PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:



	2013			2012
Land	$	47,234		$	48,607
Buildings and improvements	519,166			488,463
Machinery and equipment	761,341			745,615
Information technology hardware & software	221,504			229,438
Furniture and fixtures	101,029			96,595
	1,650,274			1,608,718
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(875,326		)	(857,725		)
	$	774,948		$	750,993

Depreciation expense from continuing operations for property, plant and equipment for fiscal years 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $86,428, $82,852 and $75,283, 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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