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INVENTORIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

NOTE 2.

INVENTORIES

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined principally on the average cost method. Inventories at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 were as follows (in thousands):

	March 31, 2012			December 31, 2011

Raw materials	$	4,665		$	5,043
Work in process		2,049			1,865
Finished goods		1,850			1,822
Gross inventories		8,564			8,730
Less: reserve for obsolescence		(523	)		(552	)

Net inventories	$	8,041		$	8,178

- Definition

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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