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Inventories

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

5.	Inventories


$ in thousands	2011			2010
Raw materials and subassemblies	$	3,017		$	2,973
Finished goods		1,147			1,144
Parts for resale		580			562
Obsolescence allowance		(400	)		(247	)

	$	4,344		$	4,432

Amounts credited to the allowance for obsolete inventory and charged to cost of sales amounted to $269,000 and $192,000 during 2011 and 2010, respectively. Items charged to the allowance for inventory write-offs were $116,000 and $0 during 2011 and 2010, respectively.

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The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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