PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

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



	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Land and improvements	$	66,511		$	66,012
Buildings and improvements	193,393			192,135
Machinery and equipment	581,591			555,261
Tools, dies and molds	106,094			117,341
Construction-in-process	47,776			49,136
	995,365			979,885
Less accumulated depreciation	(433,659		)	(411,541		)
	$	561,706		$	568,344

Depreciation on fixed assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, totaled $53.0 million and $34.1 million, respectively.

Included in the total building and improvements are capital leases of $4.6 million and $4.5 million at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively. Included in the total of machinery and equipment are capital leases of $39.7 million and $36.0 million at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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