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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summary of goodwill | A summary of goodwill follows:
| 2012 |  | 2011
Electrical Americas | $ | 2,677 |  |  | $ | 2,043 |
Electrical Rest of World | 1,188 |  |  | 981 |
Cooper | 7,725 |  |  | — |
Hydraulics | 1,404 |  |  | 1,116 |
Aerospace | 1,045 |  |  | 1,040 |
Truck | 149 |  |  | 150 |
Automotive | 208 |  |  | 207 |
Total goodwill | $ | 14,396 |  |  | $ | 5,537 |
Summary of other intangible assets | A summary of other intangible assets follows:
| 2012 |  | 2011
| Historical cost |  | Accumulated amortization |  | Historical cost |  | Accumulated amortization
Intangible assets not subject to amortization (primarily trademarks) | $ | 1,296 |  |  |  |  | $ | 451 |  |  |
Intangible assets subject to amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships | $ | 4,100 |  |  | $ | 428 |  |  | $ | 1,173 |  |  | $ | 322 |
Patents and technology | 1,500 |  |  | 325 |  |  | 849 |  |  | 308 |
Other | 792 |  |  | 156 |  |  | 481 |  |  | 132 |
Total other intangible assets | $ | 6,392 |  |  | $ | 909 |  |  | $ | 2,503 |  |  | $ | 762 |
Expense related to intangible assets subject to amortization in 2012, and for each of the next five years | Amortization expense related to intangible assets subject to amortization in 2012, and estimated amortization expense for each of the next five years, follows:
2012 | $ | 186 |
2013 | 420 |
2014 | 413 |
2015 | 409 |
2016 | 405 |
2017 | 402 |
Other Intangible Assets Related to the Acquistion of Cooper [Table Text Block] | The estimated fair value of these identifiable intangible assets, their estimated useful lives and valuation methodology are as follows:
| Fair value |  | Useful life |  | Valuation method
Trade names (indefinite-lived) | $ | 845 |  |  | N/A |  | Relief-from-royalty
Trade names | 307 |  |  | 3-15 |  | Relief-from-royalty
Customer relationships | 2,780 |  |  | 14-20 |  | Multi-period excess earnings
Technology | 645 |  |  | 8-15 |  | Relief-from-royalty
| $ | 4,577 |  |  |  |  |

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