Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2011

Note 7 — Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following at December 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 (in thousands):

	2011		2010
Machinery and equipment	$	13,654	$	13,069
Furniture and fixtures		4,324		3,841
Leasehold improvements		4,783		4,245
		22,761		21,155
Less accumulated depreciation		18,539		17,423
	$	4,222	$	3,732

Depreciation expense from continuing operations for the years ended December 30, 2011, December 31, 2010, and January 1, 2010 was approximately $1.5 million, $1.6 million, and $2.0 million, respectively (adjusted for Domilens).

- 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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