Note 2 - Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions

9 Months Ended

Jan. 25, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

2. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT 

Property, plant and equipment, net, consisted of the following in thousands:

	January 25,			April 27,
	2020			2019
Land	$	9,835		$	9,835
Buildings and improvements		58,747			58,291
Machinery and equipment		236,863			222,243
Total		305,445			290,369
Less accumulated depreciation		(189,674	)		(179,053	)
Property, plant and equipment – net	$	115,771		$	111,316

Depreciation expense was $3.8 million and $11.4 million for the three and nine months ended January 25, 2020, respectively.  Depreciation expense was $3.2 million and $9.5 million for the three and nine months ended January 26, 2019, respectively.