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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

4. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

A summary of property, plant and equipment follows:

(dollars in thousands)		depreciable lives (in years)				April 30, 2017				May 1, 2016
land and improvements			0-10			$	836				836
buildings and improvements			7-40				19,071				16,126
leasehold improvements			**				1,541				1,340
machinery and equipment			3-12				67,709				64,114
office furniture and equipment			3-10				8,936				8,212
capital projects in progress							12,901				2,896
							110,994				93,524
accumulated depreciation and amortization							(59,343	)			(53,551	)
						$	51,651				39,973

** Shorter of life of lease or useful life.

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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 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13-14)
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