Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

F. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:


	2013		2012
	(in thousands)
Land	$	16,561	$	16,561
Buildings		107,632		106,706
Machinery and equipment		600,848		606,414
Furniture and fixtures, and software		81,994		93,683
Leasehold improvements		30,757		29,585
Construction in progress		622		3,425

		838,414		856,374
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization		563,178		590,592

	$	275,236	$	265,782

Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $57.3 million, $55.0 million and $51.0 million, 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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