Property, Plant and Equipment (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, Plant and Equipment

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

	June 30, 2016		March 31, 2016
Land	$	73,692	$	63,907
Building and building improvements	498,860		458,379
Machinery and equipment	1,739,188		1,645,617
Projects in process	109,168		99,370
Total property, plant and equipment, gross	2,420,908		2,267,273
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	1,688,092		1,657,877
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	732,816	$	609,396

Depreciation expense attributed to property, plant and equipment was $30.6 million and $24.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015, respectively.