Building machinery and equipment at October 31, 2025 and 2024 consisted of the following:

 

   Estimated Useful Life  2025   2024 
Improvements  15-30 years   1,043,050    279,813 
Building  31 years   900,321    900,321 
Machinery and equipment  7 years   8,805,748    8,673,925 
Furniture and fixtures  7 years   1,359,202    1,359,203 
Property plant and equipment gross      12,108,321    11,213,262 
              
Less: accumulated depreciation      8,645,249    7,991,397 
Property plant and equipment net      3,463,072    3,221,865 

About PP&E Disclosures

The PP&E disclosure details a company's physical asset base — land, buildings, machinery, and equipment — along with the depreciation methods and useful life assumptions that determine how these costs flow through the income statement. Capitalization policy thresholds reveal management's judgment on the boundary between expense and asset, directly affecting both reported earnings and asset values.

Key signals: changes in estimated useful lives or depreciation methods can materially shift reported earnings without any operational change. Compare capital expenditures against depreciation expense — when capex consistently trails depreciation, the asset base may be aging and underinvested. Watch for large asset impairments or write-downs that signal overvalued carrying amounts. Asset retirement obligations reveal future environmental or decommissioning costs that are often underappreciated. Compare PP&E intensity (PP&E-to-revenue) against industry peers to assess capital efficiency and competitive positioning.