Property And Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

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



	September 30, 2012			December 31, 2011
Machinery and equipment	$	358,078		$	360,215
Land, buildings and improvements	93,636			95,737
Furniture and fixtures	13,332			14,034
Leasehold improvements	16,023			15,750
	481,069			485,736
Less allowance for depreciation	(358,436		)	(356,024		)
	$	122,633		$	129,712

- 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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