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Segment Reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Operations of the Company's operating segments

The following tables show the operations of the Company’s operating segments:

	Net Sales to				Net Sales to												As of September 30,
For the three months ended	External				Other				Total Net				Segment				2014
September 30, 2014	Customers				Segments				Sales				Profit				Goodwill
U.S. Operations	$	195,827			$	20,058			$	215,885			$	34,769			$	308,112
Swiss Operations	35,375				112,544				147,919				40,286				22,748
Western European Operations	174,502				32,076				206,578				29,691				103,844
Chinese Operations	107,907				41,416				149,323				35,983				741
Other (a)	115,489				1,864				117,353				13,148				14,094
Eliminations and Corporate (b)	—				(207,958		)		(207,958		)		(27,177		)		—
Total	$	629,100			$	—			$	629,100			$	126,700			$	449,539

(a) Other includes reporting units in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia and other countries.

(b) Eliminations and Corporate includes the elimination of inter-segment transactions and certain corporate expenses and intercompany investments, which are not included in the Company’s operating segments.

	Net Sales to				Net Sales to
For the nine months ended	External				Other				Total Net				Segment
September 30, 2014	Customers				Segments				Sales				Profit
U.S. Operations	$	553,177			$	61,969			$	615,146			$	93,187
Swiss Operations	101,172				328,932				430,104				113,011
Western European Operations	505,935				88,950				594,885				74,252
Chinese Operations	299,450				114,358				413,808				93,279
Other (a)	328,821				4,946				333,767				33,236
Eliminations and Corporate (b)	—				(599,155		)		(599,155		)		(76,364		)
Total	$	1,788,555			$	—			$	1,788,555			$	330,601

	Net Sales to				Net Sales to												As of September 30,
For the three months ended	External				Other				Total Net				Segment				2013
September 30, 2013	Customers				Segments				Sales				Profit				Goodwill
U.S. Operations	$	181,224			$	21,775			$	202,999			$	32,810			$	307,933
Swiss Operations	33,003				107,856				140,859				34,445				23,745
Western European Operations	165,174				26,869				192,043				26,128				106,192
Chinese Operations	104,549				42,145				146,694				32,965				741
Other (a)	107,737				1,302				109,039				11,885				13,488
Eliminations and Corporate (b)	—				(199,947		)		(199,947		)		(22,152		)		—
Total	$	591,687			$	—			$	591,687			$	116,081			$	452,099

	Net Sales to				Net Sales to
For the nine months ended	External				Other				Total Net				Segment
September 30, 2013	Customers				Segments				Sales				Profit
U.S. Operations	$	526,239			$	57,817			$	584,056			$	90,806
Swiss Operations	94,864				308,498				403,362				104,705
Western European Operations	467,691				81,909				549,600				67,783
Chinese Operations	293,047				110,290				403,337				86,987
Other (a)	312,879				4,231				317,110				30,803
Eliminations and Corporate (b)	—				(562,745		)		(562,745		)		(73,164		)
Total	$	1,694,720			$	—			$	1,694,720			$	307,920

(a) Other includes reporting units in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia and other countries.

(b) Eliminations and Corporate includes the elimination of inter-segment transactions and certain corporate expenses and intercompany investments, which are not included in the Company’s operating segments.

Reconciliation of earnings before taxes to segment profit

A reconciliation of earnings before taxes to segment profit for the three and nine month periods ended September 30 follows:

	Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
	2014				2013				2014				2013
Earnings before taxes	$	111,836			$	97,796			$	285,618			$	257,805
Amortization	7,198				6,675				21,575				17,604
Interest expense	5,991				5,557				17,613				16,500
Restructuring charges	1,050				5,532				4,447				13,730
Other charges (income), net	625				521				1,348				2,281
Segment profit	$	126,700			$	116,081			$	330,601			$	307,920

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Tabular disclosure of Net Sales to External Customers, Net Sales to Other Segments, Total Net Sales, Segment Profit, and Goodwill, by Segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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