Property, Plant and Equipment

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

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



	June 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Machinery and equipment	$	184,155		$	180,851
Land	8,101			8,101
Buildings and improvements	54,313			53,915
Computer equipment and software	11,953			11,742
Office furniture and fixtures	1,986			1,928
	260,508			256,537
Accumulated depreciation	(204,254		)	(198,758		)
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	56,254		$	57,779

Depreciation expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 was $2.8 million and $5.5 million, respectively. Depreciation expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 was $2.6 million and $5.7 million, 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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