Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

6)	Property, Plant and Equipment


		December 31,
	Estimated Useful Life	2014		2013
Land owned		$	7,548	$	6,139
Land under capital lease			2,097		1,437
Buildings and improvements owned	15-40 years		52,641		45,964
Buildings under capital lease	20 years		6,225		3,172
Machinery and equipment	3-12 years		408,299		261,842
Construction in process			21,027		20,745


			497,837		339,299
Less - accumulated depreciation			219,395		218,210


Property, plant and equipment, net		$	278,442	$	121,089

During the year ended December 31, 2014 we acquired $168,521 in property, plant and equipment with the four acquisitions completed during 2014. (See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements).

For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, depreciation expense was $ 20,817, $16,957 and $17, 643, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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