Property, Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

Note 7: Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 consist of the following:


	2011			2010
Land and land improvements	$	27,470			30,587
Buildings		160,427			175,513
Machinery and equipment		292,131			274,865
Tooling, dies, patterns, etc.		65,789			61,263
Office furniture and equipment		46,224			47,540
Other		18,415			17,201
Construction in progress		34,634			17,604
		645,090			624,573
Accumulated depreciation		(354,178	)		(338,010	)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	290,912			286,563

- 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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