Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment at December 31 consisted of:



	2012			2011
Land	$	15,260		$	14,995
Buildings	127,117			119,286
Machinery and equipment	492,087			469,102
	634,464			603,383
Less accumulated depreciation	(401,367		)	(392,599		)
	$	233,097		$	210,784

Depreciation expense was $34,218, $36,772 and $36,026 during 2012, 2011 and 2010, 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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