Property, Plant and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:



(In thousands)	September 30 2014			December 31 2013
Land	$	16,274		$	16,652
Land improvements	16,139			13,615
Buildings and improvements	209,712			192,346
Machinery and equipment	1,918,643			1,969,493
Uncompleted construction	81,290			86,508
Gross property, plant and equipment	2,242,058			2,278,614
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(1,557,961		)	(1,567,268		)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	684,097		$	711,346

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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