Property, Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Following is a summary of property, plant and equipment:



	December 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Land	$	325,976	178,110
Buildings and improvements	1,059,136		730,668
Machinery and equipment	3,166,457		2,550,779
Furniture and fixtures	115,954		98,519
Leasehold improvements	60,289		54,880
Construction in progress	222,337		145,368
	4,950,149		3,758,324
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	2,248,406		2,065,472
Net property, plant and equipment	$	2,701,743	1,692,852

Additions to property, plant and equipment included capitalized interest of $8,167, $4,577 and $6,197 in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Depreciation expense was $276,432, $217,393 and $220,580 for 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Included in the property, plant and equipment are capital leases with a cost of $7,207 and $7,219 and accumulated depreciation of $5,817 and $5,581 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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