Business Segments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business Segments

Business Segments

The Company is a global solutions provider of engineered, manufactured products and services that builds and supports infrastructure. The Company’s innovative engineering and product development solutions inspire the safety, reliability, and performance of its customers’ challenging requirements. The Company maintains locations in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia where it markets its products and services primarily through an internal sales force. Effective for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2021, the Company implemented operational changes in how its Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) manages its businesses, including resource allocation and operating decisions. The changes are due in part to a holistic reassessment performed focused on Company strategy, which was supported by an external advisory firm. As a result of these changes, the Company now has three reporting segments, representing the individual businesses that are run separately under the new structure. The Company’s new reportable segments are: the Rail, Technologies, and Services segment, the Precast Concrete Products segment, and the Steel Products and Measurement segment. The segments represent components of the Company (a) that engage in activities from which revenue is generated and expenses are incurred; (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the CODM, who makes decisions about resources to be allocated to the segments, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available.

Operating segments are evaluated on their segment profit contribution to the Company’s consolidated results. The Company considers the aggregation of operating segments into reporting segments based on nature of offerings, nature of production services, the type or class of customer for products and services, methods used to distribute products and services, and economic and regulatory environment conditions.

The Company’s Rail, Technologies, and Services reporting segment is the aggregation of the Rail Products and Friction Management and the Technology Services and Solutions operating segments, which was evaluated based on the factors outlined above. The Rail, Technologies, and Services reporting segment engineers, manufactures, and assembles friction management products and railway wayside data collection, application systems, railroad condition monitoring systems and equipment, wheel impact load detection systems, management systems, and provides services for these products. The Rail, Technologies, and Services segment also provides a full line of new and used rail, trackwork, and accessories to railroads, mines, and other customers in the rail industry as well as designs and produces insulated rail joints, power rail, track fasteners, concrete railroad ties, coverboards, and special accessories for mass transit and other rail systems. In addition, the Rail, Technologies, and Services segment provides controls, display, and telecommunication contract management solutions for the transit, control room, and customer information and display sectors to enhance safety, operational efficiency, and customer experience.

The Company’s Precast Concrete Products segment produces precast concrete buildings and a variety of specialty precast concrete products for use in several infrastructure end markets, including transportation and general infrastructure. Precast concrete buildings are primarily used as restrooms, concession stands, and protective storage buildings in national, state, and municipal parks, while other precast products include sound walls, burial vaults, bridge beams, box culverts, septic tanks, and other custom pre-stressed products.

The Company’s Steel Products and Measurement segment sells bridge decking, bridge railing, structural steel fabrications, expansion joints, bridge forms and other products for highway construction and repair. This segment also produces threaded pipe products for industrial water well and irrigation markets as well as the oil and gas markets. Lastly, this segment provides pipe coatings for oil and gas pipelines and utilities, precision measurement systems for the oil and gas market. On September 24, 2021, the Company completed the sale of its Piling Products division. The Company retained all pre-closing receivables and liabilities associated with the division. The sale included substantially all inventory and fixed assets held by the Company associated with the division. Results of the Piling Products division are included in the Company’s Steel Products and Measurement segment.

Segment profit from operations includes allocated corporate operating expenses. Operating expenses related to corporate headquarter functions were allocated to each segment based on headcount, revenue contribution, or time spent supporting business units within the segments, as appropriate for the type of function. The expense allocation excludes certain corporate costs that are separately managed from the segments. Other income and expenses, interest, income taxes, and certain other items are managed on a consolidated basis. Management believes the allocation of corporate operating expenses provides an accurate presentation of how the segments utilize corporate support activities. This provides the CODM a meaningful segment profitability information to support operating decisions and the allocation of resources.

The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies found in Note 1.

The Company has restated segment information for the historical periods presented herein to conform to the current presentation. This change in segment presentation does not affect the Company’s consolidated statements of income, balance sheets, or statements of cash flows.

The operating results and assets of the Company’s reportable segments were as follows as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021:

	2021
	Net Sales		Segment Operating Profit (Loss)		Segment Assets		Depreciation/Amortization		Expenditures for Long-Lived Assets
Rail, Technologies, and Services	$	299,749	$	14,165	$	171,608	$	6,089	$	1,081
Precast Concrete Products	70,990		1,545		48,740		1,716		2,441
Steel Products and Measurement	142,881		(2,402)		58,377		4,738		78
Total	$	513,620	$	13,308	$	278,725	$	12,543	$	3,600

The operating results and assets of the Company’s reportable segments were as follows as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020:

	2020
	Net Sales		Segment Operating Profit		Segment Assets		Depreciation/Amortization		Expenditures for Long-Lived Assets
Rail, Technologies, and Services	$	276,447	$	13,185	$	161,485	$	6,138	$	4,599
Precast Concrete Products	63,314		566		44,510		1,125		3,560
Steel Products and Measurement	157,650		7,945		93,009		4,959		345
Total	$	497,411	$	21,696	$	299,004	$	12,222	$	8,504

During 2021 and 2020, no single customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s consolidated net sales. Sales between segments were immaterial and eliminated in consolidation.

Reconciliations of reportable segment net sales, profits, assets, depreciation/amortization, and expenditures for long-lived assets to the Company’s consolidated totals are as follows as of and for the years ended December 31:

	2021		2020
Income from Operations:
Total segment operating profit	$	13,308	$	21,696
Interest expense - net	(2,956)		(3,761)
Other income - net	3,075		2,110
Corporate expense and other unallocated charges	(8,837)		(6,063)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	4,590	$	13,982
Assets:
Total segment assets	$	278,725	$	299,004
Unallocated corporate assets and discontinued operations	63,870		71,391
Assets	$	342,595	$	370,395
Depreciation/Amortization:
Total segment depreciation/amortization	$	12,543	$	12,222
Other	1,344		1,357
Depreciation/amortization	$	13,887	$	13,579
Expenditures for Long-Lived Assets:
Total segment expenditures for long-lived assets	$	3,600	$	8,504
Other expenditures for long-lived assets	1,020		675
Expenditures for long-lived assets	$	4,620	$	9,179

The following table summarizes the Company’s sales by major geographic region in which the Company had operations for the years ended December 31:

	2021		2020
United States	$	391,218	$	398,288
Canada	57,601		34,498
United Kingdom	36,477		44,643
Other	28,324		19,982
Total net sales	$	513,620	$	497,411

The following table summarizes the Company’s long-lived assets by geographic region as of December 31:

	2021		2020
United States	$	53,527	$	57,445
Canada	2,597		3,011
United Kingdom	1,668		1,617
Other	430		12
Total property, plant, and equipment - net	$	58,222	$	62,085

The following table summarizes the Company’s sales by major product and service line for the years ended December 31:

	December 31,
	2021		2020
Rail Products and Friction Management	$	248,237	$	231,726
Technology Services and Solutions	51,512		44,721
Rail, Technologies, and Services	299,749		276,447
Precast Concrete Buildings	55,993		51,111
Other Precast Concrete Products	14,997		12,203
Precast Concrete Products	70,990		63,314
Coatings and Measurement	27,833		59,037
Fabricated Steel Products	115,048		98,613
Steel Products and Measurement	142,881		157,650
Total net sales	$	513,620	$	497,411