Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

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



In thousands	December 31, 2014			December 28, 2013
Land	$	54,919		$	50,780
Buildings and land improvements	240,515			179,821
Machinery, equipment and other	755,590			569,157
Construction in progress	49,887			28,181
Subtotal	1,100,911			827,939
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(230,681		)	(175,159		)
Total	$	870,230		$	652,780

Depreciation expense was $101.8 million, $64.4 million and $58.1 million for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014, December 28, 2013 and December 29, 2012, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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