Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of the following:

	December 31
	2019			2018
	(In thousands)
Land	$	157,100		$	162,326
Buildings	648,595			642,986
Leasehold improvements	71,577			84,320
Machinery and equipment	1,781,324			1,873,505
Construction in progress	31,711			45,349
	2,690,307			2,808,486
Less accumulated depreciation	(1,869,941		)	(1,802,304		)
Total	$	820,366		$	1,006,182

Depreciation expense amounted to $126.7 million, $133.0 million and $145.1 million during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

There was no material interest capitalized during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018.

See Note 18 for information regarding property, plant and equipment write-downs incurred in conjunction with our facility closings and certain other events.