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PRECISION INVENTORY IMPAIRMENT IN 2009 | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
PRECISION INVENTORY IMPAIRMENT IN 2009 [Abstract] |
PRECISION INVENTORY IMPAIRMENT IN 2009 | 4. PRECISION INVENTORY IMPAIRMENT IN 2009 During 2009 the Company determined that the value of inventory acquired in connection with the acquisition of Precision on September 10, 2007, was overstated by $13.8 million because the inventory was obsolete, expired, old and/or slow moving. The $13.8 million charge to reduce the value of this inventory is included in cost of sales for 2009.

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