Property, Plant and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):



	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Land	$	1,764		$	2,152
Buildings and improvements	596,655			581,286
Machinery and equipment	390,069			360,199
Capitalized leases for machinery, equipment, buildings, and land	22,444			35,129
	1,010,932			978,766
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(373,931		)	(313,067		)
	637,001			665,699
Construction in progress	12,590			18,303
	$	649,591		$	684,002

- 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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