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Property Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

4.	PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following as of December 31 (in thousands):


		2012				2011
Building and improvements		$	57,435			$	57,512
Machinery and equipment			218,359				224,611
Furniture and fixtures			1,999				2,445
Forklifts and tractors			5,373				5,095
Computer equipment			7,371				5,774
Construction in process			1,855				2,425
Land			8,858				8,858

			301,250				306,720
Accumulated depreciation			(196,825	)			(191,508	)

Total property, plant and equipment, net		$	104,425			$	115,212

The Company had construction in process as of December 31, 2012 of approximately $1.9 million. The Company expects that the construction in process will be completed and put into service in the year ending December 31, 2013.

Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 totaled $16.5 million, $18.4 million and $19.6 million, respectively.

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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