Other Income (Expense)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other Income and Other Expense Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 8 – Other Expense, net

Other expense, net, for the years ended December 31,2018, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

	2018		2017		2016
Income from third party license fees	$	862	$	861	$	978
Foreign exchange (losses) gains, net		(807)		891		172
Gain (loss) on fixed asset disposals, net		657		(79)		50
Non-income tax refunds and other related credits		668		1,015		398
Pension and postretirement benefit costs, non-service components		(2,285)		(4,234)		(2,302)
Insurance insolvency recovery		90		600		—
Other non-operating income		425		380		338
Other non-operating expense		(252)		(152)		(126)
Total other expense, net	$	(642)	$	(718)	$	(492)

Foreign exchange (losses) gains, net, during the year ended December 31, 2018 include both a foreign currency transaction loss of approximately $0.4 million related to hyper-inflationary accounting for the Company’s Argentina subsidiary effective July 1, 2018 and a foreign currency transaction gain of approximately $0.4 million related to the liquidation of an inactive legal entity.In addition, gain (loss) on fixed asset disposals, net, during the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 includes a $0.6 million gain and a $0.1 million loss, respectively, on the sale of held-for-sale assets in each period.Pension and postretirement benefit costs, non-service components during the year ended December 31, 2017 includes a $1.9 million pension settlement charge. See Note 20 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Insurance insolvency recovery during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 represents cash proceeds from an insolvent insurance carrier with respect to a previously filed recovery claim by an inactive subsidiary of the Company.