Other Income (Expense)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other Income and Other Expense Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 9 – Other Expense, net

Other expense, net, for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 are as follows:

	2019		2018		2017
Income from third party license fees	$	1,035	$	862	$	861
Foreign exchange gains (losses), net		223		(807)		891
Gain (loss) on fixed asset disposals, net		58		657		(79)
Non-income tax refunds and other related credits		1,118		668		1,015
Pension and postretirement benefit costs, non-service components		(2,805)		(2,285)		(4,234)
Insurance insolvency recovery		60		90		600
Other non-operating income		455		425		380
Other non-operating expense		(398)		(252)		(152)
Total other expense, net	$	(254)	$	(642)	$	(718)

Foreign exchange gains (losses), net, during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, include foreign currency transaction losses of $1.0 million and $0.4 million, respectively, related to hyper-inflationary accounting for the Company’s Argentine subsidiaries, and specific to 2018, a foreign currency transaction gain of approximately $0.4 million related to the liquidation of an inactive legal entity. See Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. 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 21 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Insurance insolvency recovery during the years ended December 31, 2019, 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.