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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

6 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2017

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Abstract]

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(3) PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

 

Property, plant and equipment, net consist of:

		October 31,			April 30,
		2017			2017
		(in thousands)
Land, buildings and improvements		$	15,924		$	15,995
Furniture and equipment			18,360			18,350
			34,284			34,345
Less accumulated depreciation			(24,038)			(23,493)
		$	10,246		$	10,852

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment charged to operations was $314,000 and $635,000 for the three and six month periods ended October 31, 2017 and $350,000 and $710,000 for the three and six month periods ended October 31, 2016.

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823

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