PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of property and equipment

We provide for depreciation primarily using the straight-line method by charges to income in amounts that allocate the cost of property and equipment over their estimated useful lives as follows:

Asset Classification	Estimated Useful Life
Building	10 to 20 years
Machinery and equipment	3 to 15 years
Leasehold and building improvements	7 to 15 years

Detail of property and equipment is as follows (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2016			2015
Land	$	377		$	377
Building	2,868			2,868
Machinery and equipment	36,588			35,284
Leasehold and building improvements	7,662			6,673
Construction in progress	1,655			1,496
	49,150			46,698
Less accumulated depreciation	(32,569		)	(29,678		)
Total property and equipment, net	$	16,581		$	17,020