Property, Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Note 4.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:


June 30,	2012			2011
($000)
Land and improvements	$	2,236		$	2,043
Buildings and improvements		78,149			72,474
Machinery and equipment		228,564			197,136
Construction in progress		17,614			12,862
		326,563			284,515
Less accumulated depreciation		(172,645	)		(146,380	)
	$	153,918		$	138,135

Depreciation expense was $30.2 million, $25.7 million and $19.1 million for the years ended June 30, 2012, 2011 and 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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