Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Note 5 - Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consists of the following:

		December 31,
	Useful Life	2012			2011

Land and improvements	10-15 years	$	6,295		$	6,793
Buildings and improvements	15-30 years		17,917			17,334
Machinery and equipment	3-7 years		89,869			89,052
Leasehold improvements	Life of lease		21,478			19,815
Computer software and licenses	3-7 years		49,189			36,995
			184,748			169,989
Accumulated depreciation and amortization			(119,257	)		(109,925	)

Total		$	65,491		$	60,064

Computer software and licenses includes $846 of interest capitalized by the Company during 2012 in connection with its information technology and business process improvement initiative. No interest was capitalized during 2011.

- 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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