Property, Plant, and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT

Major classes of property, plant, and equipment consist of the following:



	September 30, 2011		December 31, 2010
Land	$	8,861	$	11,375
Buildings and improvements	178,893		190,855
Machinery and equipment	196,540		217,404
	384,294		419,634
Less accumulated depreciation	266,765		294,768
	$	117,529	$	124,866

Depreciation expense was $4,069 and $4,379 for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010, respectively and $13,212 and $14,172 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010, respectively.

- 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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