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 at December 31, 2011 and 2010 consist of the following:

	2011		2010
Land and land improvements	$	19,554	$	18,967
Buildings		55,493		39,885
Machinery and equipment		263,187		215,537
Property, plant and equipment, gross		338,234		274,389
Less: accumulated depreciation		66,672		33,337
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	271,562	$	241,052

Depreciation expense for the periods February 26 to December 31, 2010 and January 1 to February 26, 2010 was $33.0 million and $6.4 million, respectively. Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2009 was $38.4 million and $44.6 million, 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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