PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

7. PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT

	December 31, 2012			December 31, 2011

	(in thousands)
Land and buildings	$	108,841		$	106,891
Machinery and equipment		257,665			248,704
Construction in progress		11,886			11,623

Property, plant and equipment		378,392			367,218
Accumulated depreciation		(253,554	)		(245,426	)

Property, plant and equipment, net	$	124,838		$	121,792

Included in construction in progress are computer software costs of $4.7 million and $2.6 million as of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

- 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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