Property, Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

Note 5: Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following at December 31, 2011 and 2010:


	At December 31,
	2011			2010
	(In millions)
Land and land improvements	$	100.5		$	104.0
Buildings and leasehold improvements		195.4			198.4
Machinery, equipment and other		311.0			290.4
Construction in progress		15.7			2.6

Total		622.6			595.4
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(131.5	)		(105.0	)

Net property, plant and equipment	$	491.1		$	490.4

The Company recorded $7.8 million, $1.4 million and $19.3 million of impairment charges in 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively, related to fixed assets. The impairment charge recorded in 2011 and 2010 related to certain assets held for sale in order to recognize the assets at their fair value less cost to sell in accordance with FASB ASC 360-10-35-43, "Property, Plant and Equipment – Other Presentation Matters." Of the $19.3 million impairment charge recorded in 2009, $1.8 million related to certain assets that we determined did not have a recoverable carrying value based on the projected undiscounted cash flows and $17.5 million related to certain assets held for sale in order to recognize the assets at their fair value less cost to sell. The fair values of each property were determined based on appraisals obtained from a third party, pending sales contracts or recent listing agreements with third party brokerage firms. The Company had $10.0 million and $14.3 million of assets held for sale, classified within "Other current assets" as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

- 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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