Property, Plant and Equipment

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

4. Property, Plant and Equipment


	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
	(in millions)
Land	$	20.1		$	20.4
Buildings and equipment		1,293.6			1,283.4
Capitalized software costs		293.8			294.7
Instruments		1,735.1			1,696.3
Construction in progress		127.6			115.8

		3,470.2			3,410.6
Accumulated depreciation		(2,169.5	)		(2,121.8	)

Property, plant and equipment, net	$	1,300.7		$	1,288.8

- 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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