Property, Plant, and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

NOTE 5: Property, Plant, and Equipment

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


	December 31,
	2012			2011
Land	$	3,951		$	3,951
Buildings		18,371			18,371
Building improvements		13,186			11,723
Leasehold improvements		4,925			4,327
Computer hardware and software		26,907			25,763
Manufacturing test equipment		12,876			11,522
Furniture and fixtures		3,790			3,467

		84,006			79,124
Less: accumulated depreciation		(49,186	)		(47,380	)

	$	34,820		$	31,744

The cost and related accumulated depreciation of certain fully-depreciated property, plant, and equipment totaling $2,777,000 and $1,593,000 were removed from these accounts in 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Buildings include rental property with a cost basis of $5,750,000 as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and accumulated depreciation of $2,332,000 and $2,185,000 as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, 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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