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Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

(5) Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following at July 31, 2011 and 2010:

	2011	2010
Machinery and equipment	$ 96,976,000	92,006,000
Leasehold improvements	9,904,000	9,581,000
	106,880,000	101,587,000
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	80,242,000	67,860,000
Property, plant and equipment, net	$ 26,638,000	33,727,000

Depreciation and amortization expense on property, plant and equipment amounted to $14,253,000, $11,773,000 and $12,503,000 for the fiscal years ended July 31, 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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