PLANT CLOSURE

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

PLANT CLOSURE

PLANT CLOSURE

NOTE 6.  PLANT CLOSURE

On January 31, 2017 the Company closed its manufacturing operations in Augusta, Wisconsin. The Company has operated a facility in Augusta since 1992, serving mainly an industrial customer base and defense overflow production that aligned with their custom cable capabilities. The Company consolidated its Augusta operations with its other facilities, continuing to serve customers without interruption. This consolidation increased the Company’s overall asset utilization and cost leveraging. On March 31, 2017, the Company closed on the sale of the Augusta building and building improvements for $715,000. The Augusta building and building improvements had a net book value of $314,000, recognizing a gain on the sale, net of related expenses, of $354,000, and applied the net proceeds of $668,000 towards the outstanding real estate term note.