Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment [Text Block]

7. Property, Plant and Equipment, net

The components of property, plant and equipment, net were as follows:

	December 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Land	$	56,583	$	53,623
Buildings and improvements	527,192		529,982
Machinery, equipment and other	1,648,354		1,555,345
Property, plant and equipment, gross	2,232,129		2,138,950
Total accumulated depreciation	(1,389,811)		(1,332,453)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	842,318	$	806,497

Total depreciation expense was $133,340, $138,712 and $133,107 for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.