Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment at December 31 consisted of:



	2011			2010
Land	$	14,995		$	15,711
Buildings	119,286			127,236
Machinery and equipment	469,102			468,108
	603,383			611,055
Less accumulated depreciation	(392,599		)	(392,621		)
	$	210,784		$	218,434

Depreciation expense was $36,772, $36,026 and $35,238 during 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

- 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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