Note 6 - Property, Plant and Equipment

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 6.  Property, Plant and Equipment

In thousands of dollars

	June 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Machinery and equipment, held and used	$	7,080		$	6,643
Building and improvements		4,324			4,324
Furniture, office equipment & other		1,707			1,930
Leased assets		1,593
Construction in progress		1,052
		15,756			12,897
Less accumulated depreciation		(9,303	)		(8,821	)
Total property, plant and equipment held & used	$	6,453		$	4,076

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

In thousands of dollars

	June 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Machinery and equipment, held and not used	$	3,908		$	4,249
Less accumulated depreciation		(2,270	)		(2,392	)
Total property, plant and equipment held and not used	$	1,638		$	1,857

The construction in progress relates to our new facilities under construction in Wu’an, China. The facilities are expected to be completed during the third quarter of 2013. Property, plant and equipment held and not used relates to machinery and equipment that has been decommissioned at our Reno, Nevada facility. This machinery and equipment is in transit to our China subsidiary for use in operations.

Depreciation expense for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, totaled $414,000 and $481,000, respectively.