Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:



(In thousands)	Estimated Useful Lives	December 31 2014			December 31 2013
Land	—	$	15,721		$	16,652
Land improvements	5-20 years	15,898			13,615
Buildings and improvements	5-40 years	205,409			192,346
Machinery and equipment	3-20 years	1,861,965			1,969,493
Uncompleted construction	—	87,414			86,508
Gross property, plant and equipment		2,186,407			2,278,614
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(1,523,163		)	(1,567,268		)
Property, plant and equipment, net		$	663,244		$	711,346

Included in the amounts are $22.3 million and $23.5 million of property, plant and equipment under capital leases at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Buildings and improvements include leasehold improvements that are amortized over the shorter of their useful lives or the initial term of the lease.

- 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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