Property, Plant, And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant, And Equipment [Abstract]

3. PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT

Components of property, plant, and equipment at December 31 consisted of the following (in thousands):


	2011			2010
Land and land improvements	$	15,801		$	15,239
Building and improvements		68,402			65,156
Machinery and equipment		193,355			178,427
Construction in progress		7,010			3,122
Property, plant, and equipment, gross		284,568			261,944
Less: accumulated depreciation		(132,594	)		(116,161	)
Property, plant, and equipment, net	$	151,974		$	145,783

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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