Property Plant and Equipment	6 Months Ended
Property Plant and Equipment	Jun. 30, 2011
Property Plant and Equipment [Abstract]
Property Plant and Equipment	Note 15. Property Plant and Equipment During the first quarter of 2011, $1,343 of property, plant and equipment at Eltmann was deconsolidated from the financial statements of NN. (See Note 1 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements). During the first quarter of 2010, we incurred $1,000 of accelerated depreciation to adjust certain assets that ceased to be used as of part of the Tempe Plant closure to the new estimated salvage values. (See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements).

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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