PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

The major categories of property, plant and equipment were as follows:



(In millions)	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Land	$	12.6		$	12.6
Buildings	725.6			550.8
Machinery, equipment and fixtures	736.1			650.3
Construction in progress	69.8			260.9
Accumulated depreciation	(646.7		)	(607.1		)
Property, plant and equipment — net	$	897.4		$	867.5

For the nine months ended September 30, 2014, buildings and machinery, equipment and fixtures increased primarily due to the in-service placement of the Company’s new manufacturing and technology center in Singapore.

- 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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