PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

Property, plant and equipment have been recorded at cost.  Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives of the related assets:

	Years
Building and improvements	25 - 40
Machinery and equipment	7 - 20
Tools, dies and molds	2 - 9

Property, plant and equipment at December 31, 2015 and 2014, consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

	2015			2014
Land and improvements	$	35,605		$	60,012
Buildings and improvements	230,097			214,472
Machinery and equipment	575,216			585,318
Tools, dies and molds	90,798			103,353
Construction-in-process	36,498			48,170
	968,214			1,011,325
Less accumulated depreciation	(518,194		)	(483,911		)
	$	450,020		$	527,414