english - About Heraeus
english - About Heraeus
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In financial year 2012, impairment losses of property, plant, and equipment of € 26.8 million<br />
(previous year: € 2.4 million) were performed. €10.9 million of this was performed<br />
for the <strong>Heraeus</strong> Precious Metals business group, € 6.9 million for the <strong>Heraeus</strong> Materials<br />
Technology business group, € 6.2 million for the <strong>Heraeus</strong> Dental business group, and<br />
€ 2.8 million for the <strong>Heraeus</strong> Quarzglas business group.<br />
Assets from finance lease agreements were capitalized as property, plant, and equipment.<br />
They are broken down as follows:<br />
in € million deC. 31, 2012 deC. 31, 2011<br />
Buildings 13.2 17.1<br />
Technical equipment and machinery 2.4 0.5<br />
Other equipment, furniture, and fixtures 0.4 0.4<br />
Leased assets 16.0 18.0<br />
The most significant finance lease agreements concern the lease of office and production<br />
buildings and warehouses at the locations in Belgium, Poland, and the USA. The agreements<br />
have basic terms of five to 16 years. In addition to the customary price adjustment<br />
clauses, extension and purchase options are set down in the agreements.