Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Note 3. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment at December 31, 2011 and 2010 consisted of the following:

	2011			2010
Land	$	324		$	324
Buildings and improvements		18,438			18,438
Machinery and equipment		23,159			23,136
Leasehold improvements		737			769
Construction in progress		-			20
		42,658			42,687
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(36,175	)		(35,452	)
	$	6,483		$	7,235

In the fourth quarter of 2010, the Company determined that the remaining capitalized costs for a new information technology system in construction in progress were not recoverable. This determination was based on the Company's assessment that it was not in the best interest of the Company to pursue the completion of the system and incur the related costs. As a result, the Company recorded a $350 asset impairment charge in selling, general, and administrative expense in 2010. The Company is considering alternative enhancements to its information technology system that would be more cost effective and a better fit for the Company's operations going forward.

- 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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