Property, Plant and Equipment, net

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

The components of property, plant and equipment, net are as follows:



(in millions)	March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Land and land improvements	$	11.4	$	11.3
Buildings	95.1		95.0
Machinery and equipment	795.7		791.3
Capital leases	1.9		2.0
	904.1		899.6
Less accumulated depreciation	756.0		748.0
	148.1		151.6
Construction in process	3.3		5.4
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	151.4	$	157.0

Depreciation expense associated with property, plant and equipment was $9.3 and $9.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, and 2012, respectively.

- 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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