Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 consisted of the following:

	December 31
	2016			2015
	(In thousands)
Land	$	174,323		$	174,620
Buildings	673,687			666,697
Leasehold improvements	82,284			76,985
Machinery and equipment	1,921,436			1,850,012
Construction in progress	24,362			32,116
	2,876,092			2,800,430
Less accumulated depreciation	(1,712,241		)	(1,626,293		)
Total	$	1,163,851		$	1,174,137

Depreciation expense amounted to $151.9 million, $149.7 million and $156.5 million during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

There was no material interest capitalized during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.

See Note 15 for information regarding property, plant and equipment write-downs incurred in conjunction with our restructuring plans and certain other events.