Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment, at cost, as of December 28, 2014 and December 29, 2013, consisted of the following:



	December 28, 2014			December 29, 2013
	(In thousands)
Land	$	906		$	1,019
Building and leasehold improvements	175,040			171,393
Machinery and equipment	316,868			325,699
Total property, plant and equipment	492,814			498,111
Accumulated depreciation	(316,620		)	(314,923		)
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	176,194		$	183,188

Depreciation expense on property, plant and equipment for the fiscal years ended December 28, 2014, December 29, 2013 and December 30, 2012 was $33.3 million, $37.6 million and $35.0 million, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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