Property, Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Following is a summary of property, plant and equipment:



	December 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
Land	$	178,110	180,584
Buildings and improvements	730,668		682,395
Machinery and equipment	2,550,779		2,470,485
Furniture and fixtures	98,519		90,963
Leasehold improvements	54,880		54,501
Construction in progress	145,368		160,929
	3,758,324		3,639,857
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	2,065,472		1,927,703
Net property, plant and equipment	$	1,692,852	1,712,154

Additions to property, plant and equipment included capitalized interest of $4,577, $6,197 and $4,240 in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Depreciation expense was $217,393, $220,580 and $218,649 for 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Included in the property, plant and equipment are capital leases with a cost of $7,219 and $7,803 and accumulated depreciation of $5,581 and $5,881 as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, 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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