Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment consist of:



	December 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
Land and improvements	$	1,442		$	1,418
Buildings	15,418			14,950
Machinery and equipment	167,090			161,214
Leasehold improvements	17,212			16,614
	201,162			194,196
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(117,050		)	(114,938		)
	$	84,112		$	79,258

Depreciation and amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 was $17,843, $11,063 and $10,608, respectively.

Future machinery and equipment purchase commitments at Liggett were $3,266 and $3,796 at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

- 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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