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Business Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 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 and nine months ended September 27, 2014 and September 28, 2013 (in thousands):

				Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
				September 27, 2014			September 28, 2013			September 27, 2014			September 28, 2013
Product net sales:
	Waters instrument systems			$	213,122		$	196,989		$	595,670		$	576,981
	Chemistry				77,853			75,413			229,633			223,000
	TA instrument systems				40,190			40,541			111,922			111,887
		Total product sales			331,165			312,943			937,225			911,868
Service net sales:
	Waters service				146,038			130,308			423,155			386,332
	TA service				15,962			14,066			45,094			40,570
		Total service sales			162,000			144,374			468,249			426,902
Total net sales				$	493,165		$	457,317		$	1,405,474		$	1,338,770

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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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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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