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Business Segment Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Business Segment Information [Abstract] |
Business Segment Information | 15 Business Segment Information The accounting standards for segment reporting establish standards for reporting information about operating segments in annual financial statements and require selected information for those segments to be presented in interim financial reports of public business enterprises. They also establish standards for related disclosures about products and services, geographic areas and major customers. The Company's business activities, for which discrete financial information is available, are regularly reviewed and evaluated by the chief operating decision maker. As a result of this evaluation, the Company determined that it has two operating segments: Waters Division and TA Division. Waters Division is primarily in the business of designing, manufacturing, distributing and servicing LC and MS instruments, columns and other chemistry consumables that can be integrated and used along with other analytical instruments. TA Division is primarily in the business of designing, manufacturing, distributing and servicing thermal analysis, rheometry and calorimetry instruments. The Company's two divisions are its operating segments and each has similar economic characteristics; product processes; products and services; types and classes of customers; methods of distribution and regulatory environments. Because of these similarities, the two segments have been aggregated into one reporting segment for financial statement purposes. Please refer to the consolidated financial statements for financial information regarding the one reportable segment of the Company. Net sales for the Company's products and services are as follows for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands):
|  |  |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Product net sales: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Waters instrument systems |  | $ | 871,048 |  | $ | 840,608 |  | $ | 828,458
| Chemistry |  |  | 312,890 |  |  | 304,130 |  |  | 294,787
| TA instrument systems |  |  | 162,791 |  |  | 167,765 |  |  | 157,262
|  | Total product sales |  |  | 1,346,729 |  |  | 1,312,503 |  |  | 1,280,507
Service net sales: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Waters service |  |  | 579,759 |  |  | 532,323 |  |  | 509,412
| TA service |  |  | 62,856 |  |  | 59,392 |  |  | 53,722
|  | Total service sales |  |  | 642,615 |  |  | 591,715 |  |  | 563,134
Total net sales |  | $ | 1,989,344 |  | $ | 1,904,218 |  | $ | 1,843,641
Geographic sales information is presented below for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands):
|  |  |  |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Net Sales: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| United States |  | $ | 596,549 |  | $ | 557,734 |  | $ | 531,912
| Europe |  |  | 607,080 |  |  | 573,786 |  |  | 549,341
| Asia: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | China |  |  | 238,892 |  |  | 240,535 |  |  | 212,701
|  | Japan |  |  | 163,468 |  |  | 170,115 |  |  | 207,340
|  | Asia Other |  |  | 237,668 |  |  | 216,229 |  |  | 215,612
|  |  | Total Asia |  |  | 640,028 |  |  | 626,879 |  |  | 635,653
| Other |  |  | 145,687 |  |  | 145,819 |  |  | 126,735
Total net sales |  | $ | 1,989,344 |  | $ | 1,904,218 |  | $ | 1,843,641
The Other category includes Canada, Latin America and Puerto Rico. Net sales are attributable to geographic areas based on the region of destination. None of the Company's individual customers accounts for more than 2% of annua l Company sales. Long-lived assets information at December 31, 2014 and 2013 is presented below (in thousands):
|  |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Long-lived assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
| United States |  | $ | 181,851 |  | $ | 174,143
| Europe |  |  | 126,080 |  |  | 138,962
| Asia |  |  | 12,416 |  |  | 10,412
| Other |  |  | 1,236 |  |  | 1,415
Total long-lived assets |  | $ | 321,583 |  | $ | 324,932
The Other category includes Canada, Latin America and Puerto Rico. Long-lived assets exclude goodwill, other intangible assets and other assets.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8595-108599 + Details
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