Note E - Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Jan. 02, 2021

Notes to Financial Statements

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE E—PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Cost of property and equipment and their estimated useful lives is as follows:

			January 2,		December 28,
	Year		2021		2019
Buildings		39.5	$	79,673	$	71,256
Laboratory and production equipment		5-7		37,198		33,180
Computer equipment and software		3-5		55,965		53,421
Furniture and fixtures		3-5		6,517		6,512
Automobiles		3-5		705		573
Leasehold improvements		3-5		15,242		13,396
Land improvements		15		3,217		3,098
				198,517		181,436
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization				116,388		104,516
				82,129		76,920
Land				7,250		6,824
Deposits and projects in process				11,066		11,489
			$	100,445	$	95,233

Depreciation of property and equipment was $12,242, $13,088, and $15,222, for the years ended 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively.