Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

A summary of property, plant and equipment follows (in thousands):



	December 31, 2011			January 1, 2011
Land	$	46,386		$	44,864
Buildings and improvements	117,505			110,988
Machinery and equipment	372,988			336,856
Vehicles	90,651			91,015
Aircraft	11,650			11,650
Construction in process	39,442			36,312
	678,622			631,685
Accumulated depreciation	(278,400		)	(238,265		)
	$	400,222		$	393,420

- 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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