PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT [Abstract]

NOTE 4 - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 are summarized as follows:

	September 30, 2011		December 31, 2010
Land	$	2,037	$	2,002
Building		15,678		15,589
Equipment		62,111		58,018
Construction in progress		5,950		5,734
		85,776		81,343
Less: accumulated depreciation		41,292		37,955
Net property, plant and equipment	$	44,484	$	43,388

- 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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