Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

4. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:

	December 31,

	2013			2012
	(in thousands)
Land, buildings and improvements	$	85,849		$	83,032
Machinery, equipment and fixtures		79,597			73,169
Office furniture, equipment and vehicles		18,116			18,058
Construction in progress		217			325


		183,779			174,584
Accumulated depreciation		(109,123	)		(103,549	)


Property, plant and equipment, net	$	74,656		$	71,035

Depreciation expense was $7.4 million, $6.0 million, and $6.1 million for 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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