Property And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

NOTE 6.

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment, net, consisted of the following (in thousands):


	December 31,
	2011		2010

Land and improvements	$	7,439	$	7,446
Buildings and improvements		115,482		109,090
Leasehold improvements		27,447		20,080
Machinery and equipment		128,257		110,406
Office furniture and equipment		28,791		26,806
Computer hardware and software		93,272		81,971
Construction in progress		21,662		20,826
		422,350		376,625
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		205,573		174,900
Total property and equipment, net	$	216,777	$	201,725

Depreciation and amortization expense of property and equipment was $37.5 million, $35.1 million, and $39.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

In 2007, we began the renovation and expansion of our primary facility in Westbrook, Maine, which was substantially complete as of December 31, 2011. We capitalized $7.9 million related to this project during the year ended December 31, 2011 and $80.2 million since the project's inception. In 2011, we began the construction of a new administrative building adjacent to our primary facility in Westbrook, Maine. We capitalized $3.4 million related to this project during the year ended December 31, 2011.

During the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, we capitalized $5.7 million, $7.8 million and $10.6 million, respectively, related to computer software developed for internal use.

- 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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