PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT [Abstract]

NOTE 7:-

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

	December 31,
	2012		2011
Cost:

Factory building	$	1,989	$	1,989
Other buildings		1,329		1,319
Machinery and equipment (*)		8,934		11,628
Office furniture and equipment		399		393
Leasehold improvements		208		208

		12,859		15,537
Accumulated depreciation:

Factory building		1,741		1,660
Other buildings		622		570
Machinery and equipment (*)		6,783		9,704
Office furniture and equipment		293		278
Leasehold improvements		96		48

		9,535		12,260

Depreciated cost	$	3,324	$	3,277

(*)

Write-offs of machinery and equipment (cost and accumulated depreciation) for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 amounted to $3,502 and $0, respectively. The write-offs are due to fully depreciated assets that are no longer in use.

Depreciation expense amounted to $742, $797 and $741 for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

As for charges, see Note 11f.

- 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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