Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]

Note 5. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment at October 31, 2013 and 2012 consisted of the following:



	2013				2012			Estimated Useful Life
Land		$	524		$	524		—
Building and improvements		8,679			7,587			10-26 years
Machinery, equipment and software		73,051			68,265			3-8 years
Furniture and fixtures		2,899			2,786			10 years
Power plants for use under PPAs		8,216			10,866			3-10 years
Construction in progress		9,537			7,970
		102,906			97,998
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(78,681		)	(74,740		)
Property, plant and equipment, net		$	24,225		$	23,258

Depreciation expense was $4.1 million, $5.2 million and $6.4 million for the years ended October 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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