Property, Plant and Equipment (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Note (11) Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consists of the following (amounts in thousands):



	December 31, 2011		March 31, 2011
Land	$	46,529	$	46,497
Building and building improvements	372,910		375,611
Machinery and equipment	1,309,495		1,306,367
Projects in process	86,901		101,202
	1,815,835		1,829,677
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	1,282,183		1,289,164
	$	533,652	$	540,513

Depreciation expense attributed to property, plant and equipment was $21.5 million and $65.5 million for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2011, respectively, and $23.6 million and $69.9 million for the three and nine months ended December 31, 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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