Property, Plant and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure

5. Property, Plant and Equipment, net

	September 30, 2017			December 31, 2016
Land	$	72,514		$	68,575
Buildings and improvements	633,137			597,523
Machinery, equipment and other	1,930,667			1,802,832
Property, plant and equipment, gross	2,636,318			2,468,930
Total accumulated depreciation	(1,623,553		)	(1,523,260		)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	1,012,765		$	945,670

Depreciation expense totaled $49,986 and $42,786 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, depreciation expense was $141,029 and $132,316, respectively.