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Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Sales, Segment Profit, Depreciation, Total Assets, and Purchases of PPE, and Goodwil by Segment [Table Text Block]

For the Year Ended December 31, 2015		Net Sales to External Customers				Net Sales to Other Segments				Total Net Sales				Segment Profit				Depreciation				Total Assets				Purchase of Property, Plant and Equipment				Goodwill
	U.S. Operations								$				825,290												$				87,488						$	912,778			$	147,331			$	6,153			$	1,511,618			$	(7,113	)		$	317,856
Swiss Operations		134,169				454,429				588,598				163,243				6,488				1,137,664				(6,650		)		21,841
Western European Operations		623,153				127,479				750,632				108,539				4,076				1,018,255				(5,940		)		92,389
Chinese Operations		376,291				183,604				559,895				153,314				7,086				510,327				(14,770		)		692
Other(a)		436,544				8,087				444,631				50,454				2,883				270,236				(4,306		)		13,506
Eliminations and Corporate(b)		—				(861,087		)		(861,087		)		(90,774		)		6,401				(2,429,615		)		(43,727		)		—
Total		$	2,395,447			$	—			$	2,395,447			$	532,107			$	33,087			$	2,018,485			$	(82,506	)		$	446,284

For the Year Ended December 31, 2014		Net Sales to External Customers				Net Sales to Other Segments				Total Net Sales				Segment Profit (c)				Depreciation				Total Assets				Purchase of Property, Plant and Equipment				Goodwill
	U.S. Operations								$				759,135												$				90,463						$	849,598			$	123,080			$	6,068			$	1,294,037			$	(6,627	)		$	308,861
Swiss Operations		138,581				461,171				599,752				152,090				6,621				1,018,941				(6,567		)		21,873
Western European Operations		708,755				124,349				833,104				120,580				4,422				1,061,455				(5,581		)		99,341
Chinese Operations		415,474				155,690				571,164				160,793				6,746				816,801				(19,793		)		740
Other(a)		464,038				7,527				471,565				52,461				2,820				261,036				(3,315		)		13,270
Eliminations and Corporate(b)		—				(839,200		)		(839,200		)		(102,133		)		6,940				(2,443,160		)		(47,505		)		—
Total		$	2,485,983			$	—			$	2,485,983			$	506,871			$	33,617			$	2,009,110			$	(89,388	)		$	444,085

For the Year Ended December 31, 2013		Net Sales to External Customers				Net Sales to Other Segments				Total Net Sales				Segment Profit (c)				Depreciation				Total Assets				Purchase of Property, Plant and Equipment				Goodwill
	U.S. Operations								$				718,671												$				83,182						$	801,853			$	126,423			$	6,223			$	1,242,501			$	(6,297	)		$	307,933
Swiss Operations		132,240				435,904				568,144				129,158				6,576				1,090,353				(6,801		)		24,288
Western European Operations		674,278				112,049				786,327				111,951				4,708				1,059,525				(6,096		)		108,662
Chinese Operations		407,131				149,084				556,215				152,459				6,527				731,650				(6,200		)		746
Other(a)		446,652				6,308				452,960				49,673				2,694				257,141				(7,172		)		14,213
Eliminations and Corporate(b)		—				(786,527		)		(786,527		)		(96,772		)		8,037				(2,228,351		)		(49,783		)		—
Total		$	2,378,972			$	—			$	2,378,972			$	472,892			$	34,765			$	2,152,819			$	(82,349	)		$	455,842

(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 as well as certain corporate expenses and intercompany investments, which are not included in the Company’s operating segments.

Reconciliation Of Operating Profit Loss From Segments To Consolidated Earnings Before Taxes [Table Text Block]

	2015				2014				2013
Earnings before taxes	$	463,424			$	445,004			$	402,709
Amortization	30,951				29,185				24,539
Interest expense	27,451				24,537				22,711
Restructuring charges	11,148				5,915				19,830
Other charges (income), net	(867		)		2,230				3,103
Segment profit	$	532,107			$	506,871			$	472,892

Revenue from External Customers by Products and Services [Table Text Block]

	2015				2014				2013
Laboratory	$	1,154,905			$	1,161,207			$	1,100,632
Industrial	1,034,310				1,107,606				1,065,605
Retail	206,232				217,170				212,735
Total net sales	$	2,395,447			$	2,485,983			$	2,378,972

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas [Table Text Block]

In certain circumstances, our operating segments sell directly into other geographies. A breakdown of net sales to external customers by geographic customer destination and property, plant, and equipment, net for the years ended December 31 follows:

	Net Sales												Property, Plant, and Equipment, Net
	2015				2014				2013				2015				2014
United States	$	768,815			$	708,293			$	665,365			$	132,255			$	128,125
Other Americas	157,962				166,150				167,647				4,120				4,110
Total Americas	926,777				874,443				833,012				136,375				132,235
Germany	176,491				204,747				195,521				29,100				32,984
France	110,477				127,363				122,658				5,174				5,802
United Kingdom	71,679				77,271				65,922				15,854				6,112
Switzerland	64,622				71,347				74,574				233,763				235,593
Other Europe	349,178				398,645				377,353				6,158				6,983
Total Europe	772,447				879,373				836,028				290,049				287,474
China	362,950				404,293				396,620				82,528				83,412
Rest of World	333,273				327,874				313,312				8,277				8,341
Total Asia/Rest of World	696,223				732,167				709,932				90,805				91,753
Total	$	2,395,447			$	2,485,983			$	2,378,972			$	517,229			$	511,462

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