PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment, net, consist of the following:



	December 31,
(in thousands)	2012		2011

Assets, at cost:
Land	$	45,561	$	45,840
Buildings and improvements	409,451		372,156
Machinery and equipment	848,331		680,240
Construction in progress	50,647		42,648
	1,353,990		1,140,884
Less: Accumulated depreciation	739,285		549,439
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	614,705	$	591,445

- 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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