Property, Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Following is a summary of property, plant and equipment:



	December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Land	$	294,553	325,976
Buildings and improvements	977,411		1,059,136
Machinery and equipment	3,324,657		3,166,457
Furniture and fixtures	121,147		115,954
Leasehold improvements	63,985		60,289
Construction in progress	348,460		222,337
	5,130,213		4,950,149
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	2,427,003		2,248,406
Net property, plant and equipment	$	2,703,210	2,701,743

Additions to property, plant and equipment included capitalized interest of $9,202, $8,167 and $4,577 in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Depreciation expense was $315,840, $276,432 and $217,393 for 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Included in the property, plant and equipment are capital leases with a cost of $5,477 and $7,207 and accumulated depreciation of $5,313 and $5,817 as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, 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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