Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

11. Property, Plant and Equipment

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

(in thousands)	2013		2012		Estimated useful life

Land and land improvements	$27,081		$26,985		25 years for improvements

Buildings	240,849		244,104		25 to 40 years

Machinery and equipment	903,037		863,811		10 years

Furniture and fixtures	6,818		7,249		5 years

Computer and other equipment	12,843		11,946		3 to 10 years

Software	50,246		47,576		5 to 8 years

Property, plant and equipment, gross	1,240,874		1,201,671

Accumulated depreciation	(822,044	)	(781,517	)

Property, plant and equipment, net	$418,830		$420,154

Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to income as incurred and amounted to $17.5 million in 2013, $17.0 million in 2012, and $20.0 million in 2011.

Depreciation expense was $57.0 million in 2013, $56.6 million in 2012, $56.1 million in 2011. Software amortization is recorded in Selling, general, and administrative expense and was $6.0 million in 2013, $5.8 million in 2012 and 2011. Capital expenditures, including capitalized software, were $64.5 million in 2013, $37.2 million in 2012, and $27.4 million in 2011. Unamortized software cost was $19.2 million and $22.4 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, 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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