Note 6 - Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

6.  PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment held and used in operations consists of the following:

In thousands of dollars

	2012			2011
Machinery and equipment, held and used	$	6,643		$	11,117
Building and improvements		4,324			4,447
Furniture, office equipment & other		1,930			1,826
		12,897			17,390
Less accumulated depreciation		(8,821	)		(10,520	)
Total property, plant and equipment held & used	$	4,076		$	6,870

Property, plant and equipment held and not used in operations consists of the following:

In thousands of dollars
	2012
Machinery and equipment, held and not used		4,249
Less accumulated depreciation		(2,392	)
Total property, plant and equipment held and not used		1,857

Property, plant and equipment held and not used relates to machinery and equipment that has been decommissioned at our Reno, Nevada facility.  We plan to transfer this machinery and equipment to our China subsidiary for use in operations.

Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 totaled $950,000 and $1,248,000, respectively.