Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Note 7: Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 consist of the following:


	2012			2011
Land and land improvements	$	28,200			27,470
Buildings		169,082			160,427
Machinery and equipment		307,871			292,131
Tooling, dies, patterns, etc.		74,909			65,789
Office furniture and equipment		54,130			46,224
Other		19,550			18,415
Construction in progress		26,974			34,634
		680,716			645,090
Accumulated depreciation		(385,472	)		(354,178	)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	295,244			290,912

- 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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