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Business Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 03, 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 and nine months ended October 3, 2015 and September 27, 2014 (in thousands):

				Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
				October 3, 2015			September 27, 2014			October 3, 2015			September 27, 2014
Product net sales:
	Waters instrument systems			$	219,196		$	213,122		$	625,276		$	595,670
	Chemistry				78,173			77,853			234,095			229,633
	TA instrument systems				39,564			40,190			112,471			111,922
		Total product sales			336,933			331,165			971,842			937,225
Service net sales:
	Waters service				148,206			146,038			438,104			423,155
	TA service				15,439			15,962			45,776			45,094
		Total service sales			163,645			162,000			483,880			468,249
Total net sales				$	500,578		$	493,165		$	1,455,722		$	1,405,474

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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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-Publisher FASB



-Name Accounting Standards Codification



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