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Property, Plant and Equipment
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Property, Plant and Equipment

Note 4. Property, Plant and Equipment

 

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

 

     
     As of September 30,      As of December 31,  
     2016      2015  
     (in millions)  

Land and land improvements

   $ 502       $ 495   

Buildings and building improvements

     2,872         2,753   

Machinery and equipment

     10,411         10,044   

Construction in progress

     1,383         1,262   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     15,168         14,554   

Accumulated depreciation

     (6,703      (6,192
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

   $ 8,465       $ 8,362   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Capital expenditures of $909 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 exclude $274 million of accrued capital expenditures remaining unpaid at September 30, 2016 and include payment for $322 million of capital expenditures that were accrued and unpaid at December 31, 2015.

In connection with our restructuring program, we recorded non-cash asset write-downs (including accelerated depreciation and asset impairments) of $120 million in the three months and $233 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and $56 million in the three months and $191 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015 (see Note 6, 2014-2018 Restructuring Program). These charges were recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings within asset impairment and exit costs as follows:

 

                                                                           
     For the Three Months Ended      For the Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,      September 30,  
     2016      2015      2016      2015  
     (in millions)  

Latin America

   $ 3       $ 6       $ 16       $ 40   

Asia Pacific

     6         18         24         46   

EEMEA

     10         2         16         4   

Europe

     42         14         77         51   

North America

     59         16         98         50   

Corporate

                     2           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-cash asset write-downs

   $ 120       $ 56       $ 233       $ 191