Consolidated Financial Statements
Notes
Notes on the consolidated balance sheet
17. Property, plant and equipment 17. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
As of December 31, the acquisition and manufacturing costs as well as accumulated depreciation of property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:
| Acquisition and manufacturing costs | |||||||
| in million € |
As of January 1, 2008 |
Foreign currency translation |
Changes in entities consolidated |
Ad- ditions |
Reclassifi- cations |
Dis- posals |
As of December 31, 2008 |
| Land and land facilities | 168 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 199 |
| Buildings and improvements | 2,108 | 19 | 60 | 201 | 51 | 15 | 2,424 |
| Machinery and equipment | 2,598 | -19 | 129 | 321 | 95 | 101 | 3,023 |
| Machinery, equipment and rental equipment under capital leases |
137 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 138 |
| Construction in progress | 300 | -2 | 22 | 217 | -189 | 2 | 346 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 5,311 | -1 | 237 | 749 | -43 | 123 | 6,130 |

