Foreign Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Foreign Operations

NOTE G: FOREIGN OPERATIONS

A summary of the Company’s operations by geographic area is presented below for the years ended December 31:

	2014			2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Net sales to external customers
United States	$	92,686		$	87,504		$	85,374
Canada		26,113			26,434			28,147
Operating income (loss)
United States	$	1,289		$	1,085		$	(459	)
Canada		(1,195	)		(1,122	)		(1,607	)
Other		(15	)		99			(67	)
Identifiable assets
United States	$	40,819		$	36,339		$	38,341
Canada		8,703			9,554			11,009
Other		245			351			309

The Company has an equity investment in a corporation which conducts a business that is similar to the Company’s business, but in a much smaller scale, in Mexico. That investment, which is included in long-term assets on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, totaled approximately $1,043,000 and $982,000 at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The results of operation of this corporation are included in equity in the net earnings of unconsolidated affiliates in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.