Property, Plant & Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Components of property, plant and equipment

Ranges of estimated useful lives for computing depreciation are as follows:

Land improvements	20 years
Buildings and improvements	20 - 40 years
Machinery and equipment	3 - 15 years
Tools, dies and patterns	3 - 5 years

Property, plant, and equipment consisted of the following at December 31:

	2014			2013
Land and land improvements	$	5,098,000		$	5,098,000
Buildings	37,143,000			36,651,000
Machinery and equipment	75,905,000			60,897,000
Tools, dies, and patterns	808,000			808,000
Additions in progress	979,000			5,953,000
Total	119,933,000			109,407,000
Less accumulated depreciation	(57,938,000		)	(52,929,000		)
Property, plant, and equipment - net	$	61,995,000		$	56,478,000