Property, Plant And Equipment

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Property, Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

6. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):


	June 30,			December 31,
	2011			2010
Manufacturing equipment	$	177,581		$	173,967
Land		8,101			8,101
Buildings and improvements		53,630			53,385
Office furniture and research equipment		14,968			14,493

		254,280			249,946
Accumulated depreciation		(191,113	)		(185,429	)

Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	63,167		$	64,517

Depreciation expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 was $3.0 million and $6.2 million, 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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