Segment Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

18. SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company operates principally in two industry segments: the manufacturing of standard products consisting of hydrological, meteorological and oceanic monitoring and control products which are sold off-the-shelf and systems that are comprised of standard products and custom items as required by the system specification also including software and services including installation, training, and maintenance of systems. Corporate assets consisted mainly of cash, prepaid expenses, deferred taxes, and income tax receivables. The results of these segments are shown below (in thousands):

	Years
	Ended		Operating
	Dec.	Net	Income	Total		Capital
	31	Sales	(Loss)	Assets	Depreciation	Expenditures
Standard Products	2011	9,023	1,166	6,021	147	36
	2010	12,944	2,866	5,802	95	29
	2009	11,791	1,959	5,698	139	283
Systems/Services	2011	11,199	963	6,502	121	51
	2010	10,032	1,551	5,284	183	71

	2009	9,060	1,374	6,477	108	103
Corporate and Unallocated	2011	-	-	11,560	-	-
	2010	-	-	11,901	-	-
	2009	-	-	7,353	-	-
Total Company	2011	20,222	2,129	24,083	268	87
	2010	22,976	4,417	22,907	278	100
	2009	20,851	3,333	19,528	247	386

Export sales were based on countries where the customers were located. Central and South America includes all countries south of the United States. Asia includes customers in Australia, China, India, Korea and New Zealand. Europe and other consists of Europe and Africa. The Middle East was primarily sales to Afghanistan and Iraq. Export sales from the Company's operations at December 31, were as follow (in thousands):

		2011		2010		2009
Central and South America	$	3,852	$	3,703	$	4,056
Canada		1,759		1,959		1,236
Asia		1,570		1,746		2,904
Europe and other		473		736		731
Middle East		2,978		719		983
	$	10,632	$	8,863	$	9,910