Property, plant, and equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Note 6 - Property, plant, and equipment

Elements of property, plant, and equipment are as follows:

December 31,	2011		2010		Estimated Lives
(in thousands)
Property, plant, and equipment
- Land	$	535	$	535
- Buildings		830		830		39 years
- Building improvements		770		754		39 years
- Equipment		7,312		7,072		3-7 years
- Equipment under capital lease		231		105		5-7 years
- Vehicles		1,056		1,050		5 years
- Lab equipment and computers		903		792		3-5 years
- Furniture & fixtures		233		152		7-8 years
- Leasehold improvements		40		68		3 years
- Equipment under construction		609		349
Subtotal		12,519		11,707
Accumulated depreciation & amortization		9,078		8,699
Total	$	3,441	$	3,008

- 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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