Property, Plant and Equipment

6 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2019

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, Plant and Equipment

The components of property, plant and equipment were:

	October 31,			April 30,
(in thousands)	2019			2019
Land	$	4,431		$	4,751
Buildings and improvements	114,794			114,421
Buildings and improvements - finance leases	11,202			11,202
Machinery and equipment	304,075			294,993
Machinery and equipment - finance leases	30,649			30,574
Construction in progress	12,641			7,002
	477,792			462,943
Less accumulated amortization and depreciation	(270,893		)	(254,680		)
Total	$	206,899		$	208,263

Amortization and depreciation expense on property, plant and equipment amounted to $9.2 million and $9.0 million for the three months ended October 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $18.3 million and $17.8 million for the six months ended October 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Accumulated amortization on finance leases included in the above table amounted to $31.4 million and $30.8 million as of October 31, 2019 and April 30, 2019, respectively.