2015-17. ASU No. 2015-17 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. A reporting entity may apply the provisions of ASU No. 2015-17 prospectively or retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company retrospectively adopted ASU No. 2015-17 in 2015 and has reflected the impact in the current and prior years in its statement of financial position.

Leases. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires, among other things, a lessee to recognize a liability representing future lease payments and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. For operating leases, a lessee will be required to recognize at inception a right-of-use asset and a lease liability equal to the net present value of the lease payments, with lease expense recognized over the lease term on a straight-line basis. For leases with a term of twelve months or less, ASU 2016-02 allows a reporting entity to make an accounting policy election to not recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability, and to recognize lease expense on a straight-line basis. ASU No. 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. Upon adoption, a reporting entity should apply the provisions of ASU 2016-02 at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach, which includes certain optional practical expedients that an entity may elect to apply. The Company is evaluating the potential impact on its consolidated financial statements of adopting ASU 2016-02.

Share-Based Compensation. In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, “Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718), Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting”. Under ASU No. 2016-09, companies will no longer record excess tax benefits and certain tax deficiencies in additional paid-in capital (“APIC”). Instead, they will record all excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies as income tax expense or benefit in the income statement and the APIC pools will be eliminated. In addition, ASU No. 2016-09 eliminates the requirement that excess tax benefits be realized before companies can recognize them. ASU No. 2016-09 also requires companies to present excess tax benefits as an operating activity on the statement of cash flows rather than as a financing activity. Furthermore, ASU No. 2016-09 will increase the amount an employer can withhold to cover income taxes on awards and still qualify for the exception to liability classification for shares used to satisfy the employer’s statutory income tax withholding obligation. An employer with a statutory income tax withholding obligation will now be allowed to withhold shares with a fair value up to the amount of taxes owed using the maximum statutory tax rate in the employee’s applicable jurisdiction(s). ASU No. 2016-09 requires a company to classify the cash paid to a tax authority when shares are withheld to satisfy its statutory income tax withholding obligation as a financing activity on the statement of cash flows. Under current GAAP, it was not specified how these cash flows should be classified. In addition, companies will now have to elect whether to account for forfeitures on share-based payments by (1) recognizing forfeitures of awards as they occur or (2) estimating the number of awards expected to be forfeited and adjusting the estimate when it is likely to change, as is currently required. The Amendments of this ASU are effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted but all of the guidance must be adopted in the same period. Management is currently assessing the impact the adoption of ASU No. 2016-09 will have on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ACQUISITIONS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition

A summary of the acquisitions is as follows:

Business Acquired	Closing	Net Assets Acquired (in 000s)		Segment	Primary Form of Consideration
Harmonics Holdings Inc.	01/16/15		1,043	T&D Solutions	Seller note/debt forgiveness
Pacific Power Systems Integration, Inc.	08/01/15		2,013	T&D Solutions	Cash
		$	3,056

Schedule of consideration paid for acquisitions and allocation of the amount to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets

The following table summarizes the consideration paid for the Harmonics and Pacific acquisitions and presents the allocation of the amount to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets based on their estimated fair values as of January 16, 2015 and August 1, 2015, respectively (in thousands):

	Harmonics Acquisition		Pacific Acquisition
Purchase Price
Cash consideration	$	93	$	2,013
Forgiveness of trade payables and indebtedness due to purchaser		609		—
Deferred payments due to seller		341		—
	$	1,043	$	2,013
Purchase Price Allocation
Current assets	$	21	$	18
Property, plant and equipment		4		182
Identifiable intangible assets		995		1,562
Goodwill		23		251
Net assets acquired		1,043		2,013

Schedule of major classes of intangible assets arising from the acquisitions

The following table summarizes the major classes of intangible assets arising from the acquisition of Harmonics and Pacific, their respective amortization periods, and the amount of amortization expense recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 (in thousands):

	Weighted Average Amortization Years	Harmonics Acquisition
Acquired Intangible Assets
Customer relationships	10	$	319
Non-compete agreements	5		75
Developed technology	10		492
Trademark	Indefinite		26
Technology-related industry accreditations	Indefinite		83
		$	995
Amortization expense recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2016		$	70

	Weighted Average Amortization Years	Pacific Acquisition
Acquired Intangible Assets
Customer relationships	13	$	512
Non-compete agreements	7		180
Technology-related industry accreditations	Indefinite		870
		$	1,562
Amortization expense recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2016		$	48

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RESTRUCTURING AND INTEGRATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Schedule of components of restructuring, integration and impairment expenses, before taxes

The following is a summary of the components of restructuring, integration and impairment expenses, before taxes, during the three months ended September 30, 2015 (in thousands):

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015	T&D Segment		Critical Power Segment		Total
Employee severance and related costs	$	36	$	—	$	36
Lease termination and other facility costs		143		81		224
Business integration expenses		608		—		608
Asset write-down		2,556		—		2,556
Other costs		15		—		15
Pre-tax restructuring and integration expense	$	3,358	$	81	$	3,439

Schedule of components and changes in the company's restructuring liability

The components and changes in the Company’s restructuring liability were as follows:

	Severance and Related			Product Line Harmonization		Facility Closure and Exit Costs			Total
Restructuring liability as of January 1, 2016	$	445		$	43	$	91		$	579
Restructuring and integration expense		57			—		142			199
Cash paid		(295	)		—		(192	)		(487	)
Foreign currency translation		—			2		—			2
Restructuring liability as of September 30, 2016	$	207		$	45	$	41		$	293

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OTHER EXPENSE (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Other Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Abstract]

Schedule of Other Expense

Other expense in the consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015			2016		2015
Accrued interest and penalties, net		68		1,186			23		1,186
Acquisition transaction and other expenses		196		129			531		497
(Gain) on cancellation of Titan notes payable		—		(45	)		—		(150	)
Other expense	$	264	$	1,270		$	554	$	1,533

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INVENTORIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment

The components of inventories are summarized below (in thousands):

	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
Raw materials	$	10,680		$	7,115
Work in process		5,716			3,918
Finished goods		10,994			7,134
Provision for excess and obsolete inventory		(499	)		(504	)
Total inventories	$	26,891		$	17,663

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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill

Changes in the carrying values of goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, were as follows (in thousands):

	T&D Solutions Segment			Critical Power Solutions Segment		Total Goodwill
Gross Goodwill:
Balance as of January 1, 2016	$	8,075		$	2,969	$	11,044
Adjustments		(96	)		—		(96	)
Balance as of September 30, 2016	$	7,979		$	2,969	$	10,948
Accumulated impairment losses:
Balance as of January 1, 2016	$	(976	)	$	—	$	(976	)
Net Goodwill	$	7,003		$	2,969	$	9,972

Schedule of intangible assets

Changes in the carrying values of intangible assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, were as follows (in thousands):

	T&D Solutions Segment			Critical Power Solutions Segment			Total Intangible Assets
Balance as of January 1, 2016		6,112			3,843			9,956
Adjustments		62			—			62
Amortization		(379	)		(930	)		(1,309	)
Foreign currency translation		8			—			8
Balance as of September 30, 2016	$	5,803		$	2,913		$	8,717

Schedule of components Intangible Assets

The components of intangible assets as of September 30, 2016 are summarized below (in thousands):

	Weighted Average Amortization Years		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Foreign Currency Translation		Net Book Value
Customer relationships		7	$	7,201	$	(3,228	)	$	—	$	3,973
Non-compete agreements		6		715		(367	)		2		350
Trademarks		(a)		2,061		(231	)		10		1,840
Distributor territory license		4		474		(207	)		—		267
Internally developed software		7		289		(72	)		—		217
Developed technology		10		492		(87	)		—		405
Technology-related industry accreditations		Indefinite		1,664		—			1		1,665
Total intangible assets			$	12,896	$	(4,192	)	$	13	$	8,717

(a) Includes $1.8 million of trademarks with an indefinite useful life.

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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of other long-yerm liabilities

Property, plant and equipment are summarized below (in thousands):

	September 30,			December 31,
	2016			2015
Land	$	48		$	45
Buildings		2,347			2,224
Machinery and equipment		9,546			9,143
Furniture and fixtures		429			416
Computer hardware and software		1,246			1,334
Leasehold improvements		511			271
Construction in progress		30			375
		14,157			13,808
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(7,238	)		(6,459	)
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	6,919		$	7,349

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DEBT (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Debt Tables

Schedule of long-term debt

Long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands):

	September 30,			December 31,
	2016			2015
Term credit facilities, net (a)	$	5,245		$	5,714
Nexus promissory note		261			316
Capital lease obligations		5			7
Total debt		5,511			6,037
Less current portion		(1,432	)		(6,037	)
Total long-term debt	$	4,079		$	—

(a) The balance as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 included deferred financing fees of $302 and $229, respectively.

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OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of other long-term liabilities

Other long-term liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30,		December 31,
	2016		2015
Past due payroll tax obligations, including interest and penalties	$	4,034	$	5,730
Net deferred payments due for Harmonics Acquisition	$	360	$	372
Total		4,394		6,102
Less current portion		1,933		5,730
Total other long-term liabilities	$	2,461	$	372

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PENSION PLAN (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of pension plan expenses

The components of the expense the Company incurred under the pension plan are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Current service cost, net of employee contributions	$	10		$	12		$	33		$	41
Interest cost on accrued benefit obligation		26			27			76			81
Expected return on plan assets		(41	)		(42	)		(121	)		(127	)
Amortization of transitional obligation		3			3			8			8
Amortization of past service costs		3			2			8			5
Amortization of net actuarial gain		10			9			28			29
Total cost of benefit	$	11		$	11		$	32		$	37

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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Schedule of stock option activity

A summary of stock option activity under the 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan as of September 30, 2016, and changes during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, are presented below:

	Stock Options			Weighted average exercise price		Weighted average remaining contractual term		Aggregate intrinsic value
Outstanding as of January 1, 2016		344,733		$	9.35			$
Granted		27,000			3.68
Exercised		—			—
Forfeited		(124,333	)		9.31
Outstanding as of September 30, 2016		247,400		$	8.75		6.2	$	105,270
Exercisable as of September 30, 2016		197,733			9.30		5.6		48,840

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BASIC AND DILUTED INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Net income (loss) per common share:

Schedule of computation of basic and diluted income (loss) per share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted income (loss) per share (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	September 30,					September 30,
	2016		2015			2016		2015
Numerator:
Net income (loss)	$	322	$	(3,551	)	$	1,085	$	(4,593	)
Denominator:
Weighted average basic shares outstanding		8,700		7,468			8,700		7,427
Effect of dilutive securities - equity based compensation plans		8		—			8		—
Denominator for diluted net income (loss) per common share		8,708		7,468			8,708		7,427
Net income (loss) per common share:
Basic	$	0.04	$	(0.48	)	$	0.12	$	(0.62	)
Diluted	$	0.04	$	(0.48	)	$	0.12	$	(0.62	)
Anti-dilutive securities (excluded from per share calculation):
Equity based compensation plans		173		349			173		349
Warrants		51		51			51		51

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BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of information about segment income and loss

The following tables present information about segment income and loss (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Revenues
T&D Solutions
Transformers	$	21,110	$	16,837	$	61,605	$	57,947
Switchgear		4,268		2,201		10,876		6,037
		25,378		19,038		72,481		63,984
Critical Power Solutions
Equipment		1,741		3,145		7,598		9,566
Service		2,270		2,741		5,810		6,722
		4,011		5,886		13,408		16,288
Consolidated	$	29,389	$	24,924	$	85,889	$	80,272

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Depreciation and Amortization
T&D Solutions	$	450	$	394	$	1,203	$	1,221
Critical Power Solutions		355		365		1,063		1,082
Unallocated Corporate Overhead Expenses		17		18		51		51
Consolidated	$	822	$	777	$	2,317	$	2,354

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Operating Income (Loss)
T&D Solutions	$	2,003		$	(2,390	)	$	6,083		$	(987	)
Critical Power Solutions		(11	)		(311	)		(100	)		(903	)
Unallocated Corporate Overhead Expenses		(780	)		(631	)		(2,293	)		(2,212	)
Consolidated	$	1,212		$	(3,332	)	$	3,690		$	(4,102	)

Schedule of revenues attributable to countries

Revenues are attributable to countries based on the location of the Company’s customers (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
United States	$	20,594	$	17,443	$	59,067	$	51,842
Canada		8,795		7,322		26,758		27,907
Others		—		159		64		523
Total	$	29,389	$	24,924	$	85,889	$	80,272

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BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details Narrative) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 Segment	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments | Segment		2
Prior period reclassification adjustment | $	$ 198		$ 507
Percentage of sales	0.80%		0.60%

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ACQUISITIONS (Details Narrative)	21 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 entity
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Number of businesses acquired	2

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ACQUISITIONS (Details Narrative 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization of intangibles	$ 1,309	$ 1,301
Harmonics Holdings Incorporated [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired	995
Amortization of intangibles	70
Harmonics Holdings Incorporated [Member] | Technology Related Industry Accreditations [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired	83
Pacific Power Systems Integration Incorporated [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired	1,562
Amortization of intangibles	48
Pacific Power Systems Integration Incorporated [Member] | Technology Related Industry Accreditations [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired	$ 870
Customer Relationships [Member] | Harmonics Holdings Incorporated [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization period of identifiable intangible assets	10 years
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired	$ 319
Customer Relationships [Member] | Pacific Power Systems Integration Incorporated [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization period of identifiable intangible assets	13 years
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired	$ 512
Noncompete Agreements [Member] | Harmonics Holdings Incorporated [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization period of identifiable intangible assets	5 years
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired	$ 75
Noncompete Agreements [Member] | Pacific Power Systems Integration Incorporated [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization period of identifiable intangible assets	7 years
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired	$ 180
Developed Technology [Member] | Harmonics Holdings Incorporated [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization period of identifiable intangible assets	10 years
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired	$ 492
Trademarks [Member] | Harmonics Holdings Incorporated [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired	$ 26

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ACQUISITIONS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Aug. 01, 2015	Jan. 16, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net assets acquired	$ 3,056
Harmonics Holdings Incorporated [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Name of Acquired Entity	Harmonics Holdings Inc.
Business acquisition, effective date of acquisition	Jan. 16, 2015
Business combination location within acquiree's segment	T&D Solutions
Business combination primary form of consideration	Seller note/debt forgiveness
Net assets acquired			$ 1,043
Pacific Power Systems Integration Incorporated [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Name of Acquired Entity	Pacific Power Systems Integration, Inc.
Business acquisition, effective date of acquisition	Aug. 01, 2015
Business combination location within acquiree's segment	T&D Solutions
Business combination primary form of consideration	Cash
Net assets acquired		$ 2,013

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ACQUISITIONS (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 01, 2015	Jan. 16, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Purchase Price Allocation
Goodwill			$ 9,972	$ 10,068
Harmonics Holdings Incorporated [Member]
Purchase Price
Cash consideration		$ 93
Forgiveness of trade payables and indebtness due to purchaser		609
Deferred payments due to seller		341
Total		1,043
Purchase Price Allocation
Current assets		21
Property, plant and equipment		4
Identifiable intangible assets		995
Goodwill		23
Net assets acquired		$ 1,043
Pacific Power Systems Integration Incorporated [Member]
Purchase Price
Cash consideration	$ 2,013
Total	2,013
Purchase Price Allocation
Current assets	18
Property, plant and equipment	182
Identifiable intangible assets	1,562
Goodwill	251
Net assets acquired	$ 2,013

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RESTRUCTURING AND INTEGRATION (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Pre-tax restructuring and integration expense	$ 19	$ 3,439	$ 199	$ 3,439
Restructuring liability	293		293		$ 579
Facility Closure and Exit Costs [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Pre-tax restructuring and integration expense			142
Restructuring liability	41		41		91
Severance and Related [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Pre-tax restructuring and integration expense			57
Restructuring liability	$ 207		207		$ 445
T And D Solutions Segment [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Pre-tax restructuring and integration expense		$ 3,358	$ 199

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RESTRUCTURING AND INTEGRATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Employee severance and related costs		$ 36
Lease termination and other facility costs		224
Business integration expenses		608
Asset write-down		2,556
Other costs		15
Pre-tax restructuring and integration expense	$ 19	3,439	$ 199	$ 3,439
T And D Solutions Segment [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Employee severance and related costs		36
Lease termination and other facility costs		143
Business integration expenses		608
Asset write-down		2,556
Other costs		15
Pre-tax restructuring and integration expense		3,358	$ 199
Critical Power Solutions Segment [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Employee severance and related costs
Lease termination and other facility costs		81
Business integration expenses
Asset write-down
Other costs
Pre-tax restructuring and integration expense		$ 81

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RESTRUCTURING AND INTEGRATION (Details 1) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring liability as of January 1, 2016	$ 579
Restructuring and integration expense	199
Cash paid	(487)
Foreign currency translation	2
Restructuring liability as of September 30, 2016	293
Severance and Related [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring liability as of January 1, 2016	445
Restructuring and integration expense	57
Cash paid	(295)
Foreign currency translation
Restructuring liability as of September 30, 2016	207
Product Line Harmonization [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring liability as of January 1, 2016	43
Restructuring and integration expense
Cash paid
Foreign currency translation	2
Restructuring liability as of September 30, 2016	45
Facility Closure and Exit Costs [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring liability as of January 1, 2016	91
Restructuring and integration expense	142
Cash paid	(192)
Foreign currency translation
Restructuring liability as of September 30, 2016	$ 41

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OTHER EXPENSE (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 24, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016
Waivers of interest and penalties		$ 400
Subsequent Event [Member]
Previously granted abatement	$ 1,200
Remaining accrued penalty	$ 72

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OTHER EXPENSE (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Other Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Abstract]
Accrued interest and penalties, net	$ 68	$ 1,186	$ 23	$ 1,186
Acquisition transaction and other expenses	196	129	531	497
(Gain) on cancellation of Titan notes payable		(45)		(150)
Other expense	$ 264	$ 1,270	$ 554	$ 1,533

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INVENTORIES (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Inventory [Line Items]
Goods in transit	$ 3,500	$ 2,100
Short-term Debt [Member]
Inventory [Line Items]
Collateral pledged	$ 4,600

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INVENTORIES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Raw materials	$ 10,680	$ 7,115
Work in process	5,716	3,918
Finished goods	10,994	7,134
Provision for excess and obsolete inventory	(499)	(504)
Total inventories	$ 26,891	$ 17,663

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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Details Narrative) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Indefinite-Lived Trademarks	$ 1,800

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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance, beginning	$ 11,044
Adjustments	(96)
Balance, ending	10,948
Accumulated impairment losses:
Balance, beginning	(976)
Net Goodwill	9,972
T And D Solutions Segment [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance, beginning	8,075
Adjustments	(96)
Balance, ending	7,979
Accumulated impairment losses:
Balance, beginning	(976)
Net Goodwill	7,003
Critical Power Solutions Segment [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance, beginning	2,969
Balance, ending	2,969
Accumulated impairment losses:
Net Goodwill	$ 2,969

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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets, balance	$ 9,956
Adjustments	62
Amortization	(1,309)	$ (1,301)
Foreign currency translation	8
Intangible assets, balance	8,717
T And D Solutions Segment [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets, balance	6,112
Adjustments	62
Amortization	(379)
Foreign currency translation	8
Intangible assets, balance	5,803
Critical Power Solutions Segment [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets, balance	3,843
Amortization	(930)
Intangible assets, balance	$ 2,913

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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying amount, total		$ 12,896
Accumulated amortization		(4,192)
Foreign currency translation		13
Intangible assets, net		$ 8,717	$ 9,956
Customer Relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization years		7 years
Gross carrying amount, finite		$ 7,201
Accumulated amortization		(3,228)
Net book value, finite		$ 3,973
Noncompete Agreements [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization years		6 years
Gross carrying amount, finite		$ 715
Accumulated amortization		(367)
Foreign currency translation		2
Net book value, finite		350
Trademarks [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying amount, total	[1]	2,061
Accumulated amortization		(231)
Foreign currency translation		10
Net book value, finite		$ 1,840
Distributor Territory License [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization years		4 years
Gross carrying amount, finite		$ 474
Accumulated amortization		(207)
Net book value, finite		$ 267
Internally Developed Software [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization years		7 years
Gross carrying amount, finite		$ 289
Accumulated amortization		(72)
Net book value, finite		$ 217
Developed Technology [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization years		10 years
Gross carrying amount, finite		$ 492
Accumulated amortization		(87)
Net book value, finite		405
Technology-related industry accreditations [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying amount, indefinite		1,664
Foreign currency translation		1
Net Book Value - indefinite		$ 1,665

[1] Includes $1.8 million of trademarks with an indefinite useful life.

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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment	$ 14,157		$ 13,808
Less: accumulated depreciation	(7,238)		(6,459)
Total property, plant and equipment, net	6,919		7,349
Depreciation	1,006	$ 1,053
Land [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment	48		45
Building [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment	2,347		2,224
Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment	9,546		9,143
Furniture and Fixtures [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment	429		416
Computer Hardware and Software [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment	1,246		1,334
Leasehold Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment	511		271
Construction in Progress [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment	$ 30		$ 375

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OTHER ASSETS (Details Narrative) $ in Thousands	Jan. 31, 2012 USD ($) loan	Jan. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Note receivable				$ 200	$ 200
Notes Receivable [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal amount	$ 300	$ 300	$ 300
Number of promissory notes | loan	2
Accrued interest rate (in percent)		4.50%	4.50%

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DEBT (Details Narrative) CAD in Thousands, $ in Thousands	2 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 CAD	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facilities amount outstanding		$ 16,256		$ 9,874
Defered financing costs		302		$ 229
Canadian Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, borrowing capacity		6,300
Credit facilities amount outstanding		$ 5,200
Canadian Facilities [Member] | Canada, Dollars
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, borrowing capacity | CAD			CAD 8,100
Canadian Credit Facilities A [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread		0.75%
Variable rate description		Bank of Montreal's Prime Rate
Credit facilities amount outstanding		$ 4,300
Canadian Credit Facilities A [Member] | U.S. Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread		0.75%
Variable rate description		U.S. Base Rate
Canadian Credit Facilities A [Member] | Libor [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread		2.25%
Variable rate description		Libor
Canadian Credit Facilities A [Member] | Canada, Dollars
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, borrowing capacity | CAD			7,000
Canadian Credit Facilities B [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facilities amount outstanding		$ 300
Canadian Credit Facilities B [Member] | Canada, Dollars
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, borrowing capacity | CAD			500
Interest rate spread		1.25%
Variable rate description		Bank of Montreal's Prime Rate
Frequency of payments		Quarterly
Quarterly principal payment		$ 47
Bullet payment | CAD			CAD 141
Debt instrument amortization period		5 years
Canadian Credit Facilities C [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, borrowing capacity		$ 700
Interest rate spread		1.50%
Variable rate description		Bank of Montreal's Prime Rate
Frequency of payments	Quarterly	Quarterly
Quarterly principal payment	$ 36	$ 72
Bullet payment		496
Credit facilities amount outstanding		$ 600
Canadian Credit Facilities C [Member] | U.S. Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread		1.50%
Variable rate description		U.S. Base Rate
Canadian Credit Facilities C [Member] | Libor [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread		2.75%
Variable rate description		Libor

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DEBT (Details Narrative 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facilities amount outstanding	$ 16,256	$ 9,874
U.S. Credit Facilities [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility, borrowing capacity	$ 19,100
Percentage of subsidiary shares used to secure borrowings in facility	65.00%
Credit facilities amount outstanding	$ 16,700
U.S. Credit Facilities A [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility, borrowing capacity	14,000
Credit facilities amount outstanding	$ 12,000
U.S. Credit Facilities A [Member] | Bank's Prime Rate [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate spread	1.00%
Variable rate description	Bank of Montreal's Prime Rate on US Prime Loans
U.S. Credit Facilities A [Member] | Libor [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate spread	2.25%
Variable rate description	Adjusted Libor Rate on Eurodollar Loans
U.S. Credit Facilities B [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility, borrowing capacity	$ 5,000
Frequency of payments	Quarterly
Quarterly principal payment	$ 31
Credit facilities amount outstanding	$ 4,700
U.S. Credit Facilities B [Member] | Libor [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate spread	2.50%
Variable rate description	Adjusted Libor Rate on Eurodollar Loans
U.S. Credit Facilities B [Member] | U.S. Base Rate [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate spread	1.25%
Variable rate description	US Base Rate on US Prime Loans
U.S. Credit Facility - MasterCard [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility, borrowing capacity	$ 100

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DEBT (Details Narrative 2) - Nexus Promissory Note [Member] $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 25, 2012 USD ($) loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Note amount			$ 1,650
Carryng amount	$ 300	$ 300
Rate of interest of debt instrument			6.93%
Number of installments | loan			60

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DEBT (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt		$ 5,511	$ 6,037
Less current portion		(1,432)	(6,037)
Long-term debt, net of current maturities		4,079
Term Credit Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	[1]	5,245	5,714
Nexus Promissory Note [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt		261	316
Capital Lease Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt		$ 5	$ 7

[1] The balance as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 included deferred financing fees of $302 and $229, respectively.

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OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 24, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other long-term liability		$ 2,461	$ 372
IRS interest and penalty waivers		400
Subsequent Event [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Previously granted abatement	$ 1,200
Percentage of accrued penalties	100.00%
Remaining accrued penalty	$ 72
Past Due Payroll Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other long-term liability		2,100
IRS interest and penalty waivers		$ 400
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Balance of liability under agreements		97.00%

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OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	$ 4,394	$ 6,102
Less current portion	1,933	5,730
Total other long-term liabilities	2,461	372
Past Due Payroll Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	4,034	5,730
Total other long-term liabilities	2,100
Net Deferred Payments due from Harmonics Acquisition [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	$ 360	$ 372

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PENSION PLAN (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]
Funded contributions by subsidiary (percent)	100.00%
Defined benefit contributions	$ 86	$ 93

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PENSION PLAN (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]
Current service cost, net of employee contributions	$ 10	$ 12	$ 33	$ 41
Interest cost on accrued benefit obligation	26	27	76	81
Expected return on plan assets	(41)	(42)	(121)	(127)
Amortization of transitional obligation	3	3	8	8
Amortization of past service costs	3	2	8	5
Amortization of net actuarial gain	10	9	28	29
Total cost of benefit	$ 11	$ 11	$ 32	$ 37

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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]
Common stock, outstanding shares	8,699,712		8,699,712		8,699,712
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.001		$ 0.001		$ 0.001
Outstanding purchase of warrants (in shares)	50,600		50,600		50,600
Weighted average exercise price - warrants			$ 7.00
Warrant expiration date range end			Sep. 18, 2018
Warrants exercised			0
Foreign Currency Transaction and Translation Gain (Loss)			$ 400	$ (2,400)
Stock-based compensation	$ 28	$ 57	34	$ 174
Unrecognized stock-based compensation	$ 72		$ 72
Number of shares available for future grants	452,600		452,600

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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Stock options
Balance at the beginning of period | shares	344,733
Granted | shares	27,000
Forfeited | shares	(124,333)
Balance at the end of period | shares	247,400
Exercisable at the end of period | shares	197,733
Weighted average exercise price
Balance at the beginning of period | $ / shares	$ 9.35
Granted | $ / shares	3.68
Forfeited | $ / shares	9.31
Balance at the end of period | $ / shares	8.75
Exercisable at the end of period | $ / shares	$ 9.30
Weighted average remaining contractual term
Balance	6 years 2 months 12 days
Exercisable at the end of period (in years)	5 years 7 months 6 days
Aggregate intrinsic value
Balance at the end of period | $	$ 105,270
Exercisable at the end of period | $	$ 48,840

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BASIC AND DILUTED INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Numerator:
Net income (loss)	$ 322	$ (3,551)	$ 1,085	$ (4,593)
Denominator:
Weighted average basic shares outstanding	8,700	7,468	8,700	7,427
Effect of dilutive securities - equity based compensation plans	8		8
Denominator for diluted net income (loss) per common share	8,708	7,468	8,708	7,427
Net loss per common share:
Basic	$ 0.04	$ (0.48)	$ 0.12	$ (0.62)
Diluted	$ 0.04	$ (0.48)	$ 0.12	$ (0.62)
Equity Based Compensation Plans [Member]
Anti-dilutive securities (excluded from per share calculation):
Excluded securities from computation of basic and diluted EPS	173	349	173	349
Warrant [Member]
Anti-dilutive securities (excluded from per share calculation):
Excluded securities from computation of basic and diluted EPS	51	51	51	51

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BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Details Narrative)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 Segment
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments	2

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BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Revenues
Revenues	$ 29,389	$ 24,924	$ 85,889	$ 80,272
Depreciation and Amortization	822	777	2,317	2,354
Operating Income (Loss)	1,212	(3,332)	3,690	(4,102)
T And D Solutions Segment [Member]
Revenues
Transformers	21,110	16,837	61,605	57,947
Switchgear	4,268	2,201	10,876	6,037
Revenues	25,378	19,038	72,481	63,984
Depreciation and Amortization	450	394	1,203	1,221
Operating Income (Loss)	2,003	(2,390)	6,083	(987)
Critical Power Solutions Segment [Member]
Revenues
Equipment	1,741	3,145	7,598	9,566
Service	2,270	2,741	5,810	6,722
Revenues	4,011	5,886	13,408	16,288
Depreciation and Amortization	355	365	1,063	1,082
Operating Income (Loss)	(11)	(311)	(100)	(903)
General Corporate [Member]
Revenues
Depreciation and Amortization	17	18	51	51
Operating Income (Loss)	$ (780)	$ (631)	$ (2,293)	$ (2,212)

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BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Revenues	$ 29,389	$ 24,924	$ 85,889	$ 80,272
United States
Revenues	20,594	17,443	59,067	51,842
Canada
Revenues	8,795	7,322	26,758	27,907
Others Countries [Member]
Revenues		$ 159	$ 64	$ 523

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details Narrative) - Subsequent Event [Member] $ in Thousands	Oct. 24, 2016 USD ($)
Previously granted abatement	$ 1,200
Percentage of accrued penalties	100.00%
Remaining accrued penalty	$ 72