Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

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



	December 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
Land	$	1,764		$	2,010
Buildings and improvements	489,535			581,286
Machinery and equipment	365,783			360,199
Capitalized leases for machinery, equipment, buildings, and land	16,133			35,129
	873,215			978,624
Accumulated amortization	(395,520		)	(313,067		)
	477,695			665,557
Construction in progress	8,578			18,303
	$	486,273		$	683,860

Rent expense for operating lease agreements was $16.7 million, $14.1 million and $14.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

- 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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