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Business Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2014

Business Segment Information [Abstract]

Revenue from External Customers by Products and Services

Net sales for the Company's products and services are as follows for the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 (in thousands):

				Three Months Ended
				March 29, 2014			March 30, 2013
Product net sales:
	Waters instrument systems			$	176,364		$	184,524
	Chemistry				75,203			73,133
	TA instrument systems				33,228			36,057
		Total product sales			284,795			293,714
Service net sales:
	Waters service				132,042			123,768
	TA service				13,671			12,856
		Total service sales			145,713			136,624
Total net sales				$	430,508		$	430,338

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of entity-wide revenues from external customers for each product or service or each group of similar products or services if the information is not provided as part of the reportable operating segment information.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 280

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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