Property Plant And Equipment (Ergotron, Inc)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2009

Dec. 31, 2008

Ergotron, Inc

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

NOTE E — PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following at December 31:

	Estimated Life
	in Years		2009
Land			$	655,000
Building and building improvements		10-40		6,161,617
Furniture, office equipment, and leasehold improvements		3-10		2,717,270
Tooling, machinery and equipment		2-10		14,044,492
Computer equipment		3-10		6,762,287
Vehicles		4-5		74,159
Total property, plant and equipment at cost				30,414,825
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization				18,001,163
			$	12,413,662

Depreciation expense charged to operations related to property, plant and equipment was $4,343,811 in 2009.

NOTE F — PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following at December 31, 2008:

	Estimated Life
	in Years		2008
Land			$	655,000
Building and building improvements		10-40		6,161,617
Furniture, office equipment, and leasehold improvements		3-10		2,720,442
Tooling, machinery and equipment		2-10		10,799,144
Computer equipment		3-10		6,664,732
Vehicles		4-5		74,159
Total property, plant and equipment at cost				27,075,094
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization				14,127,214
			$	12,947,880

Depreciation expense charged to operations related to property, plant and equipment was $3,603,398 in 2008 and $2,922,330 in 2007.