PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

NOTE B: PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consist of the following at December 31:


	2011			2010
	(In thousands)
Warehouse equipment	$	5,546		$	5,634
Office equipment		5,285			5,740
Leasehold improvements		1,635			1,706
Automobiles		130			192

		12,596			13,272
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(11,283	)		(11,565	)

	$	1,313		$	1,707

Depreciation and amortization expense totaled $818,000, 753,000 and $850,000 in 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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