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Goodwill And Intangible Assets, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Estimated Useful Lives For Intangible Assets |
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Asset Classification |  | Estimated Useful Life |
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Patents |  | 13 years |
Product rights(1) |  | 5 to 15 years |
Customer-related intangible assets(2) |  | 5 to 1 7 years |
Noncompete agreements |  | 3 to 5 years |
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| (1) |  | Product rights comprise certain technologies, intellectual property, licenses and trade names acquired from third parties.
| (2) |  | Customer-related intangible assets comprise customer lists and customer relationships acquired from third parties.
Schedule Of Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill | ﻿ ﻿
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﻿ |  | December 31, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015 |
﻿ |  |  | Cost |  |  | Accumulated Amortization |  |  | Cost |  |  | Accumulated Amortization |
﻿Patents |  | $ | 2,192 |  | $ | 2,075 |  | $ | 2,192 |  | $ | 1,907 |
﻿Product rights (1) |  |  | 29,748 |  |  | 20,877 |  |  | 35,318 |  |  | 22,976 |
﻿Customer-related intangible assets (2) |  |  | 74,922 |  |  | 38,190 |  |  | 86,806 |  |  | 44,232 |
﻿Noncompete agreements |  |  | 1,111 |  |  | 676 |  |  | 1,413 |  |  | 705 |
﻿ |  | $ | 107,973 |  | $ | 61,818 |  | $ | 125,729 |  | $ | 69,820 |
| (1) |  | Product rights comprise certain technologies, licenses and trade names acquired from third parties.
| (2) |  | Customer-related intangible assets are comprised of customer lists and customer relationships acquired from third parties.
Schedule Of Expected Amortization Expense |
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﻿ |  | Amortization Expense |
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﻿2017 |  | $ | 8,467 |
﻿2018 |  |  | 7,453 |
﻿2019 |  |  | 6,561 |
﻿2020 |  |  | 5,261 |
﻿2021 |  |  | 4,457 |
﻿Thereafter |  |  | 13,956 |
﻿ |  | $ | 46,155 |
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Schedule Of Goodwill |
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﻿ |  | CAG |  |  | Water |  |  | LPD |  |  | Other |  |  | Consolidated Total |
﻿Balance as of December 31, 2013 | $ | 141,408 |  | $ | 14,515 |  | $ | 18,067 |  | $ | 6,531 |  | $ | 180,521 |
﻿Business Combinations |  | 13,077 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 13,077 |
﻿Impact of Changes in Foreign Currency Exchange Rates |  | (6,334) |  |  | (826) |  |  | (1,988) |  |  | - |  |  | (9,148) |
﻿Balance as of December 31, 2014 | $ | 148,151 |  | $ | 13,689 |  | $ | 16,079 |  | $ | 6,531 |  | $ | 184,450 |
﻿Business Combinations |  | 5,047 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 5,047 |
﻿Impact of Changes in Foreign Currency Exchange Rates |  | (8,007) |  |  | (651) |  |  | (1,905) |  |  | - |  |  | (10,563) |
﻿Balance as of December 31, 2015 | $ | 145,191 |  | $ | 13,038 |  | $ | 14,174 |  | $ | 6,531 |  | $ | 178,934 |
﻿Business Combinations |  | 1,720 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 1,720 |
﻿Impact of Changes in Foreign Currency Exchange Rates |  | (717) |  |  | (2,148) |  |  | 439 |  |  | - |  |  | (2,426) |
﻿Balance as of December 31, 2016 | $ | 146,194 |  | $ | 10,890 |  | $ | 14,613 |  | $ | 6,531 |  | $ | 178,228 |
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