Property, Plant and Equipment, net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Property, Plant and Equipment, net.

Property, Plant and Equipment, net

Note 8. Property, Plant and Equipment, net

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

	December 31,
	2015			2014
	(in thousands)
Land and buildings	$	80,491		$	78,757
Machinery and equipment		11,080			8,370
Construction in process		1,451			370
Total cost		93,022			87,497
Accumulated depreciation		(62,991	)		(57,033	)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	30,031		$	30,464

        Depreciation expense was $2.4 million, $2.4 million and $3.2 million, for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. See Note 3 for additional discussion regarding the sale of corporate headquarters and related sale leaseback.