Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

NOTE 6

Property, Plant and Equipment


(In thousands)	2011			2010
Land	$	11,804		$	11,818
Land improvements		51,703			51,017
Buildings and improvements		249,801			238,031
Machinery and equipment		1,660,636			1,576,932
Office and other equipment		6,058			5,787
Construction in progress		98,258			60,932

	$	2,078,260		$	1,944,517
Less accumulated depreciation		(1,342,694	)		(1,290,061)

	$	735,566		$	654,456

Included in 2011 buildings and improvements and machinery and equipment, respectively, is $23.1 million and $1.0 million associated with capital leases.

Depreciation expense, including amounts associated with capital leases, totaled $70.6 million, $46.2 million and $46.4 million in 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, we capitalized $3.7 million and $0.5 million of interest expense associated with the construction of our new manufacturing facilities in Shelby, North Carolina.

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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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