Commitments and contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Commitments and contingencies

Commitments and contingencies

Note 11 - Commitments and contingencies

Rents and operating leases

The Company utilizes leased facilities and operates equipment under non-cancelable operating leases through July 2030. Below is a table of key properties:

			Lease
	Annual		Expiration
Location	Rent		Date
Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$	30,000	5/2024
Champaign, Illinois	$	609,000	12/2024
Champaign, Illinois (2nd location)	$	349,000	9/2026
Charlotte, North Carolina	$	34,000	5/2025
Escondido, California	$	230,000	6/2027
Hampstead, New Hampshire	$	33,000	8/2023
Long Beach, California	$	28,800	2/2024
Ontario, California	$	168,000	12/2024
Riverside, California	$	27,000	Month to Month
Rantoul, Illinois	$	36,000	Month to Month
Smyrna, Georgia	$	483,000	7/2030
Stony Point, New York	$	110,000	6/2023
Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey	$	158,000	8/2027

The Company rents properties and various equipment under operating leases. Operating lease expense for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 totaled approximately $2.6 million and $3.1 million. In addition to the properties above, the Company does at times utilize public warehouse space on a month to month basis. The Company typically enters into short-term leases for the facilities and wherever possible extends the expiration date of such leases.