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Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

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, 2016		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								$				867,962												$				90,580						$	958,542			$	161,539			$	6,094			$	1,747,338			$	(52,255	)		$	357,785
Swiss Operations		130,674				524,983				655,657				163,663				6,199				1,212,637				(7,260		)		21,239
Western European Operations		640,558				176,501				817,059				123,507				4,048				1,120,751				(6,857		)		82,500
Chinese Operations		386,541				219,766				606,307				187,924				6,879				702,571				(16,288		)		636
Other(a)		482,522				7,709				490,231				64,060				3,461				277,476				(4,540		)		14,218
Eliminations and Corporate(b)		—				(1,019,539		)		(1,019,539		)		(117,696		)		6,062				(2,893,996		)		(36,757		)		—
Total		$	2,508,257			$	—			$	2,508,257			$	582,997			$	32,743			$	2,166,777			$	(123,957	)		$	476,378

For the Year Ended December 31, 2015		Net Sales to External Customers				Net Sales to Other Segments				Total Net Sales (c)				Segment Profit (c)				Depreciation				Total Assets				Purchase of Property, Plant and Equipment				Goodwill
	U.S. Operations								$				826,354												$				87,488						$	913,842			$	147,491			$	6,153			$	1,487,422			$	(7,113	)		$	317,856
Swiss Operations		133,684				498,642				632,326				160,763				6,488				1,134,648				(6,650		)		21,841
Western European Operations		620,128				165,532				785,660				107,424				4,076				1,010,639				(5,940		)		92,389
Chinese Operations		376,291				214,887				591,178				165,532				7,086				506,390				(14,770		)		692
Other(a)		438,990				8,087				447,077				50,821				2,883				260,276				(4,306		)		13,506
Eliminations and Corporate(b)		—				(974,636		)		(974,636		)		(99,924		)		6,401				(2,440,040		)		(43,727		)		—
Total		$	2,395,447			$	—			$	2,395,447			$	532,107			$	33,087			$	1,959,335			$	(82,506	)		$	446,284

For the Year Ended December 31, 2014		Net Sales to External Customers				Net Sales to Other Segments				Total Net Sales (c)				Segment Profit (c)				Depreciation				Total Assets				Purchase of Property, Plant and Equipment				Goodwill
	U.S. Operations								$				757,243												$				90,463						$	847,706			$	123,278			$	6,068			$	1,368,835			$	(6,627	)		$	308,861
Swiss Operations		137,756				549,785				687,541				149,987				6,621				1,016,416				(6,567		)		21,873
Western European Operations		708,755				194,297				903,052				119,603				4,422				1,052,435				(5,581		)		99,341
Chinese Operations		415,474				164,083				579,557				163,832				6,746				813,052				(19,793		)		740
Other(a)		466,755				7,527				474,282				52,869				2,820				252,776				(3,315		)		13,270
Eliminations and Corporate(b)		—				(1,006,155		)		(1,006,155		)		(102,698		)		6,940				(2,529,982		)		(47,505		)		—
Total		$	2,485,983			$	—			$	2,485,983			$	506,871			$	33,617			$	1,973,532			$	(89,388	)		$	444,085

(a) Other includes reporting units in Southeast Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe 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]

	2016				2015				2014
Earnings before taxes	$	504,193			$	463,424			$	445,004
Amortization	36,052				30,951				29,185
Interest expense	28,026				27,451				24,537
Restructuring charges	6,235				11,148				5,915
Other charges (income), net	8,491				(867		)		2,230
Segment profit	$	582,997			$	532,107			$	506,871

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

	2016				2015				2014
Laboratory	$	1,225,000			$	1,154,905			$	1,161,207
Industrial	1,067,858				1,034,310				1,107,606
Retail	215,399				206,232				217,170
Total net sales	$	2,508,257			$	2,395,447			$	2,485,983

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
	2016				2015				2014				2016				2015
United States	$	815,153			$	768,815			$	708,293			$	168,494			$	132,255
Other Americas	153,607				157,962				166,150				3,833				4,120
Total Americas	968,760				926,777				874,443				172,327				136,375
Germany	182,644				176,491				204,747				28,393				29,100
France	118,681				110,477				127,363				5,009				5,174
United Kingdom	61,513				71,679				77,271				12,631				15,854
Switzerland	62,115				64,622				71,347				246,312				233,763
Other Europe	374,008				349,178				398,645				6,511				6,158
Total Europe	798,961				772,447				879,373				298,856				290,049
China	374,996				362,950				404,293				83,713				82,528
Rest of World	365,540				333,273				327,874				8,811				8,277
Total Asia/Rest of World	740,536				696,223				732,167				92,524				90,805
Total	$	2,508,257			$	2,395,447			$	2,485,983			$	563,707			$	517,229

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