Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2012

The range of useful lives used to depreciate property and equipment is as follows:



	Range of Useful Lives
Building and improvements	5 to 31 years
Machinery and equipment	2 to 15 years
Other	2 to 15 years

The major classes of property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:



In thousands	December 29, 2012			December 31, 2011
Land	$	31,989		$	31,720
Buildings and land improvements	116,225			116,731
Machinery, equipment and other	394,862			375,808
Construction in progress	42,227			15,533
Subtotal	585,303			539,792
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(106,134		)	(46,440		)
Total	$	479,169		$	493,352

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets

The weighted-average useful lives approximate the following:



	Weighted-Average Useful Lives
Technology	10 years
Customer relationships	10 years
Other intangibles, principally patents	6 years

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the useful life and salvage value of 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.

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