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Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Property, Plant and Equipment

E.    PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:

		2015				2014
		(in thousands)
Land		$	16,561			$	16,561
Buildings			108,797				108,671
Machinery and equipment			595,445				659,743
Furniture and fixtures, and software			82,612				77,566
Leasehold improvements			43,328				31,981
Construction in progress			2,630				2,508
			849,373				897,030
Less: accumulated depreciation			575,959				567,992
		$	273,414			$	329,038

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 was $68.2 million, $73.4 million and $57.3 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the gross book value included in machinery and equipment for internally manufactured test systems being leased by customers was $20.4 million and $89.6 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the accumulated depreciation on these test systems was $8.5 million and $19.9 million, respectively.

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- 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.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13-14)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 205
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51717284&loc=d3e1361-107760

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51719941&loc=d3e2921-110230

Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229

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