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Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment [Text Block]

Note 8 – Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment comprise:

		December 31,
		2012		2011
Land	$	8,346	$	8,198
Building and improvements		72,292		71,029
Machinery and equipment		134,754		130,939
Construction in progress		9,785		4,529
		225,177		214,695
Less accumulated depreciation		(140,065)		(131,779)
	$	85,112	$	82,916

The Company leases certain equipment under capital leases in Europe, South America and the U.S. Gross property, plant and equipment includes $1,275 and $1,297 of capital leases with $569 and $766 of accumulated depreciation at December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The following is a schedule by years of future minimum lease payments:

For the year ended December 31,
2013	$	291
2014		147
2015		99
2016		65
2017		58
2018 and beyond		0
Total net minimum lease payments		660
Less amount representing interest		(48)
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	612

- 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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