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<font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">useful life by
the straight-line method. Useful lives for certain property, plant
and equipment are as follows:</font></p>
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<p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">Buildings</font></p>
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<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">10—40 years</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td>
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<p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">Land improvements</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">10—20 years</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td>
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<p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">Machinery and
equipment</font></p>
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<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">3—
25 years</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td>
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<p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">Furniture and
fixtures</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">10 years</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td>
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