PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Apr. 28, 2013

4. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

A summary of property, plant and equipment follows:

	depreciable lives		April 28,			April 29,
(dollars in thousands)	(in years)		2013			2012
land and improvements		0-10	$	741			741
buildings and improvements		7-40		12,812			12,566
leasehold improvements		**		801			801
machinery and equipment		3-12		53,608			51,267
office furniture and equipment		3-10		6,587			5,869
capital projects in progress				1,733			1,062
				76,282			72,306
accumulated depreciation and amortization				(45,688	)		(41,027	)
			$	30,594			31,279

** Shorter of life of lease or useful life.

At April 28, 2013, we had total amounts due regarding capital expenditures totaling $225,000, which pertain to outstanding vendor invoices, none of which are financed. The total outstanding amount of $225,000 is required to be paid in full in fiscal 2014.

At April 29, 2012, we had total amounts due regarding capital expenditures totaling $169,000, which pertained to outstanding vendor invoices, none of which are financed.

We did not finance any of our capital expenditures in fiscal 2013, 2012, and 2011.

- Definition

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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