Property, Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

NOTE 4—PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:


	December 31,
	2011			2010
Land	$	3,129,000		$	3,129,000
Building and improvements		20,144,000			20,130,000
Equipment, computers, software and furniture		29,376,000			26,304,000

		52,649,000			49,563,000
Less-accumulated depreciation		(24,455,000	)		(19,870,000	)

	$	28,194,000		$	29,693,000

Depreciation expense was $4,698,000, $4,653,000 and $5,388,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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