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Breeze-Eastern (Breeze-Eastern) Property, Plant and Equipment : $5.81 Mil (As of Sep. 2015)


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What is Breeze-Eastern Property, Plant and Equipment?

Breeze-Eastern's quarterly net PPE declined from Mar. 2015 ($5.70 Mil) to Jun. 2015 ($5.51 Mil) but then increased from Jun. 2015 ($5.51 Mil) to Sep. 2015 ($5.81 Mil).

Breeze-Eastern's annual net PPE declined from Mar. 2013 ($6.69 Mil) to Mar. 2014 ($6.33 Mil) and declined from Mar. 2014 ($6.33 Mil) to Mar. 2015 ($5.70 Mil).


Breeze-Eastern Property, Plant and Equipment Historical Data

The historical data trend for Breeze-Eastern's Property, Plant and Equipment can be seen below:

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Breeze-Eastern Property, Plant and Equipment Chart

Breeze-Eastern Annual Data
Trend Mar06 Mar07 Mar08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15
Property, Plant and Equipment
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Breeze-Eastern Quarterly Data
Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15
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Breeze-Eastern Property, Plant and Equipment Calculation

Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE) are the fixed assets of the companyFixed assets are also known as non-current assets.

Property, plant, and equipment includes assets that will - in the normal course of business - neither be used up in the next year nor will become a part of any product sold to customers.

Some of the most common parts of property, plant, and equipment are:


Land
Buildings (and leasehold improvements)
Transportation equipment
Manufacturing equipment
Office equipment
Office furniture

Companies with lots of property, plant, and equipment often have special categories. For example, railroad property includes:


Track
Ties
Ballast
Bridges
Tunnels
Signals
Locomotives
Freight Cars

There is often a note in the financial statements - found in a company's 10-K - that will explain the different categories of property a company owns.

The market value of property, plant, and equipment can differ tremendously from the book value of property, plant, and equipment.

For example, when Berkshire Hathaway liquidated its textile mills, it had to pay the buyers of the company's manufacturing equipment to haul the equipment away. That property, plant, and equipment was literally worth less than zero. On the other hand, some companies own thousands of acres of land.

All property, plant, and equipment other than land is depreciated. Land is never depreciated. However, land is not marked up to market value either. Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), land is shown on the balance sheet at cost.

The property, plant, and equipment line shown on the balance sheet is usually net property, plant, and equipment. This means it is the cost of the property, plant, and equipment less accumulated depreciation.


Breeze-Eastern  (AMEX:BZC) Property, Plant and Equipment Explanation

A company with durable competitive advantage doesn't need to constantly upgrade its equipment to stay competitive. The company replaces when it wears out. On the other hand, a company without any advantages must replace to keep pace.

Difference between a company with a moat and one without is that the company with the competitive advantage finances new equipment through internal cash flows, whereas the no advantage company requires debt to finance.

Producing a consistent product that doesn't change equates to consistent profits. There is no need to upgrade plants which frees up cash for other ventures. Think Coca Cola, Johnson & Johnson etc.


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Breeze-Eastern (Breeze-Eastern) Business Description

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Breeze-Eastern Corp a Delaware corporation was organized in 1962. The Company designs, develops, manufactures, sells and services sophisticated engineered mission equipment for specialty aerospace and defense applications. Its core business is aerospace and defense products. The Company develops helicopter hoist and winch systems, including systems for the current generation of Sikorsky H-60 Blackhawk and Naval Hawk, Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey, Boeing CH-47 Chinook, Dolphin, Changhe Z-11, Agusta Westland A-W109, AW119 and AW139 helicopter. It also designs, markets, sells and services a line of hydraulic and electric aircraft cargo winch system. Its external cargo hook systems are original equipment on military medium and heavy lift helicopters. Its latest designs incorporate load sensing and display technology and automatic load release features. It also manufactures cargo and aircraft tie-downs which are included in this product line. It makes static-line retrieval and cargo winches for military cargo aircraft including the Boeing C-17, Alenia C-27J and CASA CN-235 and CASA C-295. Its weapons handling systems include weapons handling equipment for land-based rocket launchers and munitions hoists for loading missiles and other loads using electric power or exchangeable battery packs. It supplies this equipment for the United States, Japanese and European Multiple-Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) and the United States High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS). It performs overhaul, repair and maintenance services for all of its products. These services are performed at its Whippany, New Jersey facility. It also has licensed third-party vendors to perform these services.
Executives
Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value Lp 10 percent owner 450 SEVENTH AVENUE, SUITE 509, NEW YORK NY 10123
Nelson Obus 10 percent owner
Wynnefield Capital Management Llc 10 percent owner 450 SEVENTH AVE, STE 509, NEW YORK NY 10123
Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value Lp I 10 percent owner 450 SEVENTH AVENUE, SUITE 509, NEW YORK NY 10123
Joshua Landes 10 percent owner
Wynnefield Capital Inc 10 percent owner 450 SEVENTH AVE, STE 509, NEW YORK NY 10123
Wynnefield Small Cap Value Offshore Fund Ltd 10 percent owner 450 SEVENTH AVE, STE 509, NEW YORK NY 10123
Frederick Gerald Wasserman director 4 NOBADEER DRIVE, PENNINGTON NJ 08534
Russell M Sarachek director 4718 FOXHALL CRESCENTS NW, WASHINGTON DC 20007
William H Alderman director C/O AVIATION SALES CO, 6905 N.W. 25TH ST, MIAMI FL 33122
Channel Partnership Ii L P 10 percent owner 450 SEVENTH AVENUE SUITE 509, NEW YORK NY 10123
Jay R Harris director
Gail Lieberman director 175 EAST 79TH STREET, APT. 4D, NEW YORK NY 10075
Joseph S Bracewell director WASHINGTONFIRST BANKSHARES, INC., 11921 FREEDOM DRIVE, SUITE 250, RESTON VA 20190
John H Dalton director 50 OLD WEBSTER ROAD, OXFORD MA 01540

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