Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

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



	December 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
Manufacturing equipment	$	176,730		$	174,353
Land	8,101			8,101
Buildings and improvements	53,915			53,792
Office furniture and research equipment	17,791			20,241
	256,537			256,487
Accumulated depreciation	(198,758		)	(195,795		)
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	57,779		$	60,692

Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $11.1 million, $11.5 million and $10.9 million, respectively.

The Company had unpaid property, plant and equipment of $1.0 million as of December 31, 2013.

- 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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