PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment, net consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):



	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
Land and improvements	$	65,223		$	66,012
Buildings and improvements	192,242			192,135
Machinery and equipment	569,814			555,261
Tools, dies and molds	117,163			117,341
Construction-in-process	57,976			49,136
	1,002,418			979,885
Less accumulated depreciation	(435,869		)	(411,541		)
	$	566,549		$	568,344

Depreciation on fixed assets for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, totaled $19.0 million and $11.4 million, respectively.

Included in the total building and improvements are capital leases of $4.3 million and $4.5 million at March 31, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively. Included in the total of machinery and equipment are capital leases of $35.5 million and $36.0 million at March 31, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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