Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Note 7.

Property, Plant and Equipment

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

	2011		2010
	In thousands
Land	$	5,091	$	5,094
Improvements to land and leaseholds		22,734		19,238
Buildings		12,486		11,445
Machinery and equipment, including equipment
under capitalized leases		84,934		79,897
Construction in progress		4,285		3,944
		129,530		119,618
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization,
including accumulated amortization of capitalized leases		81,412		73,402
	$	48,118	$	46,216

Depreciation expense, including amortization of assets under capital leases, for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 amounted to $9,509,000, $8,707,000, and $8,656,000, 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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