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Inventory

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

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Inventory

Our inventory, net of allowance for obsolescence of $883,000 at September 30, 2011 and $250,000 at December 31, 2010, consisted of the following amounts:

	September 30, 2011				December 31, 2010
	(in thousands)
Raw materials	$	20,597			$	17,770
Work in process	3,272				3,719
	$	23,869			$	21,489

During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, there was no write off of obsolete inventory against the allowance for obsolescence.

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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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