PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

5. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

(In thousands)	June 30, 2012		December 31, 2011

Machinery and equipment	$	1,450,977	$	1,425,297
Land and land improvements		88,791		89,364
Buildings		200,355		203,621
Construction-in-progress		36,688		38,975

Property, plant and equipment, at cost		1,776,811		1,757,257
Accumulated depreciation		1,142,758		1,116,357

Property, plant and equipment, net	$	634,053	$	640,900

- 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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