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Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

10. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:


December 31, 2011		Gross Cost				Accumulated Depreciation				Net Cost
Land			86				—				86
Buildings			955				(363	)			592
Facilities & leasehold improvements			3,086				(2,479	)			607
Machinery and equipment			14,320				(11,828	)			2,492
Computer and R&D equipment			508				(444	)			64
Other tangible assets			169				(140	)			29
Construction in progress			50				—				50

Total			19,174				(15,254	)			3,920


December 31, 2010		Gross Cost				Accumulated Depreciation				Net Cost
Land			88				—				88
Buildings			989				(345	)			644
Facilities & leasehold improvements			3,053				(2,390	)			663
Machinery and equipment			13,933				(11,551	)			2,382
Computer and R&D equipment			519				(441	)			78
Other tangible assets			211				(144	)			67
Construction in progress			124				—				124

Total			18,917				(14,871	)			4,046

The line “Construction in progress” in the table above includes property, plant and equipment under construction and equipment under qualification before operating.

Buildings, Facilities & leasehold improvements and Machinery and equipment include assets acquired under capital lease. The Net Cost of Assets under capital lease for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 was $7 million and $10 million, respectively.

The depreciation charge in 2011, 2010 and 2009 was $1,068 million, $1,033 million and $1,159 million, respectively.

Capital investment funding has totaled $11 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 and $4 million in each of the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Public funding reduced depreciation charges by $12 million, $13 million and $22 million in 2011, 2010 and 2009 respectively.

For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 the Company made equipment sales for cash proceeds of $26 million, $29 million and $10 million respectively.

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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