Foreign Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

In conjunction with the Company's acquisition of certain assets of Airshield Corporation on October 16, 2001, the Company established manufacturing operations in Mexico (under the Maquiladora program). The Mexican operation is a captive manufacturing facility of the Company and the functional currency is United States dollars. Essentially all sales of the Mexican operations are made in United States dollars, which totaled $68,008,000 in 2011 and $41,347,000 in 2010. Expenses are incurred in the United States dollar and the Mexican peso. Expenses incurred in pesos include labor, utilities, supplies and materials, and amounted to approximately 23% of sales of the Matamoros facility in 2011 and 25% of sales of the Matamoros facility in 2010. The Company's manufacturing operation in Mexico is subject to various political, economic, and other risks and uncertainties including safety and security concerns inherent to Mexico. Among other risks, the Company's Mexican operations are subject to domestic and international customs and tariffs, changing taxation policies, and governmental regulations.

The following table provides information related to our sales by country, based on location of customer, for the years ended December 31:



	2011		2010
United States	$	109,213,000	$	85,720,000
Mexico	30,180,000		11,705,000
Canada	4,028,000		2,833,000
Total	$	143,421,000	$	100,258,000

The following table provides information related to the location of our property, plant and equipment, net, as of December 31:



	2011		2010
United States	$	19,623,000	$	19,495,000
Mexico	29,721,000		23,848,000
Total	$	49,344,000	$	43,343,000