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Note 10 - Guarantees
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Guarantees [Text Block]
(10)  GUARANTEES

Product Warranties

Warranty expense for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 was $45 and $73, respectively. The following table sets forth the changes in the liability for product warranties for the three months ended March 31, 2012:

Balance - January 1, 2012
  $ 214  
Acquisition of Thermonics
    67  
Payments made under product warranty
    (41 )
Accruals for product warranty
    45  
Balance - March 31, 2012
  $ 285