Property, Plant and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2020

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, Plant and Equipment

The components of property, plant and equipment were:

	January 31,			April 30,
(in thousands)	2020			2019
Land	$	4,431		$	4,751
Buildings and improvements	115,004			114,421
Buildings and improvements - finance leases	11,676			11,202
Machinery and equipment	308,141			294,993
Machinery and equipment - finance leases	30,772			30,574
Construction in progress	18,000			7,002
	488,024			462,943
Less accumulated amortization and depreciation	(279,244		)	(254,680		)
Total	$	208,780		$	208,263

Amortization and depreciation expense on property, plant and equipment amounted to $9.3 million and $9.0 million for the three months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $27.6 million and $26.8 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Accumulated amortization on finance leases included in the above table amounted to $31.9 million and $30.8 million as of January 31, 2020 and April 30, 2019, respectively.