Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 consisted of the following:

	December 31
	2018			2017
	(In thousands)
Land	$	162,326		$	175,243
Buildings	642,986			677,827
Leasehold improvements	84,320			83,366
Machinery and equipment	1,873,505			1,867,168
Construction in progress	45,349			29,952
	2,808,486			2,833,556
Less accumulated depreciation	(1,802,304		)	(1,739,492		)
Total	$	1,006,182		$	1,094,064

Depreciation expense amounted to $133.0 million, $145.1 million and $151.9 million during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

There was no material interest capitalized during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

See Note 17 for information regarding property, plant and equipment write-downs incurred in conjunction with our facility closings and certain other events.