PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

NOTE 6. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property, plant and equipment, net at December 31 is as follows:


	2011			2010
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land	$	58,322		$	11,065
Buildings and improvements		284,249			241,498
Machinery and equipment		2,146,010			1,940,579
Construction in progress		81,297			63,409

		2,569,878			2,256,551
Accumulated depreciation		(1,505,170	)		(1,406,831	)

	$	1,064,708		$	849,720

- 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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