EDGAR 10-K Filing

Company CIK: 914156
Filing Year: 2022
Filename: 914156_10-K_2022_0001171843-22-001850.json

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ITEM 1. BUSINESS
ITEM 1.
BUSINESS
The Company is an innovative designer and custom manufacturer of components, subassemblies, products and packaging utilizing highly specialized foams, films, and plastics primarily for the medical market. The Company manufactures its products by converting raw materials using laminating, molding, radio frequency and impulse welding and fabricating manufacturing techniques. The Company is an important link in the medical device supply chain and a valued outsource partner to many of the top medical device manufacturers in the world. The Company’s single-use and single-patient devices and components are used in a wide range of medical devices, disposable wound care products, infection prevention, minimally invasive surgery, wearables, orthopedic soft goods, and orthopedic implant packaging.
The Company is diversified by also providing highly engineered products and components to customers in the automotive, aerospace and defense, consumer, electronics, and industrial markets. Typical applications of its products include military uniform and gear components, automotive interior trim, athletic padding, environmentally friendly protective packaging, air filtration, abrasive nail files, and protective cases and inserts.
The Company was incorporated in the State of Delaware in 1993.
The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts and results of operations of UFP Technologies, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Dielectrics, Inc. (“Dielectrics”), Moulded Fibre Technology, Inc., Contech Medical, Inc. (“Contech”), DAS Medical Holdings, LLC (“DAS Medical”), and DAS Medical’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, Sterimed, LLC, One Degree Medical Holdings, LLC, DAS Medical Corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiary DAS Medical International, S.R.L., Simco Industries, Inc., and UFP Realty LLC (“UFP Realty”), and UFP Realty’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, UFP MA, LLC, UFP CO, LLC, UFP FL, LLC, UFP TX, LLC, UFP MI, LLC, and UFP IA, LLC. All significant inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. A significant majority of the Company’s assets are located within the United States. FlexShield®, FirmaLite®, Winepacks®, BioShell®, T-Tubes®, Tri-Covers®, Erasables®, Design Nail®, Pro-Sticks®, Cryoshell® Case Fit®, Alloshell®, ControlClean®, Flash Shiner® and Mambo® are our U.S. registered trademarks. Each trademark, trade name, or service mark of any other company appearing in this Report belongs to its respective holder.
Available Information
The Company’s Internet website address is http://www.ufpt.com. Through its website, the Company makes available, free of charge, its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to those reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company electronically files such material with, or furnishes it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). These SEC reports can be accessed through the investor relations section of the Company’s website. The information found on the Company’s website is not part of this or any other report filed with or furnished to the SEC. The SEC maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding the Company and other issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The SEC’s Internet website address is http://www.sec.gov.
Market Overview
The applications for the Company’s products are numerous and diverse. The Company sells its products into distinct markets with its primary focus on the Medical market:
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Medical - The global medical market is large, growing, and varied but the Company targets specific segments where its access to highly specialized materials combined with its design and manufacturing expertise helps customers differentiate products, improve patient outcomes, and increase their client’s speed to market. The product segments include: infection control, orthopedics, interventional & surgical, surfaces & support, therapeutics, diagnostics, wound care, and biopharma.
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Automotive - Automotive companies are challenged with creating quieter, safer and more efficient vehicles. The Company partners with OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and its own material manufacturers to develop customized solutions to solve automakers’ biggest challenges.
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Aerospace & Defense - With regard to the aerospace market, the Company primarily targets commercial aircraft manufacturers to address the need for improved safety, better fuel economy, lower emissions, and overall passenger comfort. With regard to the defense market, as a long-time supplier to military defense contractors and law enforcement, the Company provides highly innovative solutions to ensure soldier safety, improve comfort, and protect mission critical equipment.
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Consumer & Electronics - The Company manufactures protective packaging for large and fragile consumer products. The rise of direct-to-consumer shipping as well as a need for environmentally friendly packaging has increased demand for the company’s molded fiber products. For the sports and leisure segment, the Company is an innovator in comfort cushioning for helmets and other protective gear.
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Industrial - The applications for the Company’s industrial products are highly diverse. Examples include air and liquid filters, thermal & acoustic insulation, seals, and gaskets.
Products
The Company’s custom products are targeted at macro market trends and create specific opportunities in niche segments where the Company’s access to specialty materials, engineering know-how, and processing expertise can be leveraged to create value for its customers. Examples of its custom products targeted to specific markets include:
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Medical - Protective drapes for robotic surgery, single patient use surfaces, advanced wound care, infection prevention, disposables for surgical and endoscopic procedures, packaging for orthopedic implants, orthopedic appliances, biopharma drug manufacturing and coils for catheters. In general, the Company’s solutions are all aimed at improving treatment outcomes while reducing risk and cost.
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Automotive - Molded components designed to make cars lighter (therefore more fuel efficient), quieter, and safer. Applications include acoustic insulation, interior trim, load floors, sunshades, SUV cargo cover handles, driveshaft damping, engine & manifold covers, quarter panels and wheel liners.
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Aerospace & Defense- With regard to the aerospace market, molded composites for commercial aviation to make planes lighter and safer. With regard to the defense market, molded composites for military gear to improve the safety and comfort of soldiers. Applications include backpack components, knee and elbow pads, eyewear, and helmets.
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Consumer and Electronic Packaging - 100% recycled protective packaging for business-to-consumer brands primarily focused on electronics, candles, wine, and other high-volume consumer products using the “next day” carrier infrastructure.
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Specialty Case Solutions - Reusable cases and custom inserts to quickly and safely transport, store and deploy mission critical equipment. Applications include military ballistics panels, virtual training systems, drones, communications equipment, and rugged portable computers.
Regulatory Climate and Environmental Considerations
The Company’s medical customers typically require FDA approval for their products and therefore sometimes require their suppliers to manufacture in facilities that are FDA approved and comply with the ISO 13485 quality standard for medical devices. The Company has nine manufacturing locations that are ISO 13485 certified and four that are FDA registered. The Company’s automotive customers sometimes require their suppliers to certify their manufacturing locations to the IATF 16949 automotive quality standard. The Company’s Grand Rapids, MI facility meets this requirement. The Company’s molded fiber packaging operation manufactures environmentally friendly and sustainable products made primarily from post-consumer newsprint and water. As a further commitment to protecting the environment, the Clinton, IA and El Paso, TX operations are certified to ISO 14001, an international environmental standard. The packaging industry has been subject to user, industry, and legislative pressure to develop environmentally responsible packaging alternatives that reduce, reuse, and recycle packaging materials. Government authorities have enacted legislation relating to source reduction, specific product bans, recycled content, recyclability requirements, and “green marketing” restrictions. In order to provide packaging that complies with all regulations regardless of a product’s destination, manufacturers seek packaging materials that meet applicable legislation, consumer demands for environmentally-conscious materials, and performance specifications. Some packaging manufacturers have responded by reducing product volume and ultimate waste product disposal through reengineering traditional packaging solutions; adopting new manufacturing processes; participating in recovery and reuse systems for resilient materials that are inherently reusable; creating programs to recycle packaging following its useful life; and developing materials that use a high percentage of recycled content in their manufacture. Wherever feasible, the Company aims to employ one or more of these techniques to create environmentally-responsible packaging solutions. In addition to offering molded fiber packaging products made from recycled paper derived primarily from post-consumer newspaper waste, the Company actively promotes its philosophy of reducing product volume and resulting post-user product waste. The Company designs products to provide optimum performance with minimum material. In addition, the Company bales and disposes of certain of its urethane foam scrap for use in the carpeting industry. The Company’s Newburyport, MA facility utilizes solar power to provide approximately 11% of its electricity, with plans to increase capacity in the future. The Company is aware of public support for environmentally-responsible packaging and products. Future government action may impose restrictions affecting the industry in which the Company operates. There can be no assurance that any such action will not adversely impact the Company’s products and business.
Marketing and Sales
The Company markets to the target industries it serves by promoting specific solutions, materials, and manufacturing capabilities and services. The Company markets through websites, trade shows and expositions, social media, online advertising, emails, and press releases. Its relationships with key material suppliers are also an important part of its marketing and sales efforts. The Company markets and sells its products in the United States principally through a direct sales force. The Company also uses independent manufacturer representatives to sell its products. The Company’s salespeople, in conjunction with Company engineers, collaborate with customers and in-house design and manufacturing experts to develop custom-engineered solutions on a cost-effective basis. For the year ended December 31, 2021, no one customer’s sales exceeded 10% of total sales. Seasonality is not a major factor in the Company’s sales. See the Company’s consolidated financial statements contained in Part IV, Item 15, of this Report for net sales by market.
Manufacturing
The Company’s manufacturing operations consist primarily of cutting, routing, molding, vacuum-forming, laminating, radio frequency and impulse welding and assembling. For medical custom-molded foam products and thermoplastic welded devices, the Company’s skilled engineering personnel analyze specific customer requirements to design and build prototype products to determine product functionality. Upon customer approval, prototypes are converted to final designs for commercial production runs. Molded cross-linked foam products are produced in a thermoforming process using heat, pressure, and precision metal tooling. Plastics and other materials are sealed using radio frequency and impulse welding. Reticulated polyurethane foam is also used for many high-performance medical products requiring precision fluid or air management. These products are typically fabricated using high speed die-cutting or waterjet cutting. Laminated products for medical, military, and personal comfort and protection are produced through a process whereby the foam medium is heated to the melting point. The heated foam is then typically bonded to a non-foam material through the application of mechanical pressure.
The Company also engineers components for automotive use as interior trim and structural applications. These components are produced using a compression molding process to create highly functional composites consisting of various materials such as polypropylene/fiberglass panels, nonwovens, and fabrics. Highly specialized polypropylene based nonwoven material is used for automotive interior noise reduction and is fabricated using a die cut process. Foam for packaging, filtration, acoustical, and thermal insulation products that do not utilize cross-linked foam are fabricated by cutting shapes from blocks of foam, using specialized cutting tools, routers, water jets, and hot wire equipment, and assembling these shapes into the final product using a variety of foam welding or gluing techniques. Products can be used on a stand-alone basis or bonded to another foam product or other material such as a corrugated medium.
Molded fiber products are manufactured by vacuum-forming a pulp of recycled or virgin paper materials onto custom-engineered molds. With the application of vacuum and air, the molded parts are pressed and transferred to an in-line dryer, from which they exit ready for packing or subsequent value-added operations. The Company does not manufacture any of the raw materials used in its products. With the exception of certain grades of cross-linked foam and technical polyurethane foams, these raw materials are available from multiple supply sources. Although the Company relies upon a limited number of suppliers for cross-linked and technical polyurethane foams, the Company’s relationships with its suppliers are good, and the Company expects that these suppliers will be able to meet its requirements for these foams. Any delay or interruption in the supply of raw materials could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business.
Research and Development
The Company’s engineering personnel continuously explore design and manufacturing techniques, as well as new and innovative materials to meet the unique demands and specifications of its customers. Research and development is an integral part of the Company’s ongoing cost structure.
Competition
The medical design and contract manufacturing industry is highly competitive as is the foam and plastics converting industry as a whole. While there are several national companies that convert foam and plastics, the Company’s primary competition is from smaller independent regional manufacturing companies. These companies generally market their products in specific geographic areas from neighboring facilities. In addition, the Company’s foam and fiber packaging products compete against products made from alternative materials, including expanded polystyrene foams, die-cut corrugated, plastic peanuts, plastic bubbles, and foam-in-place urethane. The Company’s custom engineered products face competition primarily from smaller companies that typically concentrate on production of products for specific industries. The Company expects to compete effectively in the engineered products market due to its ability to address its customers' primary vendor selection criteria, including price, product performance, product reliability, and customer service, as well as its access to a wide variety of materials, its engineering expertise, its ability to combine foams with other materials such as plastics and laminates, and its ability to manufacture products in a clean room environment.
Patents and Other Proprietary Rights
The Company relies upon trade secrets, patents, and trademarks to protect its technology and proprietary rights. The Company believes the improvement of existing products, reliance upon trade secrets and unpatented proprietary know-how, and the development of new products are generally as important as patent protection in establishing and maintaining a competitive advantage. Nevertheless, the Company has obtained patents and may continue to make efforts to obtain patents, when available, although there can be no assurance that any patent obtained will provide substantial protection or be of commercial benefit to the Company, or that its validity will be upheld if challenged. The Company has a total of 19 active patents relating to technologies including foam, packaging, tool control technologies, radio frequency welding, automotive superforming processes and certain nail file technologies. The Company also has patent applications in process. There can be no assurance that any patent or patent application will provide significant protection for the Company’s products and technology or will not be challenged or circumvented by others. The expiration dates for the Company’s patents range from 2022 through 2038.
Human Capital Management
As of January 29, 2022, the Company had a total of 1,828 full-time employees (compared to 860 full-time employees as of January 23, 2021) and 187 temporary employees (compared to 150 temporary employees at January 23, 2021). The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining agreements. The Company considers its employee relations to be good.
The Company strives to promote a workplace that is professional, provides opportunity for career growth and treats all workers with dignity and respect. The Company will not tolerate unlawful discrimination and harassment in the workplace; it expressly prohibits any form of unlawful discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, or any other legally protected status under applicable federal, state or local law.
The Company’s employees are tasked with upholding our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, which we view as an important component of our operating strategy. This policy covers the conduct of the Company's employees in their work-related dealings with each other, as well as interactions with our customers, vendors and other business partners. The Company’s compliance hotline is maintained for the confidential reporting of any suspected policy violations or unethical business conduct.
The Company’s commitment to its employees starts at the top with an executive level officer - Senior Vice President of Human Resources - reporting to the CEO, attending all board meetings, and having significant involvement with the board’s compensation committee. This commitment is reflected in our efforts to attract, engage and retain the best people possible.
Compensation and Benefits
The Company’s compensation and benefits offerings are supported by regular third-party benchmarking surveys. In addition to competitive compensation practices, the Company offers annual stock award bonus programs to reward and retain executives and key employees. Access to company subsidized health, life and disability insurance; a matching 401(k) plan; and paid time off for vacation, illness and personal reasons, are the highlights of the Company’s benefits available to all employees. For those employees struggling with life’s challenges, the Company offers employee assistance programs.
Growth and Development
The Company supports every employee’s opportunity for career growth. It offers tuition reimbursement for employees to further their industry-related formal education; access to virtual training and education platforms; reimbursement to attend work-related seminars; and on-the-job training and cross-training to improve job skills. Its talent management program provides feedback on performance, identifies employees with potential for advancement, and allows for personalized career development plans.
The Company’s commitment to its employees has resulted in several national, regional and local “Best in Class” awards.
Safety and COVID-19
As an essential manufacturing company, the Company takes its responsibility to our essential employees’ health and safety seriously. Its corporate safety officer reports directly to the SVP of HR and works with dedicated safety officers at each of our plants to implement safety programs and training. Safety audits are conducted regularly to ensure compliance.
In February of 2020, the Company formed a Coronavirus task force including executive management, HR, safety and operations leaders. Safety measures include:
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Mandatory mask wearing
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Increased cleaning protocols
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Providing additional PPE and cleaning supplies
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Establishing social distancing procedures
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Installing plexiglass dividers where social distancing was difficult
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Adjusting attendance policies to encourage sick employees to stay home
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Implementing temperature screening
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Implementing contact tracing protocols
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Requiring non-essential personnel to work from home
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Prohibiting non-essential business travel
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COVID specific safety audits

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
The risks factors described below could materially impact our business, including our results of operations and financial results. These are the risks and uncertainties we believe are most important for you to consider. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us, which we currently deem immaterial, or which are similar to those faced by other companies in our industry or business in general, may also impair our business operations. If any of the following risks or uncertainties occurs, our business, financial condition and operating results would likely suffer.
Risks Related to our Business
The COVID-19 pandemic could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and/or financial condition.
COVID-19 was identified in late 2019 and has spread globally. The rapid spread has resulted in weaker demand and constrained supply and the implementation of numerous measures to try to contain the virus, such as travel bans and restrictions, quarantines, shelter in place orders and shutdowns. These factors have impacted and may continue to impact all or portions of our workforce and operations.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a global recession, and it is uncertain when a sustained economic recovery may occur. We have operations outside the United States and participate in a global supply chain, and the existence of a worldwide pandemic, the fear associated with COVID-19, or any, pandemic, and the reactions of governments around the world in response to COVID-19, or any, pandemic, to regulate the flow of labor and products and impede the travel of personnel, may impact our ability to conduct normal business operations, which could adversely affect our results of operations and liquidity.
Uncertainties related to the magnitude and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, including new strains, may significantly adversely affect our business. These uncertainties include: the duration and impact of the resurgence in COVID-19 cases in any geographic regions in which we or our supply chain suppliers operate; prolonged reduction or closure of the Company’s operations, disruptions in the supply chain; and the impact of the pandemic on our customers’ business operations and their resulting demand for our products. It is unclear when a sustained economic recovery could occur and what a recovery may look like. All of these factors could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and/or financial condition.
The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s financial and operational results will be determined by the length of time that the pandemic continues, its effect on the demand for the Company’s products and the supply chain, as well as the effect of governmental regulations imposed in response to the pandemic. The overall magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic and the continued fluidity of the situation could materially and adversely impact our business, results of operations and/or financial condition.
We depend on a small number of customers for a large percentage of our revenues. The loss of any such customer, a reduction in sales to any such customer, or the decline in the financial condition of any such customer could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
A limited number of customers typically represent a significant percentage of our revenues in any given year. Our top ten customers represented approximately 34.1%, 38.3%, and 34.7% of our total revenues in 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively. No one customer’s sales exceeded 10% of total sales for the year ended December 31, 2021. The loss of a significant portion of our expected future sales to any of our large customers would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Likewise, a material adverse change in the financial condition of any of these customers could have a material adverse effect on our ability to collect accounts receivable from any such customer. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, one customer represented approximately 9.6% and 13.3% of gross accounts receivable, respectively.
Our business could be harmed if our products contain undetected errors or defects or do not meet applicable specifications.
Based on customer specifications, we are continuously developing new products and improving existing products. Our existing and newly introduced products can contain undetected errors or defects. In addition, these products may not meet their performance specifications under all conditions or for all applications. If, despite internal testing and testing by customers, any of our products contain errors or defects or fail to meet applicable specifications, then we may be required to enhance or improve those products or technologies. We may not be able to do so on a timely basis, if at all, and may only be able to do so at considerable expense. If a particular error or defect is repeated throughout our production process, the cost of repairing such defect may be highly disproportionate to the original cost of the product or component. In addition, any significant errors, defects, or other performance failures could render our existing and/or future products unreliable or ineffective and could lead to decreased confidence in our products, adverse customer reaction, negative publicity, mandatory or voluntary recalls, or legal claims, the occurrence of any of which could have a material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Further, if our products are defectively designed, manufactured or labeled, contain defective components or are misused, we may become subject to costly litigation by our customers. Product liability claims could divert management's attention from our core business, be expensive to defend and result in sizable damage awards against us.
New technologies could result in the development of new products by our competitors and a decrease in demand for our products, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our failure to develop new technologies, or anticipate or react to changes in existing technologies, could result in a decrease in our sales and a loss of market share to our competitors. Our financial performance depends on our ability to design, develop and manufacture new products and product enhancements on a timely and cost-effective basis. We may not be able to successfully identify new product opportunities or develop and bring new products to market in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Products or technologies developed by other companies may render our products or technologies obsolete or noncompetitive. Our failure to identify or capitalize on any fundamental shifts in technologies, relative to our competitors, could have a material adverse effect on our competitive position within our industry and harm our relationships with our customers.
If we fail to comply with specific provisions in our customer contracts or with government contracting or Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, our business could be materially adversely affected.
Our customer contracts, particularly with respect to contracts for which the government is a direct or indirect customer, may include unique and specialized requirements. This may also include contracts with customers that manufacture goods subject to FDA regulations. Failure to comply with the specific provisions in our customer contracts, or any violation of government or FDA contracting regulations, could result in termination of the contracts, increased costs to us, suspension of payments, imposition of fines, and suspension from future government contracting. Further, any negative publicity related to our failure to comply with the provisions in our customer contracts could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, or results of operations.
We may pursue acquisitions or other strategic relationships that involve inherent risks, any of which may cause us to not realize anticipated benefits.
Our business strategy includes the potential acquisition of businesses and other business combinations that we expect will complement and expand our business. In addition, we may also pursue other strategic relationships or opportunities. We may not be able to successfully identify suitable acquisition or other strategic opportunities or complete any particular acquisition, combination, or other transaction on acceptable terms. Our identification of suitable acquisition candidates and strategic opportunities involves risks inherent in assessing the values, strengths, weaknesses, risks and profitability of these opportunities including their effects on our business, diversion of our management’s attention and risks associated with unanticipated problems or unforeseen liabilities. Our failure to identify suitable acquisition or other strategic opportunities may restrict our ability to grow our business. If we are successful in pursuing future acquisitions or strategic opportunities, we may be required to expend significant funds, incur additional debt, or issue additional securities, which may materially and adversely affect our results of operations and be dilutive to our stockholders. If we spend significant funds or incur additional debt, our ability to obtain financing for working capital or other purposes could decline and we may be more vulnerable to economic downturns and competitive pressures. In addition, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to finance additional acquisitions or that we will realize any anticipated benefits from acquisitions or other strategic opportunities that we complete. When we successfully acquire another business, the process of successfully integrating the acquired operations into our existing operations may result in unforeseen operating difficulties and may require significant financial resources that would otherwise be available for the ongoing development or expansion of our existing business. Decreases in customer loyalty or product orders, failure to retain and develop the acquired workforce, failure to integrate financial reporting systems, failure to establish and maintain appropriate controls or unknown or contingent liabilities could adversely affect our ability to realize the anticipated benefits of an acquisition. The integration of an acquired business whether or not successful, requires significant efforts which may result in additional expenses and divert the attention of our management and technical personnel from other projects. These transactions are inherently risky, and there can be no assurance that any past or future transaction will be successful.
Failure to retain key personnel could impair our ability to execute our business strategy.
The continuing service of our executive officers and essential sales, engineering, technical and management personnel, together with our ability to attract and retain such personnel, is an important factor in our continuing ability to execute our strategy. There is substantial competition to attract such employees, and the loss of any such key employees could have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results. The same could be true if we were to experience a high turnover rate among sales, engineering and technical personnel and we were unable to replace them.
We operate in highly competitive industries and we may be unable to compete successfully, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We face intense competition in all markets and in each area of our business, in some cases from our own customers bringing programs in-house. Our primary competition for our products is from smaller, independent, regional manufacturing companies. Our current competitors may increase their participation in, or new competitors may enter into, the markets in which we compete. In addition, our suppliers may acquire or develop the capability and desire to compete with us. If our suppliers choose to expand their own operations, through acquisitions or otherwise, and begin manufacturing and selling products directly to our customers, it could reduce our pricing or sales volume and overall profitability. If we are unable to compete successfully with new or existing competitors, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Further, technological innovation by any of our existing competitors, or new competitors entering any of the markets in which we do business, could put us at a competitive disadvantage and could cause us to lose market share. Increased competition for the sales of our products could result in price reductions, reduced margins and loss of market share, which could materially adversely affect our prospects, business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our markets are cyclical, which may result in fluctuations in our results of operations.
Demand for our products, especially in the automotive and aerospace and defense markets, is cyclical. Downturns in economic conditions or reductions in government spending typically have an adverse effect on these markets due to decreased demand for products. We seek to reduce our exposure to industry downturns and cyclicality by marketing our products to diversified and varied markets. However, we may experience substantial period-to-period fluctuations in our results of operations due to the cyclical nature of demand for our products in the markets in which we compete.
The cost of the raw materials we use to manufacture our products, particularly petroleum and petroleum-based raw materials, are subject to escalation and could increase, which may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The cost of raw materials, including petroleum and petroleum-based raw materials such as resins, used in the production of our products, represents a significant portion of our direct manufacturing costs. Any fluctuations in the price of petroleum, or any other material used in the production of our products, may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Such price increases could reduce demand for our products. If we are not able to buy raw materials at fixed prices, or pass on price increases to our customers, we may lose orders or enter into orders with less favorable terms, either of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Security breaches, including cybersecurity incidents and other disruptions could compromise our information, expose us to liability and harm our reputation and business.
In the ordinary course of our business we collect and store sensitive data, including intellectual property, personal information, our proprietary business information and that of our customers, suppliers and business partners, and personally identifiable information of our customers and employees in our data centers and on our networks. The secure maintenance and transmission of this information is critical to our operations and business strategy. We rely on commercially available systems, software, tools and monitoring to provide security for processing, transmission and storage of confidential information. Computer hackers may attempt to penetrate our computer systems and, if successful, misappropriate personal or confidential business information. In addition, an employee, contractor, or other third-party with whom we do business may attempt to circumvent our security measures in order to obtain such information and may purposefully or inadvertently cause a breach involving such information. Despite the security measures we have in place and any additional measures we may implement in the future to safeguard our systems and to mitigate potential security risks, our facilities and systems, and those of our third-party service providers, could be vulnerable to security breaches. Any such compromise of our data security and access, public disclosure, or loss of personal or confidential business information could result in legal claims or proceedings, liability under laws that protect the privacy of personal information, regulatory penalties, disruption of our operations, damage to our reputation, loss of our customers’ willingness to transact business with us, and subject us to additional costs and liabilities which could materially adversely affect our business.
We may be unable to protect our proprietary technology from infringement.
We rely on a combination of patents, trademarks, and unpatented proprietary know-how and trade secrets to establish and protect our intellectual property rights. We enter into confidentiality agreements with suppliers, customers, employees, consultants and potential acquisition candidates as necessary to protect our know-how, trade secrets and other proprietary information. However, these measures and our patents and trademarks may not afford complete protection of our intellectual property, and it is possible that third parties may copy or otherwise obtain and use our proprietary information and technology without authorization or otherwise infringe on our intellectual property rights. We cannot assure that our competitors will not independently develop equivalent or superior know-how, trade secrets or production methods. Significant impairment of our intellectual property rights could harm our business or our ability to compete. For example, if we are unable to maintain the proprietary nature of our technologies, our profit margins could be reduced as competitors could more easily imitate our products, possibly resulting in lower prices or lost sales for certain products. In such a case, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially adversely affected.
Fluctuations in the supply of components and raw materials we use in manufacturing our products could cause production delays or reductions in the number of products we manufacture, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our business is subject to the risk of periodic shortages of raw materials. We purchase raw materials pursuant to purchase orders placed from time to time in the ordinary course of business. Failure or delay by such suppliers in supplying us necessary raw materials could adversely affect our ability to manufacture and deliver products on a timely and competitive basis.
While we believe that we may, in certain circumstances, secure alternative sources of these materials, we may incur substantial delays and significant expense in doing so, the quality and reliability of alternative sources may not be the same and our operating results may be materially adversely affected. Alternative suppliers might charge significantly higher prices for materials than we currently pay. Under such circumstances, the disruption to our business could have a material adverse impact on our customer relationships, business, financial condition, and results of operations.
In addition, we are dependent on a relatively small number of suppliers for cross-linked foam and technical polyurethane foams. While we believe that we have developed strong relationships with these suppliers, any failure or delay by such suppliers in supplying us these necessary products could adversely affect our ability to manufacture and deliver products on a timely and competitive basis.
Our products could infringe the intellectual property rights of others, which may lead to litigation that could itself be costly, result in the payment of substantial damages or royalties, and prevent us from using technology that is essential to our products.
We cannot guarantee that our products, manufacturing processes or other methods do not infringe the patents or other intellectual property rights of third parties. Infringement and other intellectual property claims and proceedings brought against us, whether successful or not, could result in substantial costs and harm our reputation. Such claims and proceedings can also distract and divert our management and key personnel from other tasks important to the success of our business. In addition, intellectual property litigation or claims could force us to do one or more of the following:
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cease selling or using any of our products that incorporate the asserted intellectual property, which would adversely affect our revenues;
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pay substantial damages for past use of the asserted intellectual property;
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obtain a license from the holder of the asserted intellectual property, which license may not be available on reasonable terms, if at all; and/or
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redesign or rename, in the case of trademark claims, our products to avoid infringing the intellectual property rights of third parties, which may be costly and time-consuming, even if possible.
In the event of an adverse determination in an intellectual property suit or proceeding, or our failure to license essential technology, our sales could be harmed, and our costs could increase, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Reductions in the availability of energy supplies or an increase in energy costs may increase our operating costs.
We use electricity and natural gas at our manufacturing facilities to operate our equipment. Over the past several years, prices for electricity and natural gas have fluctuated significantly. An outbreak or escalation of hostilities between the United States and any foreign power, or between foreign powers, or a natural disaster, could result in a real or perceived shortage of petroleum and/or natural gas, which could result in an increase in the cost of electricity or energy generally as well as an increase in the cost of our raw materials, of which many are petroleum-based. In addition, increased energy costs negatively impact our freight costs due to higher fuel prices. Future limitations on the availability or consumption of petroleum products and/or an increase in energy costs, particularly electricity for plant operations, could have a material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Expansion of our operations into markets outside of the U.S. subjects us to political, economic, legal, operational and other risks that could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, cash flows and reputation.
We have recently added manufacturing facilities in the Dominican Republic and have a new facility in Tijuana, Mexico. We may continue to expand our operations by offering our services and entering new lines of business in other markets outside of the U.S. This expansion increases our exposure to the inherent risks of doing business in international markets. Depending on the market, these risks include those relating to:
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changes in the local economic environment including, among other things, labor cost increases and other general inflationary pressures;
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political instability, armed conflicts or terrorism;
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public health crises, such as pandemics or epidemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic;
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social changes;
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intellectual property legal protections and remedies;
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trade regulations;
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procedures and actions affecting approval, production, pricing, reimbursement and marketing of products and services;
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foreign currency;
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additional U.S. and foreign taxes;
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export controls;
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antitrust and competition laws and regulations;
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lack of reliable legal systems which may affect our ability to enforce contractual rights;
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changes in local laws or regulations, or interpretation or enforcement thereof;
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potentially longer ramp-up times for starting up new operations, and for payment and collection cycles;
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financial, operational and information technology systems integration;
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failure to comply with U.S. laws, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or local laws that prohibit us, our partners, or our partners’ or our agents or intermediaries from making improper payments to foreign officials or any third party for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business; and
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data and privacy restrictions.
Issues relating to the failure to comply with applicable non-U.S. laws, requirements or restrictions may also impact our domestic business and increase scrutiny of our domestic practices.
Additionally, some factors that will be critical to the success of our international business and operations will be different than those affecting our domestic business and operations. For example, conducting international operations requires us to devote significant management resources to implement our controls and systems in new markets, to comply with local laws and regulations, including fulfilling financial reporting and records retention requirements, and overcoming the numerous new challenges inherent in managing international operations, such as challenges based on differing languages and cultures, as well as differing regulatory and compliance environments, and challenges related to the timely hiring, integration and retention of a sufficient number of skilled personnel to carry out operations in an environment with which we are not familiar.
Any additional expansion of our international operations through acquisitions or through organic growth could increase these risks. Additionally, while we may invest material amounts of capital and incur significant costs in connection with the growth and development of our international operations, including the costs of starting up or acquiring new operations, we may not be able to operate them profitably on the anticipated timeline, or at all.
These risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows, and could materially harm our reputation.
Risks Related to our Share Ownership and our Capital Structure
Restrictions in our credit facilities may limit our business and financial activities, including our ability to obtain additional capital in the future.
In December 2021, we entered into a secured $130 million Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Bank of America, N.A., which provided for a $90 million revolving credit facility and a $40 million term loan facility. This Credit Agreement contains covenants imposing various restrictions on our business and financial activities. These restrictions may affect our ability to operate our business and undertake certain financial activities and may limit our ability to take advantage of potential business or financial opportunities as they arise. The restrictions these covenants place on us include limitations on our ability to incur liens, incur indebtedness, make investments, dissolve or merge or consolidate with or into another entity, dispose of certain property, and make restricted payments. The Credit Agreement also requires us to meet certain financial ratios, including a minimum fixed-charge coverage ratio and a maximum total funded debt to EBITDA ratio. The breach of any of these covenants or restrictions could result in a default under the Credit Agreement, which could have a material adverse impact to our business, financial condition and results of operation.
We are also exposed to the risk of increasing interest rates as our revolving credit and term loan facilities are both at a variable interest rate. Any material changes in interest rates could result in higher interest expense and related payments for us.
Provisions of our corporate charter documents and Delaware law, may dissuade potential acquirers, prevent the replacement or removal of our current management and may thereby affect the price of our common stock.
The board of directors has the authority to issue up to 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock and to determine the price, rights, preferences, privileges, and restrictions, including voting rights of those shares without any further vote or action by the stockholders. The rights of the holders of common stock will be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of any preferred stock that may be issued in the future. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible financings, acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting stock. We have no present plans to issue shares of preferred stock.
Further, certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation, bylaws, and Delaware law could delay or make a merger, tender offer or proxy contest involving us or, for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting common stock more difficult. These include provisions that classify our board of directors, limit the ability of stockholders to take action by written consent, call special meetings, remove a director for cause, amend the bylaws, or approve a merger with another company. In addition, our bylaws set forth advance notice procedures for stockholders to nominate candidates for election as directors or to bring matters before an annual meeting of stockholders.
We are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law which prohibits a publicly-held Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stock-holder, unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed manner. For purposes of Section 203, a “business combination” includes a merger, asset sale or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder, and an “interested stockholder” is a person who, either alone or together with affiliates and associates, owns (or within the past three years did own) 15% or more of the corporation’s voting stock.
General Risk Factors
We are subject to a variety of federal, state and local laws and regulations, including health and safety laws and regulations, and the cost of complying, or our failure to comply, with such requirements could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We are subject to a variety of federal, state and local laws and regulations, including health and safety laws and regulations. The risks of substantial costs and liabilities related to compliance with these laws and regulations are an inherent part of our business. Despite our intention to comply with these laws and regulations, we cannot guarantee that we will at all times comply with all such requirements. Compliance with health and safety legislation and other regulatory requirements may prove to be more limiting and costly than we anticipate and may also increase substantially in future years. If we violate, or fail to comply with these requirements, we could be fined or otherwise sanctioned by regulators. In addition, these requirements are complex, change frequently and may become more stringent over time, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our operations could be disrupted by natural or human causes beyond our control.
Our operations are subject to the risk of disruption by hurricanes, severe storms, floods and other forms of severe weather, earthquakes and other natural disasters, accidents, fire, power shortages, geopolitical unrest, war and other military action, terrorist attacks and other hostile acts, public health issues, epidemics or pandemics, and other events, such as raw material or supply scarcity, that are beyond our control and the control of the third parties on which we depend. Any of these catastrophic events, whether in the United States or abroad, may have a strong negative impact on the global economy, our employees, facilities, suppliers, or customers, and could decrease demand for our products or our customers’ products, create delays and inefficiencies in our supply chain and make it difficult or impossible for us to deliver products to our customers in a timely manner. If there is a natural disaster or other serious disruption at any of our facilities, we may experience plant shutdowns or periods of reduced production as a result of equipment failures, loss of power, delays in delivery of raw materials or supplies, personnel absences, or extensive damage to any of our facilities, any of which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, our insurance coverage may not adequately compensate us for losses incurred as a direct or indirect result of natural or other disasters.

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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
ITEM 1B.
UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.
None.

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
ITEM 2.
PROPERTIES
The following table presents certain information relating to each of the Company’s design and manufacturing properties:
Location
Square
Feet
Lease
Expiration Date
Principal Use
Georgetown, Massachusetts
57,600
Company Owned
Fabrication, molding, test lab, clean room and warehousing
Newburyport, Massachusetts
183,000
Company Owned
Headquarters, fabrication, molding, tooling, test lab, clean room, warehousing and engineering
Huntsville, Alabama
9,000
6/30/2026
Engineering, design and fabrication
Grand Rapids, Michigan
255,260
Company Owned
Fabrication, molding, warehousing and engineering
Rancho Dominguez, California
56,000
11/14/2022
Fabrication, molding and engineering
Denver, Colorado
18,270
Company Owned
Fabrication and molding
Denver, Colorado
28,383
Company Owned
Fabrication, molding and engineering
Kissimmee, Florida
49,400
Company Owned
Fabrication, molding, test lab and engineering
El Paso, Texas
127,730
Company Owned
Warehousing, fabrication and molded fiber operations
Clinton, Iowa
60,000
Company Owned
Molded fiber operations and engineering
Clinton, Iowa
62,000
Company Owned
Molded fiber operations
Chicopee, Massachusetts
103,792
1/31/2023
Fabrication, molding, clean room, warehousing and engineering
Providence, Rhode Island
79,535
9/30/2026
Fabrication, molding, clean room and warehousing
Dominican Republic
16,557
8/31/2022
Fabrication, molding, clean room and warehousing
Dominican Republic
12,630
8/31/2023
Fabrication, molding, clean room and warehousing
Dominican Republic
51,970
8/31/2025
Fabrication, molding, clean room and warehousing
Tijuana, Mexico
83,256
2/29/2032
Fabrication, molding and warehousing
Cartersville, Georgia
6,500
Monthly rental
Fabrication, molding, clean room and warehousing

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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
ITEM 3.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time, the Company may be a party to various suits, claims and complaints arising in the ordinary course of business and is currently a party to a single employee claim. In the opinion of management of the Company, this active claim should not result in final judgments or settlements that, in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

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ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE
ITEM 4.
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
PART II

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ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY
ITEM 5.
MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS, AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Market Price
The Company’s common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “UFPT”. The following table sets forth the range of high and low quotations for the common stock as reported by NASDAQ for the quarterly periods from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021:
Year Ended December 31, 2020
High
Low
First Quarter
$ 52.59
$ 30.80
Second Quarter
47.77
34.06
Third Quarter
48.77
37.39
Fourth Quarter
48.96
36.69
Year Ended December 31, 2021
High
Low
First Quarter
$ 55.52
$ 44.02
Second Quarter
59.68
49.02
Third Quarter
71.17
56.11
Fourth Quarter
75.34
59.00
Number of Stockholders
As of March 11, 2022, there were 87 holders of record of the Company’s common stock.
Since many of the shares are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, the Company is unable to estimate the total number of beneficial stockholders represented by these holders of record.
Dividends
The Company did not pay any dividends in 2021 or 2020. The Company presently intends to retain all its earnings to provide funds for the operation of its business and strategic acquisitions, although it would consider paying cash dividends in the future. Any decision to pay dividends will be at the discretion of the Company’s board of directors and will depend upon the Company’s operating results, strategic plans, capital requirements, financial condition, provisions of the Company’s borrowing arrangements, applicable law and other factors the Company’s board of directors considers relevant.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
On June 16, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $10.0 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock. There was no share repur-chase activity for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019. During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company repurchased 29,559 shares of common stock at a cost of approximately $587 thousand. At December 31, 2021, approximately $9.4 million was available for future repurchases of the Company's common stock under this authorization.

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
ITEM 7.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Overview
The Company is an innovative designer and custom manufacturer of components, subassemblies, products and packaging utilizing highly specialized foams, films, and plastics primarily for the medical market. The Company manufactures its products by converting raw materials using laminating, molding, radio frequency and impulse welding and fabricating manufacturing techniques. The Company is diversified by also providing highly engineered products and components to customers in the aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer, electronics, and industrial markets. The Company consists of a single operating and reportable segment.
The Company’s current strategy includes further organic growth and growth through strategic acquisitions.
As further summarized below, the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and we believe it will continue to have, negative effects on our business and financial results. Despite the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, conditions related to the pandemic generally appear to be improving as sales for the Company for the year ended December 31, 2021 increased 15.0% to $206.3 million from $179.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Gross margin decreased slightly to 24.8% for the year ended December 31, 2021, from 24.9% in 2020, primarily due to significant increases in raw material, labor and certain overhead costs. However, operating income and net income for the year ended December 31, 2021 increased by 26.8% and 18.8%, respectively.
IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON OUR BUSINESS
Through much of 2021, COVID-19 continued to spread in areas in which our products are designed, manufactured, distributed, or sold. The continued spread of COVID-19 and the response to it negatively impacted operating conditions for our business in 2021. Although we expect COVID-19 will continue to have negative impacts on our operating results in future periods, the magnitude and duration of the continuing impact is uncertain.
To stall the spread of COVID-19 during calendar year 2020, authorities in states in which we do business implemented numerous measures, including social distancing guidelines, travel bans and restrictions, quarantines, curfews, stay-at-home orders, and business shutdowns. Since then, most federal, state, and local mandates or executive orders have been lifted; however, it is uncertain whether similar mandates or executive orders will be implemented in the future and what impact they will have on us, our customers, consumers, employees, suppliers and other third parties with whom we do business. Our top priorities continue to be ensuring the health and safety of our workforce and serving our various constituencies with as little disruption as possible, so we continue to follow practical safety procedures and continue to monitor that status of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination rates and mutations of COVID-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose risks to our operations. The global supply chain disruption that has resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in delays in our receipt of raw materials and components we need to meet our anticipated manufacturing and production schedules. The relative difficulty in sourcing raw materials and components for our manufacturing operations has also resulted in increased costs. Our labor costs have increased due to a general labor shortage and related wage increases and incentives to attract and retain employees. Our maintenance costs have also increased due to higher costs of supplies, our efforts to create a safe work environment for our employees and our continued enhanced cleaning and sterilization protocols.
Although the conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic generally appear to be improving, due to the speed with which the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve, its global nature, the range of governmental and community responses thereto and our business line and geographic diversity, the further impact of COVID-19 on our business and operations remains highly uncertain and could adversely and materially affect our business, financial condition and results of operations, as well as those of our customers.
To ensure the health and safety of our employees, since March 2020 we have required or enabled certain employees to work from home or remotely where practicable, and expanded IT and communication support to enhance their productivity; adjusted work spaces and shifted schedules to facilitate social distancing and sterilization for those who continue to work in our facilities; enhanced cleaning and disinfecting procedures at our facilities; required face coverings in accordance with local mandates and procured and distributed personal protective equipment; implemented health checks and visitor protocols and restricted travel.
The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts our business and operations, is unknown and will depend on the severity, location and duration of the effects and spread of COVID-19, the effectiveness of the vaccine programs and the other actions undertaken by national, regional and local governments and health officials to contain the virus or treat its effects (including the ultimate efficacy of vaccine programs on new variants of the virus), the length of the worldwide supply chain disruption and increased costs and how quickly and to what extent economic conditions improve and operating conditions resume. As certain restrictions are lifted in various geographical locations throughout the U.S., we will continue to monitor and respond to the impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic has on our business and operations. We have a strong liquidity position, solid balance sheet, access to capital and the ability to scale operations which we expect will enable us to effectively manage through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”)
The CARES Act was enacted on March 27, 2020 in the United States. The CARES Act and related notices include several significant provisions, including delaying certain payroll tax payments and estimated income tax payments that we expect to defer to future periods. Accordingly, the Company deferred social security payments of approximately $1.6 million through December 31, 2020. Approximately $715 thousand of this amount was paid in December 2021 and the remaining balance of approximately $905 thousand is required to be paid by December 31, 2022. We do not currently expect the CARES Act to have a material impact on our financial results, including on our annual estimated effective tax rate, or on our liquidity. We will continue to monitor and assess the impact the CARES Act may have on our business and financial results.
Results of Operations
The following table sets forth, for the years indicated, the percentage of revenues represented by the items as shown in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income:
Net sales
100.0 %
100.0 %
100.0 %
Cost of sales
75.2 %
75.1 %
72.8 %
Gross profit
24.8 %
24.9 %
27.2 %
Selling, general, and administrative expenses
14.3 %
15.3 %
14.7 %
(Gain) Loss on sale of fixed assets
0.0 %
0.3 %
0.0 %
Acquisition costs
0.2 %
0.0 %
0.0 %
Operating income
10.3 %
9.3 %
12.5 %
Total other expense
0.0 %
0.2 %
0.5 %
Income before taxes
10.3 %
9.1 %
12.0 %
Income tax expense
2.6 %
1.6 %
2.0 %
Net income from consolidated operations
7.7 %
7.5 %
10.0 %
2021 Compared to 2020
Sales
Net sales increased 15.0% to $206.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, from net sales of $179.4 million in 2020. The increase in sales was primarily due to increases in sales to customers in the Medical, Consumer, Electronics, Industrial, Automotive and Aerospace & Defense markets of 10.2%, 42.2%, 28.3%, 13.6%, 6.8% and 25.7% respectively. The increase in sales to the Medical market was partially attributable to sales from the two fourth quarter acquisitions, Contech and DAS Medical, of $4.5 million and $1.4 million, respectively. Organically, sales to the medical market grew 5.3% in 2021.
Gross Profit
Gross profit as a percentage of sales (“Gross Margin”) decreased slightly to 24.8% for the year ended December 31, 2021, from 24.9% in 2020. As a percentage of sales, material and direct labor costs collectively increased approximately 2.3%, while overhead decreased approximately 2.2%. The increase in collective material and labor costs as a percentage of sales was primarily due to inflationary increases in raw material costs as well as labor rate increases and staffing challenges. The decrease in overhead as a percentage of sales was primarily due to fixed overhead costs measured against increased sales.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses (“SG&A”) increased approximately 7.2% to $29.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, from $27.5 million in 2020. As a percentage of sales, SG&A decreased to 14.3%, from 15.3% in 2020. The decrease in SG&A as a percentage of sales was primarily due to relatively fixed SG&A expenses measure against increased sales. The increase in SG&A was primarily due to increased compensation programs and travel and entertainment as well as additional SG&A from the fourth quarter acquisitions of Contech and DAS.
Acquisition Costs
The Company incurred approximately $430 thousand in costs associated with acquisition related activities which were charged to expense for the year ended December 31, 2021. These costs were primarily for legal and valuation services and are reflected on the face of the income statement.
Interest Income and Expense
The Company had net interest expense of approximately $39 thousand and $83 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The decrease in net interest expense was primarily due to interest received from the federal government related to income tax refunds.
Other Income and Expense
Other income was approximately $26 thousand and other expense was approximately $366 thousand for years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The changes in other expense are primarily generated by changes in the fair value of the swap liability, which is driven by anticipated future interest rate changes and a declining nominal amount, offset by net cash settlement amounts related to the swap.
Income Taxes
The Company recorded income tax expense, as a percentage of income before income tax expense, of 25.1% for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to 17.9% for the same period in 2020 The increase in the effective tax rate for the current period was largely due to lower discrete income tax benefits from share-based compensation and amended tax returns in the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the same period of 2020. The Company notes the potential for volatility in its effective tax rate, as any windfall or shortfall tax benefits related to its share-based compensation plans will be recorded directly into income tax expense.
2020 Compared to 2019
Sales
Net sales decreased 9.6% to $179.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 from net sales of $198.4 million in 2019. The decrease in sales was primarily due to the impact on demand for product as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We believe that the cancellation or delay of elective medical procedures in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the demand for the Company’s components for medical devices. We refer you to “Recent Developments-COVID-19” above for additional discussion of product demand.
Gross Profit
Gross profit as a percentage of sales (“Gross Margin”) decreased to 24.9% for the year ended December 31, 2020, from 27.2% in 2019. As a percentage of sales, material and direct labor costs collectively decreased approximately 2.2%, while overhead increased approximately 4.4%. The decrease in collective material and labor costs as a percentage of sales was primarily due to gains in manufacturing efficiencies resulting from continuous improvement initiatives and an improvement in the overall book of business. The increase in overhead as a percentage of sales was primarily due to fixed overhead costs measured against decreased sales.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses (“SG&A”) decreased approximately 6.0% to $27.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, from $29.3 million in 2019. As a percentage of sales, SG&A increased to 15.3%, from 14.7% in 2019. The decrease in SG&A was primarily due to decreases in compensation programs and company-wide travel and entertainment. The increase in SG&A as a percentage of sales was primarily due to relatively fixed SG&A expenses measured against lower sales.
Interest Income and Expense
Net interest expense was approximately $83 thousand and $674 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The decrease in net interest expense was primarily due to lower debt levels.
Other Expense
Other expense was approximately $366 thousand and $388 thousand for years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Other expense was primarily generated by changes in the fair value of the swap liability, which is driven by anticipated future interest rate changes as well as a declining notional amount.
Income Taxes
The Company recorded income tax expense, as a percentage of income before income tax expense, of 17.9% for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to 16.5% for the same period in 2019. The increase in the effective tax rate for the current period as compared to the prior period was largely due to a lower anticipated effective tax rate in 2019 due to credits available for increased research activities. The Company notes the potential for volatility in its effective tax rate, as any windfall or shortfall tax benefits related to its share-based compensation plans will be recorded directly into income tax expense.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company generally funds its operating expenses, capital requirements, and growth plan through internally generated cash and bank credit facilities.
Cash Flows
Net cash provided by operations for the year ended December 31, 2021 was approximately $14.3 million and was primarily a result of net income generated of approximately $15.9 million, depreciation and amortization of approximately $8.4 million, share-based compensation of approximately $2.4 million, a decrease in refundable income taxes of approximately $0.9 million, an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of approximately $1.1 million primarily due to increased compensation related liabilities, and an increase in deferred revenue of approximately $2.3 million primarily due to increased customer deposits on tooling and machinery.
These cash inflows and adjustments to income were partially offset by a decrease in deferred taxes of approximately $1.8 million, an increase in accounts receivable of approximately $7.8 million due primarily to higher sales in the last two months of 2021 as compared to 2020, an increase in inventory of approximately $4.5 million due to higher stocking levels for future demand, an increase in prepaid expenses of approximately $0.5 million, an increase in other assets of approximately $0.7 million, and a decrease in other liabilities of approximately $1.4 million.
Net cash used in investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2021 was approxi-mately $101.5 million and was primarily the result of the acquisitions of DAS Medical and Contech Medical, as well as additions of manufacturing machinery and equipment and various building improvements across the Company.
Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $74.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, representing borrowings under our credit facility to fund acquisitions of $75.0 million and net proceeds received upon stock options exercises of approximately $0.2 million, partially offset by payments of statutory withholding for stock options exercised and restricted stock units vested of approximately $0.9 million and debt issuance costs of $0.2 million.
Outstanding and Available Debt
On December 22, 2021, the Company, as the borrower, entered into a secured $130 million Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”) with certain of the Company’s subsidiaries (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as the initial lender, Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer, and certain other lenders from time-to-time party thereto. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement amends and restates the Company’s prior credit agreement, originally dated as of February 1, 2018.
The credit facilities under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement consist of a $40 million secured term loan to the Company and a secured revolving credit facility, under which the Company may borrow up to $90 million. The Amended and Restated Credit Facilities mature on December 21, 2026. The proceeds of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement may be used for general corporate purposes, including funding the acquisition of DAS Medical, as well as certain other permitted acquisitions. The Company’s obligations under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors.
The Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement calls for interest determined by the Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield Index rate (“BSBY”) plus a margin that ranges from 1.25% to 2.0% or, at the discretion of the Company, the bank’s prime rate less a margin that ranges from .25% to zero. In both cases the applicable margin is dependent upon Company performance. Under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Company is subject to a minimum fixed-charge coverage financial covenant as well as a maximum total funded debt to EBITDA financial covenant. The Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains other covenants customary for transactions of this type, including restrictions on certain payments, permitted indebtedness and permitted investments. At December 31, 2021, the Company had approximately $75 million in borrowings outstanding under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, which were used as partial consideration for the DAS Medical acquisition, and also had approximately $0.7 million in standby letters of credit outstanding, drawable as a financial guarantee on worker’s compensation insurance policies.
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company used interest-rate-related derivative instruments to manage its exposure related to changes in interest rates on certain of its variable-rate debt instruments. The Company does not enter into derivative instruments for any purpose other than cash flow hedging. Derivative financial instruments expose the Company to credit risk and market risk. Credit risk is the failure of the counterparty to perform under the terms of the derivative contract. When the fair value of a derivative contract is positive, the counterparty owes the Company, creating credit risk for the Company. When the fair value of a derivative contract is negative, the Company owes the counterparty and, therefore, in these circumstances the Company is not exposed to the counterparty’s credit risk. The Company minimizes counterparty credit risk in derivative instruments by entering into transactions with carefully selected major financial institutions based upon their credit profile. Market risk is the adverse effect on the value of a derivative instrument that results from a change in interest rates.
The Company assesses interest rate risk by continually identifying and monitoring changes in interest rate exposures that may adversely impact expected future cash flows and by evaluating hedging opportunities. The Company’s debt obligations exposed the Company to variability in interest payments due to changes in interest rates. The Company believed that it was prudent to limit the variability of a portion of its interest payments. To meet this objective, in connection with the first Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Company entered into a $20 million, 5-year interest rate swap agreement under which the Company receives three-month LIBOR plus the applicable margin and pays a 2.7% fixed rate plus the applicable margin. The swap modified the Company’s interest rate exposure by converting the previous term loan from a variable rate to a fixed rate in order to hedge against the possibility of rising interest rates during the term of the loan. The notional amount was $8,571,424 at December 31, 2021. The fair value of the swap as of December 31, 2021 was approximately $(176) thousand and is included in other liabilities. Changes in the fair value and net cash settlement amounts related to the swap are recorded in other income of approximately $24 thousand and other expense of approximately $366 thousand during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
As the Company has paid the remaining balance of the term loan that was associated with the swap in its entirety, there is no longer underlying debt to hedge against with the swap. The changes in the fair value of the swap will continue to be accounted for as a financial instrument until the sooner of the time that the Company elects to cancel it or until its maturity.
Future Liquidity
The Company requires cash to pay its operating expenses, purchase capital equipment, and to service its contractual obligations. The Company’s principal sources of funds are its operations and its Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. The Company generated cash of approximately $14.3 million in operations during the year ended December 31, 2021; however, the Company cannot guarantee that its operations will generate cash in future periods. The Company’s longer-term liquidity is contingent upon future operating performance and the availability of draws on the revolving credit facility under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. Further, the continued economic uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic could affect the Company’s long-term ability to access the public markets and obtain necessary capital in order to properly capitalize and continue operations.
Throughout fiscal 2022, the Company plans to continue to add capacity to enhance operating efficiencies in its manufacturing plants. The Company may consider additional acquisitions of companies, technologies, or products that are complementary to its business. The Company believes that its existing resources, including its revolving credit facility, together with cash expected to be generated from operations, will be sufficient to fund its cash flow requirements, including capital asset acquisitions, through the next twelve months.
The Company may also require additional capital in the future to fund capital expenditures, acquisitions or other investments. These capital requirements could be substantial. The Company anticipates that any future expansion of its business will be financed through existing resources, cash flow from operations, the Company's revolving credit facility, or other new financing. The Company cannot guarantee that it will be able to meet existing financial covenants or obtain other new financing on favorable terms, if at all. The Company's liquidity will be impacted to the extent additional stock repurchases are made under the Company's stock repurchase program.
Stock Repurchase Program
The Company accounts for treasury stock under the cost method, using the first-in, first-out flow assumption, and includes treasury stock as a component of stockholders’ equity. On June 16, 2015, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $10.0 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock. Under the program, the Company is authorized to repurchase shares through Rule 10b5-1 plans, open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, block purchases or otherwise in accordance with applicable federal securities laws, including Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The stock repurchase program will end upon the earlier of the date on which the plan is terminated by the Board or when all authorized repurchases are completed. The timing and amount of stock repurchases, if any, will be determined based upon our evaluation of market conditions and other factors. The stock repurchase program may be suspended, modified or discontinued at any time, and the Company has no obligation to repurchase any amount of its common stock under the program. There were no share repurchases during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019. At December 31, 2021, approximately $9.4 million was available for future repurchases of the Company’s common stock under this authorization.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements requires the Company to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. The Company evaluates its estimates, including those listed below, on an ongoing basis. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, including current and anticipated worldwide economic conditions, both in general and specifically in relation to the packaging and component product industries, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this Report. The Company believes the following critical accounting policies necessitated that significant judgments and estimates be used in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements.
The Company has reviewed these policies with its Audit Committee.
Valuation of Intangible Assets and Contingent Consideration Liability
We base the fair value of identifiable intangible assets acquired in a business combination on detailed valuations that use information and assumptions provided by management, which consider management’s best estimates of inputs and assumptions that a market participant would use. Further, for those arrangements that involve potential future contingent consideration, we record on the date of acquisition a liability equal to the fair value of the estimated additional consideration we may be obligated to pay in the future. We re-measure this liability each reporting period and record changes in the fair value through a separate line item within our consolidated statements of operations. Increases or decreases in the fair value of the contingent consideration liability can result from changes in discount rates, periods, timing and amount of projected revenue or timing or likelihood of achieving regulatory, revenue or commercialization-based milestones. The use of alternative valuation assumptions, including estimated revenue projections, growth rates, cash flows, discount rates, useful life or probability of achieving clinical, regulatory or revenue-based milestones could result in different purchase price allocations and recognized amortization expense and contingent consideration expense or benefit in current and future periods.
We review intangible assets subject to amortization quarterly to determine if any adverse conditions exist or a change in circumstances has occurred that would indicate impairment or adjustment to the remaining useful life. If we determine it is more likely than not that the asset is impaired based on our qualitative assessment of impairment indicators, we test the intangible asset for recoverability. If the carrying value of the intangible asset is determined not recoverable, we will write the carrying value down to fair value in the period the impairment is identified. We calculate fair value of our intangible assets as the present value of estimated future cash flows we expect to generate from the asset using a risk-adjusted discount rate. The use of alternative assumptions, including estimated cash flows, discount rates and alternative estimated remaining useful lives could result in different calculations of impairment.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when a customer obtains control of a promised good or service. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration that the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for promised goods or services. The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with the core principles of ASC 606 which include (1) identifying the contract with a customer, (2) identifying separate performance obligations within the contract, (3) determining the transaction price, (4) allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations, and (5) recognizing revenue. The Company recognizes all but an immaterial portion of its product sales upon shipment. The Company recognizes revenue from the sale of tooling and machinery primarily upon customer acceptance, with the exception of certain tooling where control does not transfer to the customer, resulting in revenue being recognized over the estimated time for which parts are produced with the use of each respective tool. The Company recognizes revenue from engineering services, which are primarily product development services, as the services are performed or as otherwise determined based on the substance of the agreement. The Company recognizes revenue from bill and hold transactions at the time the specified goods are complete and available to the customer. In the ordinary course of business, the Company accepts sales returns from customers for defective goods, such amounts being immaterial. Although only applicable to an insignificant number of transactions, the Company has elected to exclude sales taxes from the transaction price. The Company has elected to account for shipping and handling activities for which the Company is responsible under the terms and conditions of the sale not as performance obligations but rather as fulfillment costs. These activities are required to fulfill the Company’s promise to transfer the good and are expensed when revenue is recognized.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Refer to Note 1, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
ITEM 7A.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The following discussion of the Company’s market risk includes “forward-looking statements” that involve risk and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.
Market risk represents the risk of changes in value of a financial instrument caused by fluctuations in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and equity prices. At December 31, 2021, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents consisted primarily of bank accounts in U.S. dollars, and their valuation would not be affected by market risk. Interest under the Company’s credit facility with Bank of America, N.A. calls for interest of BSBY plus a margin that ranges from 1.25% to 2.00% or, at the discretion of the Company, the bank’s prime rate less a margin that ranges from 0.25% to zero. Therefore, future operations could be affected by interest rate changes. As of December 31, 2021, the applicable interest rate was approximately 1.58%.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
ITEM 8.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The consolidated financial statements and supplementary data of the company are listed under Part IV, Item 15, in this Report.

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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS
ITEM 9.
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.

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ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
ITEM 9A.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of its management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures”, excluding control procedures at both Contech and DAS (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this Report (the “Evaluation Date”). Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
The Company closed the acquisitions of Contech and DAS Medical on October 12, 2021 and December 22, 2021, respectively. The new acquisitions’ total assets and revenues constituted approximately 34.5% and 2.9%, respectively, of the Company’s consolidated total assets and revenues as shown on our consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021. As the acquisitions both occurred in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, the Company excluded both Contech’s and DAS Medical’s internal control over financial reporting from the scope of the assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures. This exclusion is in accordance with the general guidance issued by the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission that an assessment of a recently-acquired business may be omitted from the scope in the year of acquisition if specified conditions are satisfied.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining an adequate system of internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance, as opposed to absolute assurance, of achieving their internal control objectives.
Management conducted an assessment of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in the 2013 Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Except as described above relating to the acquisitions of Contech and DAS Medical, based on the assessment, management concluded that, as of December 31, 2021, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective.
The Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, has been audited by Grant Thornton LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, who also audited the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Grant Thornton’s attestation report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is included herein.
Except as described above, there was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s most recently completed fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 9B.
OTHER INFORMATION
None.

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ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
ITEM 10.
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The information required by this Item 10 is hereby incorporated by reference to the Company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed by the Company within 120 days after the close of its fiscal year.

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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
ITEM 11.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The information required by this Item 11 is hereby incorporated by reference to the Company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed by the Company within 120 days after the close of its fiscal year.

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
ITEM 12.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The information required by this Item 12 is hereby incorporated by reference to the Company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed by the Company within 120 days after the close of its fiscal year.

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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
ITEM 13.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
The information required by this Item 13 is hereby incorporated by reference to the Company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed by the Company within 120 days after the close of its fiscal year.

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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
ITEM 14.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
The information required by this Item 14 is hereby incorporated by reference to the Company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed by the Company within 120 days after the close of its fiscal year.
PART IV

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ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
ITEM 15.
EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a) (1)
Financial Statements
Page
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedule
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020
Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(a) (2)
Financial Statement Schedule
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
All other schedules have been omitted because they are not required, not applicable, or the required information is otherwise included.
(a) (3)
Exhibits
Exhibit Index
Number
Description of Exhibit
2.01
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2021, by and among Parallax Investments, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company and its purchase price beneficiaries, DAS Medical Holdings, LLC, a Georgia corporation and the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on December 23, 2021 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).
2.02
Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Personal Goodwill, dated December 22, 2021, between and among the Company and Danny R. Lee, Daniel Lee, Houston Lee, Armond Groves, Thomas Bonner and Bruce Grady (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on December 23, 2021 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).
2.03
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2021 by and among the Company, Contech Medical, Inc., Contech Medical, Inc.’s shareholders, and Christopher M. Byrnes (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on November 5, 2021 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).
3.01
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2004, filed with the SEC on May 14, 2004 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).
3.02
Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.02 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 24, 2009 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).
3.03
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June 15, 2020 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).
3.04
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of UFP Technologies, Inc., dated June 10, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June 15, 2020 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).
4.01
Specimen Certificate for shares of the Company’s Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.01 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the SEC on December 15, 1993) (filed in paper format).
4.02
Description of Capital Stock (contained in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, filed as Exhibit 3.01 hereto).
10.01
Form of Indemnification Agreement for directors and officers of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the SEC on December 15, 1993) (filed in paper format). #
10.02
Executive Non-qualified Excess Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.41 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2006, filed with the SEC on November 13, 2006 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #
Number
Description of Exhibit
10.03
Employment Agreement with R. Jeffrey Bailly dated October 8, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on October 12, 2007 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #
10.04
2009 Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.66 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, filed with the SEC on May 10, 2013 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #
10.05
Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement with R. Jeffrey Bailly (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.56 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 8, 2011 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #
10.06
Facility Lease between the Company and Susana Property Co. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.61 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2012, filed with the SEC on November 9, 2012 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).
10.07
Amendment No. 2 to Employment Agreement with R. Jeffrey Bailly (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.62 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with SEC on February 22, 2013 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #
10.8
Form of 2019 CEO Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2019 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #
10.9
Form of 2019 Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2019 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #
10.10 Form of 2019 Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement under the 2009 Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2019, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2019 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #
10.11
Form of 2019 Stock Unit Award Agreement under the 2009 Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2019, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2019 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #
10.12
Form of 2020 Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement under the 2009 Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2020, filed with the SEC on August 7, 2020 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #
10.13
Form of 2020 Stock Unit Award Agreement under the 2009 Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2020, filed with the SEC on August 7, 2020 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #
10.14
First Amendment to Facility Lease between the Company and Susana Property Co. dated July 6, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2017, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2017 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).
Number
Description of Exhibit
10.15
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2018, by and among the Company, the Sellers defined therein, Dielectrics and the Sellers’ Representative (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2018 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).
10.16
Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Personal Goodwill, dated as of January 30, 2018, by and among the Company and Eric C. Stahl (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2018 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).
10.17 Lease dated as of February 1, 2018, by and between Eric C. Stahl and the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2018 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).
10.18
Amended and Restated 2003 Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on May 10, 2018 (SEC File No. 001-12648))#
10.19
Form of 2020 CEO Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2020 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #
10.20
Form of 2020 Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2020 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #
10.21
Form of 2021 CEO Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 26, 2021 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #
10.22
Form of 2021 Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 26, 2021 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #
10.23
Lease, dated August 9, 2021, between and among Logistica Industrial De Tijuana Este, S.A. DE C.V., Co Production De Tijuana, S.A. DE C.V., and the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on August 13, 2021 (SEC File No. 001-126458)).
10.24
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated December 22, 2021, between and among the Company, certain of its subsidiaries as guarantors and Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as the initial lender, Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on December 23, 2021 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).
10.25
Form of 2022 CEO Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2022 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #
10.26
Form of 2022 Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2022 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #
21.01
Subsidiaries of the Company. *
23.01
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP. *
Number
Description of Exhibit
31.01
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. *
31.02
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. *
32.01
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. **
101.INS
Inline XBRL Instance Document. *
101.SCH
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. *
101.CAL
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document. *
101.LAB
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document. *
101.PRE
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document. *
101.DEF
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. *
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101) *
* Filed herewith.
** Furnished herewith.
# Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.