Property, Plant and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

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



	September 30, 2012			December 31, 2011
Manufacturing equipment	$	174,582		$	170,304
Land	8,101			8,101
Buildings and improvements	53,868			53,539
Office furniture and research equipment	21,180			17,834
	257,731			249,778
Accumulated depreciation	(197,632		)	(188,894		)
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	60,099		$	60,884

Depreciation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 was $3.0 million and $8.7 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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