PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

NOTE 5: PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

The composition of property, plant and equipment is as follows:

As of December 31,	2012			2011
Land and improvements	$	3,800		$	3,800
Buildings and improvements	33,309			31,233
Machinery and equipment	17,919			17,395
Furniture and fixtures	21,182			22,197
	76,210			74,625
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(48,260		)	(49,488		)
Total property, plant and equipment	$	27,950		$	25,137

Depreciation expense was $3,929, $4,210 and $4,136 for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

- 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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