PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following (in millions):


	June 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Land	$	168	$	166
Buildings and leasehold improvements	1,240		1,221
Machinery and equipment	5,373		5,220
Construction in progress	472		522
	7,253		7,129
Accumulated depreciation	(3,530)		(3,400)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	3,723	$	3,729

Machinery and equipment includes certain precious metals used in our production tooling, which comprise approximately 9% of total machinery and equipment as of both June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022. Precious metals used in our production tooling are depleted as they are consumed during the production process, which typically represents an annual expense of about 3% of the outstanding carrying value.

Our production tooling needs in our Composites segment are changing in response to economic and technological factors. As a result, we exchanged certain precious metals used in production tooling for certain other precious metals to be used in production tooling. These non-cash investing activities are not included in Net cash flow used for investing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. There were no non-cash exchanges during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, these non-cash exchanges resulted in a net increase to Machinery and equipment of $7 million and $11 million, respectively, and gains totaling $7 million and $11 million, respectively. The gains are included in Other expense (income), net on the Consolidated Statements of Earnings and are reflected in the Corporate, Other and Eliminations reporting category. We do not expect these exchanges to materially impact our current or future capital expenditure requirements or rate of depletion.