Basis of Presentation	9 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2019
Basis of Presentation [Abstract]
Basis of Presentation	Note A – Basis of Presentation The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X and do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements. Refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of the Eastern Company (the “Company”) included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 29, 2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 14, 2019 (the “2018 Form 10-K”) for additional information. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited. However, in the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations for interim periods have been reflected therein. All intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated. Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 29, 2018 has been derived from the audited consolidated balance sheet at that date. Business Combination On August 30, 2019, the Company and its newly-formed wholly-owned subsidiary, Eastern Engineered Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“EES” and with the Company, the “Company Parties”) entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) with Big 3 Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Seller”), Big 3 Precision Mold Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned Subsidiary of Seller (“Big 3 Mold”), and Big 3 Precision Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of Seller (“Big 3 Products”), Industrial Design Innovations, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned Subsidiary of Big 3 Products (“Design Innovations”), Sur-Form, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned Subsidiary of Big 3 Products (“Sur-Form”), Associated Toolmakers Limited, a limited company formed under the laws of England and Wales and wholly-owned Subsidiary of Big 3 Mold (“Associated” and together with Big 3 Mold, Big 3 Products, Design Innovations and Sur-Form, collectively “Big 3 Precision”), TVV Capital Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“TVV III”), TVV Capital Partners III-A, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“TVV IIIA”), Alan Scheidt, (“Scheidt”), Todd Riley (“Riley”), Clinton Hyde (“Hyde,” and together with TVV-III, TVV-IIIA, Scheidt and Riley, the “Seller Owners”), and Big 3 Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the initial Seller Representative (the “Seller Representative”). The Seller and the Seller Owners are collectively the “Selling Parties”. On August 30, 2019, pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company, through EES, acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of Big 3 Precision Products and Big 3 Mold Services, and indirectly through them, all of the outstanding equity interests in Design Innovation, Sur-Form and Associated, for an adjusted purchase cash price of $81.1 million. The acquisition was financed with a combination of $2.1 million of cash on hand, and a $100.0 million credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Santander Bank, N.A., for itself, People’s United Bank, N. A. and TD Bank, N.A. as lenders and a $20 million revolving credit line with lenders through a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”). In connection with the Credit Agreement, the Company also used its cash to repay the remaining balance (approximately $19.1 million) of its then outstanding term loan with People’s United N.A. Leases Commencing with the financial statements contained in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 30, 2019, in accordance with ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (“Topic 842”), right of use assets and lease liabilities have been separately identified on the balance sheet for the current period. See Note D – Right of Use Assets.

Note A – Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X and do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements. Refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of the Eastern Company (the “Company”) included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 29, 2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 14, 2019 (the “2018 Form 10-K”) for additional information.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited. However, in the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations for interim periods have been reflected therein. All intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated. Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year.

The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 29, 2018 has been derived from the audited consolidated balance sheet at that date.

Business Combination

On August 30, 2019, the Company and its newly-formed wholly-owned subsidiary, Eastern Engineered Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“EES” and with the Company, the “Company Parties”) entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) with Big 3 Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Seller”), Big 3 Precision Mold Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned Subsidiary of Seller (“Big 3 Mold”), and Big 3 Precision Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of Seller (“Big 3 Products”), Industrial Design Innovations, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned Subsidiary of Big 3 Products (“Design Innovations”), Sur-Form, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned Subsidiary of Big 3 Products (“Sur-Form”), Associated Toolmakers Limited, a limited company formed under the laws of England and Wales and wholly-owned Subsidiary of Big 3 Mold (“Associated” and together with Big 3 Mold, Big 3 Products, Design Innovations and Sur-Form, collectively “Big 3 Precision”), TVV Capital Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“TVV III”), TVV Capital Partners III-A, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“TVV IIIA”), Alan Scheidt, (“Scheidt”), Todd Riley (“Riley”), Clinton Hyde (“Hyde,” and together with TVV-III, TVV-IIIA, Scheidt and Riley, the “Seller Owners”), and Big 3 Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the initial Seller Representative (the “Seller Representative”). The Seller and the Seller Owners are collectively the “Selling Parties”. On August 30, 2019, pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company, through EES, acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of Big 3 Precision Products and Big 3 Mold Services, and indirectly through them, all of the outstanding equity interests in Design Innovation, Sur-Form and Associated, for an adjusted purchase cash price of $81.1 million. The acquisition was financed with a combination of $2.1 million of cash on hand, and a $100.0 million credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Santander Bank, N.A., for itself, People’s United Bank, N. A. and TD Bank, N.A. as lenders and a $20 million revolving credit line with lenders through a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”). In connection with the Credit Agreement, the Company also used its cash to repay the remaining balance (approximately $19.1 million) of its then outstanding term loan with People’s United N.A.

Leases

Commencing with the financial statements contained in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 30, 2019, in accordance with ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (“Topic 842”), right of use assets and lease liabilities have been separately identified on the balance sheet for the current period. See Note D – Right of Use Assets.