Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]

Note 5. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment at October 31, 2014 and 2013 consisted of the following:



	2014				2013			Estimated Useful Life
Land		$	524		$	524		—
Building and improvements		9,117			8,679			10-26 years
Machinery, equipment and software		75,868			73,051			3-8 years
Furniture and fixtures		2,955			2,899			10 years
Power plants for use under PPAs		996			8,216			3-10 years
Construction in progress		10,534			9,537
		99,994			102,906
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(73,385		)	(78,681		)
Property, plant and equipment, net		$	26,609		$	24,225

Depreciation expense was $4.4 million, $4.1 million and $5.2 million for the years ended October 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, 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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