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Property, Plant And Equipment
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Property, Plant And Equipment
NOTE 9. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
 
Land and Buildings
 
Machinery and Equipment
 
Leasehold Improve-
ments
 
Computer Equipment and Software
 
Assets under Capital Lease
 
Furniture and Fixtures
 
Assets under Construc-
tion
 
Total
 
(In thousands)
Cost:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
At January 1, 2014
$
191,141

 
$
83,431

 
$
22,323

 
$
73,057

 
$
5,012

 
$
4,743

 
$
69,497

 
$
449,204

Additions
19,012

 
9,199

 
1,157

 
38,675

 
4,784

 
159

 
10,659

 
83,645

Additions due to acquisitions
16,409

 
5,057

 
1,581

 
3,149

 
—

 
618

 
277

 
27,091

Disposals/transfers/impairments/other
—

 
(5,175
)
 
(8,691
)
 
(25,789
)
 
(3,714
)
 
(2,208
)
 
(572
)
 
(46,149
)
Effect of currency translation
(2,070
)
 
(613
)
 
(205
)
 
(108
)
 
—

 
(94
)
 
—

 
(3,090
)
At December 31, 2014
$
224,492

 
$
91,899

 
$
16,165

 
$
88,984

 
$
6,082

 
$
3,218

 
$
79,861

 
$
510,701

Accumulated Depreciation:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
At January 1, 2014
$
(17,388
)
 
$
(30,983
)
 
$
(15,625
)
 
$
(49,939
)
 
$
(3,357
)
 
$
(2,027
)
 
$
(3,011
)
 
$
(122,330
)
Additions
(13,381
)
 
(11,599
)
 
(553
)
 
(14,360
)
 
(1,697
)
 
(1,075
)
 
—

 
(42,665
)
Disposals/transfers/impairments/other
—

 
6,052

 
8,118

 
22,159

 
3,234

 
2,025

 
—

 
41,588

Effect of currency translation
113

 
131

 
26

 
97

 
—

 
42

 
—

 
409

At December 31, 2014
$
(30,656
)
 
$
(36,399
)
 
$
(8,034
)
 
$
(42,043
)
 
$
(1,820
)
 
$
(1,035
)
 
$
(3,011
)
 
$
(122,998
)
Net Book Amount:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
At December 31, 2014
$
193,836

 
$
55,500

 
$
8,131

 
$
46,941

 
$
4,262

 
$
2,183

 
$
76,850

 
$
387,703

At December 31, 2013
$
173,753

 
$
52,448

 
$
6,698

 
$
23,118

 
$
1,655

 
$
2,716

 
$
66,486

 
$
326,874


Depreciation expense, including expense related to assets under capital lease, was $42.7 million, $41.5 million and $32.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
During the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, the Company recorded impairment charges totaling $4.3 million, $7.5 million and $5.7 million, respectively, to completely write off certain miscellaneous property, plant and equipment amounts that were taken out of service. These charges were related to our ongoing efforts to improve our operating efficiency and to consolidate certain locations, including our generics research and development operations and our corporate headquarters. These charges are included in the Asset impairment charges line item in our Consolidated Statement of Operations.