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Property, Plant and Equipment, net | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property, Plant and Equipment, net | Property, Plant and Equipment, net Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:
| December 31,
(in thousands) | 2015 |  | 2014
Land | $ | 28,698 |  |  | $ | 29,390 |
Buildings and site improvements | 171,890 |  |  | 175,058 |
Leasehold improvements | 5,560 |  |  | 5,602 |
Machinery and equipment | 232,560 |  |  | 228,440 |
| 438,708 |  |  | 438,490 |
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization | (257,115 | ) |  | (245,383 | )
| 181,593 |  |  | 193,107 |
Capital projects in progress | 32,123 |  |  | 13,920 |
| $ | 213,716 |  |  | $ | 207,027 |
Included in property, plant and equipment at December 31, 2015 and 2014, are fully depreciated assets with an original cost of $156.7 million and $161.1 million, respectively. These fully depreciated assets are still in use in the Company’s operations. In December 2015, the Company purchased for $12.6 million a manufacturing facility in West Chicago for the purposes of combining the operations of its two leased chemical facilities into one owned facility. The Company estimates 2016 costs to complete improvements to operate out of the new facility will be $7.0 million to $10.0 million. The Company capitalizes certain development costs associated with internal use software, including external direct costs of materials and services and payroll costs for employees devoting time to a software project. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, depreciable capitalized software development costs were $1.6 million and $1.8 million, respectively, and included in capital projects in progress at December 31, 2015 and 2014, were software in development costs of $12.2 million and $8.3 million, respectively. Costs incurred during the preliminary project stage, as well as costs for maintenance and training, are expensed as incurred. Depreciation expense was $20.4 million for both years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014,and was $20.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2013.

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