Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Classes of Property, Plant and Equipment

The provision for depreciation has been computed principally by the straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of the depreciable assets as follows:

Category	Useful Life
Buildings	30 years
Leased assets and leasehold improvements	Amortized over the lesser of the economic life of the asset or the term of the lease
Machinery and equipment	3 – 10 years

The classes of property, plant and equipment as of December 31 are summarized as follows ($ in millions):

	2016			2015
Land and improvements	$	63.5		$	66.0
Buildings and leasehold improvements	340.8			344.8
Machinery and equipment	1,147.5			1,080.8
Gross property, plant and equipment	1,551.8			1,491.6
Less: accumulated depreciation	(1,004.2		)	(976.8		)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	547.6		$	514.8