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Derivative Instruments - Financial Information Related to Hedging of Net Assets Included in Consolidated Statements of Operations (Detail) € in Thousands, £ in Thousands, CZK in Thousands, BRL in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jul. 04, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 28, 2014 USD ($)	Jul. 04, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 28, 2014 USD ($)	Jul. 04, 2015 GBP (£)	Jul. 04, 2015 EUR (€)	Jul. 04, 2015 CZK	Jul. 04, 2015 BRL	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2014 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2014 CZK	Dec. 31, 2014 BRL
Derivative [Line Items]
Realized (loss) gain from foreign exchange derivatives	$ (933)	$ 516	$ 3,370	$ 541
Gain (loss) on net foreign currency assets	12,185	(473)	(19,309)	(790)
Foreign exchange gain (loss)	11,252	$ 43	(15,939)	$ (249)
Net fair value of outstanding contracts	206		206						$ 250
Foreign Exchange Forward [Member] | British Pound/US Dollar [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional balance of outstanding contracts versus the dollar | £					£ 15,882					£ 4,574
Foreign Exchange Forward [Member] | Euro/US Dollar [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional balance of outstanding contracts versus the dollar | €						€ 171,446					€ 40,218
Foreign Exchange Forward [Member] | British Pound/Euro [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional balance of outstanding contracts versus the dollar | £					£ 11,482					£ 0
Foreign Exchange Forward [Member] | US Dollar /Canadian Dollar [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional balance of outstanding contracts versus the dollar	$ 38,315		$ 38,315						$ 0
Foreign Exchange Forward [Member] | Czech Koruna /US Dollar [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional balance of outstanding contracts versus the dollar | CZK							CZK 266,579					CZK 0
Foreign Exchange Forward [Member] | Brazilian Real /US Dollar [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional balance of outstanding contracts versus the dollar | BRL								BRL 44,485					BRL 0

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