Property, Plant & Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Note 7. Property, Plant & Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following for the periods indicated (in thousands):


	September 30, 2017		December 31, 2016
Land improvements	$	797	$	792
Building and improvements		73,729		69,368
Machinery and equipment		149,510		108,724
Furniture and fixtures		4,595		4,227
Computer equipment and software		7,768		6,836
Transportation equipment		706		236
		237,105		190,183
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(63,903)		(49,175)
		173,202		141,008
Construction in progress		7,178		1,989
Land		1,101		1,101
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	181,481	$	144,098

For the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, depreciation expense of property, plant and equipment was $5.3 million and $3.6 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, depreciation expense of property, plant and equipment was $14.0 million and $9.6 million, respectively.

Included in depreciation expense was $3.4 million and $2.1 million recorded as cost of sales for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Included in depreciation expense was $8.7 million and $6.0 million recorded as cost of sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.