PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Information regarding the Company's property, plant and equipment is as follows (in thousands):



	December 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
Land and buildings	$	120,165		$	117,653
Machinery and equipment	261,415			255,390
Construction in progress	23,684			18,683
Property, plant and equipment	405,264			391,726
Accumulated depreciation	(240,245		)	(253,833		)
Property, plant, and equipment, net	$	165,019		$	137,893

Included in construction in progress are computer software costs of $12.6 million and $10.2 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively During 2014, $1.3 million of computer software costs were capitalized. No computer software costs were capitalized in 2013. During 2014 and 2013, the Company capitalized interest of approximately $0.4 million and $0.2 million, respectively. No interest was capitalized in 2012.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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