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Business Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 04, 2015

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 April 4, 2015 and March 29, 2014 (in thousands):

				Three Months Ended
				April 4, 2015			March 29, 2014
Product net sales:
	Waters instrument systems			$	188,504		$	176,364
	Chemistry				78,183			75,203
	TA instrument systems				36,186			33,228
		Total product sales			302,873			284,795
Service net sales:
	Waters service				142,981			132,042
	TA service				14,550			13,671
		Total service sales			157,531			145,713
Total net sales				$	460,404		$	430,508

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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

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