Property, Plant and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:



	September 29, 2012			December 31, 2011
Land	$	19,691		$	19,691
Buildings	94,236			93,184
Building and leasehold improvements	30,719			28,619
Machinery and equipment	654,653			577,262
Furniture and fixtures	7,053			6,535
Computer equipment and software	49,821			44,361
Assets in process	49,798			107,464
Total property, plant and equipment, gross	905,971			877,116
Accumulated depreciation	(461,272		)	(407,173		)
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	444,699		$	469,943

The Company reported depreciation expense as follows:



	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 29, 2012		October 1, 2011		September 29, 2012		October 1, 2011
Depreciation expense	$	22,701	$	15,537	$	64,352	$	43,558

- 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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