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Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

I. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consist of (table in thousands):

	December 31,		December 31,
	2011		2010
Furniture and fixtures	$	180,800	$	156,466
Equipment		4,680,118		4,117,984
Buildings and improvements		1,748,214		1,580,597
Land		117,513		115,899
Building construction in progress		146,650		100,865
		6,873,295		6,071,811
Accumulated depreciation		(4,040,146)		(3,543,379)
	$	2,833,149	$	2,528,432

Depreciation expense was $727.9 million, $595.3 million and $565.5 million in 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Building construction in progress at December 31, 2011 includes $65.8 million for facilities not yet placed in service that we are holding for future use.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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