Property, Plant, and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment consisted of:



	December 31, 2012			December 30, 2011
Land and improvements	$	23,324		$	22,865
Buildings	61,410			57,522
Machinery and equipment	181,081			169,901
	265,815			250,288
Less accumulated depreciation	(129,548		)	(106,472		)
	136,267			143,816
Construction in progress	4,941			2,733
	$	141,208		$	146,549

Depreciation expense (including software amortization expenses disclosed below) for 2012, 2011, and 2010 was $18.6 million, $19.1 million, and 18.9 million, respectively.

As of December 31, 2012 and December 30, 2011, unamortized computer software costs totaling $9.6 million and $13.0 million, respectively, were recorded in property, plant and equipment. Amortization of capitalized computer software costs for 2012, 2011, and 2010 was $3.5 million, $3.4 million, and $2.9 million, 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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