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PROPERTY, PLANT & EQUIPMENT (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Major Classes of Depreciable Assets | The major classes of depreciable assets are as follows:
|  | December 31,
In thousands |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Machinery and equipment |  | $ | 728,257 |  |  | $ | 645,354 |
Buildings and improvements |  | 259,561 |  |  | 225,307 |
Land and improvements |  | 38,228 |  |  | 41,569 |
Property, plant and equipment |  | 1,026,046 |  |  | 912,230 |
Less: accumulated depreciation |  | (452,074 | ) |  | (393,854 | )
Total |  | $ | 573,972 |  |  | $ | 518,376 |
Estimated Useful Lives of Property Plant and Equipment | The estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment are as follows:
| Years
Land improvements | 10 to 20
Building and improvements | 20 to 40
Machinery and equipment | 3 to 15

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