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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

(5) PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment, at cost, consist of the following:

	2011		2010

Land and improvements	$	64,001	$	59,965
Buildings and improvements		229,389		219,890
Machinery and equipment		475,292		467,466
Transportation equipment		33,927		30,156
Office furniture and equipment		75,229		70,867
Construction in progress		33,804		16,943

	$	911,642	$	865,287

The Company leases certain facilities, machinery, computer equipment and transportation equipment under operating leases with unexpired terms ranging from one to fifteen years. Rental expense for operating leases amounted to $22,775, $15,652, and $16,293 for fiscal 2011, 2010, and 2009, respectively.

Minimum lease payments under operating leases expiring subsequent to December 31, 2011 are:


Fiscal year ending
2012	$	23,769
2013		19,596
2014		16,865
2015		14,173
2016		11,841
Subsequent		45,696

Total minimum lease payments	$	131,940

- 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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