Property, Plant and Equipment Property, Plant and Equipment

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are recorded at historical cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Accumulated depreciation on property, plant and equipment was $1,671.7 million and $1,559.1 million as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

Solothurn, Switzerland Facility

We are building a large-scale biologics manufacturing facility in Solothurn, Switzerland. We expect this facility to be operational by the end of 2020. Upon completion, the facility will include 393,000 square feet related to a large-scale biologics manufacturing facility, 290,000 square feet of warehouse, utilities and support space and 51,000 square feet of administrative space. As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, we had approximately $1.5 billion and $1.2 billion, respectively, capitalized as construction in progress related to this facility. As of June 30, 2018, we had contractual commitments of approximately $230.0 million outstanding related to the construction of this facility.