Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets [Abstract]

Note 4.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The carrying amount of goodwill for the periods ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 was $43,825,000, of which $40,614,000 is attributable to the Company's Rail Products segment and $3,211,000 is attributable to Construction Products segment.

As part of our procedures to determine fair values of all acquired assets, we determined the fair value of technology, intellectual property, goodwill and other intangible assets.

Identified intangible assets as of December 31, 2011 of $2,305,000 are attributable to the Company's Construction Products segment and $44,457,000 are attributable to the Company's Rail Products segment. The components of the Company's intangible assets are as follows:

	December 31, 2011
	Weighted Average		Gross					Net
	Amortization Period		Carrying		Accumulated			Carrying
	In Years		Value		Amortization			Amount
	In thousands
Non-compete agreements		5	$	380	$	(361	)	$	19
Patents		10		125		(125	)		0
Customer relationships		23		19,960		(1,402	)		18,558
Supplier relationships		5		350		(73	)		277
Trademarks		17		6,280		(447	)		5,833
Technology		18		19,667		(1,306	)		18,361
		20	$	46,762	$	(3,714	)	$	43,048

	December 31, 2010
	Weighted Average		Gross					Net
	Amortization Period		Carrying		Accumulated			Carrying
	In Years		Value		Amortization			Amount
	In thousands
Non-compete agreements		5	$	380	$	(355	)	$	25
Patents		10		125		(113	)		12
Customer relationships		23		19,960		(316	)		19,644
Supplier relationships		5		350		(3	)		347
Trademarks		17		6,280		(16	)		6,264
Technology		18		19,230		(93	)		19,137
		20	$	46,325	$	(896	)	$	45,429

In conjunction with the acquisition of Portec, the Company recorded the fair values of the acquired intangible assets in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations. As part of our procedures to determine fair values of all acquired assets the Company evaluated the technology and intellectual property along with other intangible assets that could be assigned a fair value under the acquisition. The Company developed historical and projected cash flows of the technology-based product lines along with an estimate of future costs to maintain these technologies. These estimates and other assumptions were used to determine the present value of the discounted cash flows of these various technologies. In addition, the Company evaluated the future lives of the identified intangible assets to determine if they have definite or indefinite lives.

As a result of the Portec acquisition, the Company assigned a fair value of $6,280,000 to trademarks, $19,230,000 to technology-based product lines, $18,160,000 to customer relationships and $350,000 to a supplier relationship. Several factors were considered that contributed to the fair value of these intangible assets, including, but not limited to, the Company's position within the global railway supply industry, the level of competition that exists, the life-cycle of the product categories, and the acceptance of the technologies within the global railway supply industry.

As a result of the IDSI acquisition, the Company assigned a fair value of $30,000 to non-compete agreements and $1,800,000 to customer relationships. These identified intangible assets are being amortized over their respective useful lives identified in the above table.

Intangible assets are amortized over their useful lives ranging from 5 to 25 years, with a total weighted average amortization period of approximately 20 years. Amortization expense for years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 was approximately $2,818,000, $445,000 and $13,000, respectively.

Estimated amortization expense over the succeeding five years and thereafter is as follows:

	In thousands
2012	$	2,768
2013		2,768
2014		2,768
2015		2,489
2016		2,332
Thereafter		29,923
	$	43,048

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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