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Business Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 02, 2016

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 2, 2016 and April 4, 2015 (in thousands):

				Three Months Ended
				April 2, 2016			April 4, 2015
Product net sales:
	Waters instrument systems			$	188,529		$	188,504
	Chemistry				84,150			78,183
	TA instrument systems				35,178			36,186
		Total product sales			307,857			302,873
Service net sales:
	Waters service				151,514			142,981
	TA service				15,875			14,550
		Total service sales			167,389			157,531
Total net sales				$	475,246		$	460,404

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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
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 40
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51669610&loc=d3e9031-108599

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