PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment at December 31, 2013 and 2012, consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):



	2013			2012
Land and improvements	$	67,243		$	66,012
Buildings and improvements	242,261			192,135
Machinery and equipment	617,709			555,261
Tools, dies and molds	112,997			117,341
Construction-in-process	42,539			49,136
	1,082,749			979,885
Less accumulated depreciation	(443,942		)	(411,541		)
	$	638,807		$	568,344

Depreciation related to property, plant and equipment for the years 2013, 2012 and 2011 totaled $75.7 million, $51.1 million, and $43.1 million, respectively.

Included in the total of building and improvements are capital leases of $4.6 million and $4.5 million at December 31, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively. Included in the total of machinery and equipment are capital leases of $40.6 million and $36.0 million at December 31, 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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