Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

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, 2020		December 31, 2019
Land	$	60,287	$	56,583
Buildings and improvements	570,366		527,192
Machinery, equipment and other	1,772,772		1,648,354
Property, plant and equipment, gross	2,403,425		2,232,129
Total accumulated depreciation	(1,506,099)		(1,389,811)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	897,326	$	842,318

Total depreciation expense was $140,008, $133,340 and $138,712 for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.