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Property, plant, and equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant, and equipment

Note 6 - Property, plant, and equipment

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

December 31,		2012				2011				Estimated Lives
(in thousands)
Property, plant, and equipment
- Land		$	535			$	535
- Buildings			830				830			39 years
- Building improvements			770				770			39 years
- Equipment			8,253				7,312			3-7 years
- Equipment under capital lease			231				231			5-7 years
- Vehicles			1,212				1,056			5 years
- Lab and computer equipment, software			2,017				903			3-5 years
- Furniture & fixtures			246				233			7-8 years
- Leasehold improvements			40				40			3 years
- Equipment under construction			96				609
Subtotal			14,230				12,519
Accumulated depreciation & amortization			9,465				9,078
Total		$	4,765			$	3,441

Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 were $524,000 and $470,000, respectively.

Included in lab and computer equipment is software acquired for EffTec International, Inc. (“EffTec”) for $995,000 of which $600,000 was paid with the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock.

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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