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Debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Debt [Abstract] |
Schedule of Debt |
| 2015 |  | 2014
$100 million Senior Notes, interest at 6.30%, due June 25, 2015 | — |  |  | 100,000 |
$50 million Senior Notes, interest at 3.67%, due December 17, 2022 | 50,000 |  |  | 50,000 |
$50 million Senior Notes, interest 4.10%, due September 19, 2023 | 50,000 |  |  | 50,000 |
$125 million Senior Notes, interest 3.84%, due September 19, 2024 | 125,000 |  |  | 125,000 |
$125 million Senior Notes, interest 4.24% due June 25, 2025 | 125,000 |  |  | — |
Euro 125 million Senior Notes, interest 1.47% due June 17, 2030 | 136,575 |  |  | — |
$800 million Credit Agreement, interest at LIBOR plus 87.5 basis points | 90,409 |  |  | 110,790 |
Other local arrangements | 14,488 |  |  | 16,164 |
Total debt | 591,472 |  |  | 451,954 |
Less: current portion | (14,488 | ) |  | (116,164 | )
Long-term debt | $ | 576,984 |  |  | $ | 335,790 |

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