Property, Plant, and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2013

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

4. Property, Plant, and Equipment

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


	October 31,
	2013			2012
Land	$	7,023		$	7,023
Buildings and improvements		20,304			19,756
Leasehold improvements		1,671			1,395
Equipment		50,426			46,980
Information systems—hardware and software		7,188			8,346
Construction in progress		1,535			512

		88,147			84,012
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(35,498	)		(33,450	)

	$	52,649		$	50,562

Depreciation expense was $4.6 million, $4.2 million and $3.2 million for fiscal years 2013, 2012, and 2011, of which $0.6 million was related to depreciation on capital leases for fiscal year 2013 and 2012. Depreciation related to capital leases were $0.2 million for fiscal years 2011.

We capitalize software development costs for internal use beginning in the application development stage and ending when the asset is placed into service. We amortize such costs using the straight-line basis over estimated useful lives.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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