PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

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



	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
Land and improvements	$	67,953		$	67,243
Buildings and improvements	241,294			242,261
Machinery and equipment	614,014			617,709
Tools, dies and molds	113,882			112,997
Construction-in-process	49,735			42,539
	1,086,878			1,082,749
Less accumulated depreciation	(458,071		)	(443,942		)
	$	628,807		$	638,807

Depreciation on fixed assets for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, totaled $21.8 million and $19.0 million, respectively.

Included in the total building and improvements are capital leases of $4.7 million and $4.6 million at March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, respectively. Included in the total of machinery and equipment are capital leases of $40.0 million and $40.6 million at March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, 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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