Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

9. Property, Plant and Equipment

The components of property, plant and equipment are summarized below:

(in thousands)	2011	2010	Estimated useful life

Land and land improvements	$28,145	$29,645	25 years for improvements

Buildings	247,274	250,157	25 to 40 years

Machinery and equipment	836,193	834,699	10 years

Furniture and fixtures	9,423	22,243	5 years

Computer and other equipment	11,261	8,624	3 to 10 years

Software	50,661	47,719	5 to 8 years

Property, plant and equipment, gross	$1,182,957	$1,193,087

Accumulated depreciation	(743,441)	(711,135)

Property, plant and equipment, net	$439,516	$481,952

Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to income as incurred and amounted to $20.0 million in 2011, $20.8 million in 2010, and $19.2 million in 2009.

Depreciation expense was $56.4 million in 2011, $53.4 million in 2010, and $59.5 million in 2009. Software amortization is recorded in Selling and general expense and was $5.8 million, $5.6 million, and $5.3 million for 2011, 2010, and 2009, respectively. Capital expenditures, including capitalized software, were $27.5 million in 2011, $31.0 million in 2010, and $41.9 million in 2009. Unamortized software cost was $27.7 million and $30.3 million as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

- 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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