Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

5.	Property, Plant & Equipment

The following table details the components of property, plant & equipment, net:

	December 31, 2011			December 31, 2010
Land	$	54,113		$	45,793
Buildings and improvements		586,538			516,331
Machinery, equipment and other		2,033,926			1,801,714
		2,674,577			2,363,838
Accumulated depreciation		(1,673,707	)		(1,578,214	)
Total	$	1,000,870		$	785,624

- 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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