Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Note 8.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment of continuing operating activities at December 31, 2012 and 2011 consist of the following:



		2012		2011
	In thousands
Land	$	4,764	$	4,760
Improvements to land and leaseholds		23,187		22,570
Buildings		13,715		10,748
Machinery and equipment, including equipment under capitalized leases		80,120		81,933
Construction in progress		1,783		4,285
		123,569		124,296
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization, including
accumulated amortization of capitalized leases		81,236		78,459
	$	42,333	$	45,837

Depreciation expense, including amortization of assets under capital leases, for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 amounted to $9,979,000, $9,182,000, and $8,441,000, 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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