Property, Plant and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):



	September 30, 2012			December 31, 2011
Land	$	2,010		$	1,432
Buildings and improvements	564,465			520,137
Machinery and equipment	314,031			246,584
Capitalized leases for machinery, equipment, buildings, and land	40,621			76,244
	921,127			844,397
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(292,685		)	(235,528		)
	628,442			608,869
Construction in progress	62,777			78,807
	$	691,219		$	687,676

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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