PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

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



	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Land and improvements	$	64,642		$	67,243
Buildings and improvements	232,290			242,261
Machinery and equipment	578,312			617,709
Tools, dies and molds	104,600			112,997
Construction-in-process	48,664			42,539
	1,028,508			1,082,749
Less accumulated depreciation	(461,865		)	(443,942		)
	$	566,643		$	638,807

Depreciation on fixed assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, totaled $63.3 million and $53.0 million, respectively.

Included in the total building and improvements are capital leases of $5.5 million and $4.6 million at September 30, 2014, and December 31, 2013, respectively. Included in the total of machinery and equipment are capital leases of $48.5 million and $40.6 million at September 30, 2014, and December 31, 2013, respectively. See note 2 for additional information on the mining asset impairment of $23.2 million recorded in the second quarter of 2014.

- 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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