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PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT, NET

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

6. PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT, NET

	December 31, 2011			December 31, 2010

	(in thousands)
Land and buildings	$	106,891		$	105,272
Machinery and equipment		248,704			253,283
Construction in progress		11,623			4,420

Property, plant and equipment		367,218			362,975
Accumulated depreciation		(245,426	)		(240,756	)

Property, plant, and equipment, net	$	121,792		$	122,219

Included in Construction in progress are computer software costs of $2.6 million as of December 31, 2011. There were no computer software costs capitalized as of December 31, 2010.

- Definition

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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