Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

5. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

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

	At
		December 30,	December 31,
	2011		2010
Manufacturing machinery and equipment	$	149,136	$	135,108
Buildings and building improvements		75,229		71,160
Information technology hardware and software		33,881		32,700
Leasehold improvements		17,426		17,282
Furniture and fixtures		11,282		10,475
Land and land improvements		11,075		10,332
Construction work in process		13,302		11,639
Other		993		808
		312,324		289,504
Accumulated depreciation		(166,518)		(143,124)
Total	$	145,806	$	146,380

Depreciation expense for property, plant and equipment was as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended
	December 30,		December 31,		January 1,
	2011		2010		2010
Depreciation expense	$	25,672	$	26,104	$	27,059

Construction work in process at December 30, 2011 primarily relates to the construction of the Company's Orthopaedic manufacturing facility in Allen County, IN. See Note 12 for a description of the Company's significant capital investment projects.

- 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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