PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

NOTE G - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consists of the following (in thousands):

	JUNE 30,			DECEMBER 31,
	2011			2010
Land	$	396		$	396
Buildings and leasehold improvements		20,185			20,096
Furniture and equipment		49,642			48,743
Sub-total		70,223			69,235
Accumulated depreciation		(41,405	)		(39,661	)
		28,818			29,574

Construction in progress		8,680			3,157
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	37,498		$	32,731

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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