Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

9. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment as of March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011 consisted of the following:


(In thousands)	Estimated Useful Lives	2012			2011
Land	n/a	$	3,118		$	3,110
Buildings and improvements	3 to 40 years		41,191			39,814
Machinery and equipment	3 to 10 years		57,277			57,564
Computer equipment and software	1 to 7 years		32,233			31,507

			133,819			131,995
Less accumulated depreciation			(101,716	)		(92,334	)

		$	32,103		$	39,661

Depreciation expense totaled $12.5 million, $10.3 million and $10.0 million in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. In 2012, the Company recorded $1.7 million of accelerated depreciation expense for certain assets. The Company shortened the depreciable lives of these assets in the fourth quarter of 2012 largely as a result of consolidating facilities in the United States and Asia.

- 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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