PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

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



	December 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
	(in thousands)
Land and buildings	$	117,653		$	108,841
Machinery and equipment	255,390			257,665
Construction in progress	18,683			11,886
Property, plant and equipment	391,726			378,392
Accumulated depreciation	(253,833		)	(253,554		)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	137,893		$	124,838

Included in construction in progress are computer software costs of $10.2 million and $4.7 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. During 2013, the Company capitalized interest of approximately $0.2 million. No interest was capitalized in 2012 or 2011.

- 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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