Property, Plant and Equipment Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment, net

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:



	December 31,
(in thousands)	2019			2018
Land	$	28,092		$	30,034
Buildings and site improvements	195,210			198,809
Leasehold improvements	4,911			4,826
Machinery and equipment	351,379			330,076
	579,592			563,745
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(346,594		)	(318,388		)
	232,998			245,357
Capital projects in progress	16,014			9,240
	$	249,012		$	254,597

Property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, includes fully depreciated assets with an original cost of $211.2 million and $196.8 million, respectively. These fully depreciated assets are still in use in the Company’s operations. The Company capitalizes certain development costs associated with internal use software, including the direct costs of services provided by third-party consultants and payroll for internal employees, both of which are performing development and implementation activities on a software project. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company had capitalized software development costs net of accumulated amortization of $28.6 million and $26.4 million, respectively, and as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, $3.2 million and $3.6 million, respectively, was included in capital projects in progress.

In November 2019, the Company sold its selling and distribution facility in British Columbia, Canada for approximately $9.5 million in net proceeds after closing costs and sale price adjustments, which resulted in an estimated gain on disposal of fixed assets of $5.6 million. To provide a temporary transition until the relocates to the new leased facility, the Company is leasing back the sold facility from the buyer for approximately five months. The Company treated the leaseback transaction as a short-term lease and will recognize the rent expense on the straight-line basis over the lease term.

In November 2018, the Company sold a facility that was not occupied by the Company and was leased to a third party. The Company received net proceeds of $17.5 million, after closing costs and sales price adjustments.

Depreciation expense, including depreciation of equipment, internally developed software and software acquired through capital lease arrangements, was $32.6 million, $33.3 million and $21.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.