Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

6. Property, Plant and Equipment

Major classifications and expected lives of property, plant and equipment are summarized below:

(In thousands)		December 31,
	Expected Life	2014			2013
Land		$	339		$	372
Office buildings	39 years		3,709			4,012
Production facilities	10 - 20 years		9,345			9,209
Machinery and equipment	3 - 15 years		30,683			36,944
Furniture and fixtures	3 - 20 years		1,509			1,534
Total			45,585			52,071
Less accumulated depreciation			(28,286	)		(28,956	)
Property, plant and equipment, net			17,299			23,115
Construction in progress			1,590			684
		$	18,889		$	23,799

The amounts of depreciation expense calculated on the Company's property, plant and equipment for the year ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 was $3,445,000 and $3,175,000, respectively. In the fourth quarter of 2014, we wrote off the net book value of approximately $2,140,000 for production equipment that was taken out of service.