Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property, plant and equipment, net at December 31 was as follows:



	2013			2012
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land	$	60,783		$	60,287
Buildings and improvements	328,324			326,405
Machinery and equipment	2,372,648			2,281,694
Construction in progress	53,382			63,608
	2,815,137			2,731,994
Accumulated depreciation	(1,696,694		)	(1,633,185		)
	$	1,118,443		$	1,098,809

Depreciation expense in 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $157.3 million, $158.4 million and $153.3 million, 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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