Property, Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant And Equipment

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

The classes of property, plant and equipment as of December 31 are summarized as follows ($ in millions):

	2015			2014
Land and improvements	$	187.7		$	186.5
Buildings	1,234.9			1,037.3
Machinery and equipment	2,787.4			2,249.3
Customer-leased instruments	1,287.7			1,235.8
Gross property, plant and equipment	5,497.7			4,708.9
Less: accumulated depreciation	(2,672.1		)	(2,537.0		)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	2,825.6		$	2,171.9