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Segment Reporting (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Sep. 30, 2017
Jun. 30, 2017
Mar. 31, 2017
Dec. 31, 2016
Sep. 30, 2016
Jun. 30, 2016
Mar. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2017
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Net Sales to External Customers                 $ 2,725,053 $ 2,508,257 $ 2,395,447
Revenue Transactions With Other Operating Segments                 0 0 0
Net Sales $ 778,031 $ 698,799 $ 653,656 $ 594,567 $ 709,699 $ 650,598 $ 608,286 $ 539,674 2,725,053 2,508,257 2,395,447
Total Segment Profit                 656,584 582,997 532,107
Depreciation                 33,458 32,743 33,087
Assets 2,549,805       2,166,777       2,549,805 2,166,777 1,959,335
Purchase of property, plant and equipment                 (127,426) (123,957) (82,506)
Goodwill 539,838       476,378       539,838 476,378 446,284
U.S. Operations Segment                      
Net Sales to External Customers                 944,825 867,962 826,354
Revenue Transactions With Other Operating Segments                 99,117 90,580 87,488
Net Sales                 1,043,942 958,542 913,842
Segment Profit                 177,705 161,539 147,491
Depreciation                 7,659 6,094 6,153
Assets 1,937,688       1,747,338       1,937,688 1,747,338 1,487,422
Purchase of property, plant and equipment                 (38,969) (52,255) (7,113)
Goodwill 409,520       357,785       409,520 357,785 317,856
Swiss Operations Segment                      
Net Sales to External Customers                 133,925 130,674 133,684
Revenue Transactions With Other Operating Segments                 563,083 524,983 498,642
Net Sales                 697,008 655,657 632,326
Segment Profit                 174,447 163,663 160,763
Depreciation                 5,551 6,199 6,488
Assets 1,374,150       1,212,637       1,374,150 1,212,637 1,134,648
Purchase of property, plant and equipment                 (19,589) (7,260) (6,650)
Goodwill 22,171       21,239       22,171 21,239 21,841
Western European Operations Segment                      
Net Sales to External Customers                 673,776 640,558 620,128
Revenue Transactions With Other Operating Segments                 170,820 176,501 165,532
Net Sales                 844,596 817,059 785,660
Segment Profit                 117,324 123,507 107,424
Depreciation                 4,052 4,048 4,076
Assets 1,805,294       1,120,751       1,805,294 1,120,751 1,010,639
Purchase of property, plant and equipment                 (7,094) (6,857) (5,940)
Goodwill 91,927       82,500       91,927 82,500 92,389
Chinese Operations Segment                      
Net Sales to External Customers                 452,617 386,541 376,291
Revenue Transactions With Other Operating Segments                 232,882 219,766 214,887
Net Sales                 685,499 606,307 591,178
Segment Profit                 231,860 187,924 165,532
Depreciation                 7,168 6,879 7,086
Assets 1,068,811       702,571       1,068,811 702,571 506,390
Purchase of property, plant and equipment                 (13,246) (16,288) (14,770)
Goodwill 690       636       690 636 692
Other Operations Segment                      
Net Sales to External Customers                 519,910 482,522 438,990
Revenue Transactions With Other Operating Segments                 7,934 7,709 8,087
Net Sales                 527,844 490,231 447,077
Segment Profit                 72,744 64,060 50,821
Depreciation                 3,474 3,461 2,883
Assets 310,667       277,476       310,667 277,476 260,276
Purchase of property, plant and equipment                 (4,131) (4,540) (4,306)
Goodwill 15,530       14,218       15,530 14,218 13,506
Eliminations and Corporate Segment                      
Net Sales to External Customers                 0 0 0
Revenue Transactions With Other Operating Segments                 (1,073,836) (1,019,539) (974,636)
Net Sales                 (1,073,836) (1,019,539) (974,636)
Segment Profit                 (117,496) (117,696) (99,924)
Depreciation                 5,554 6,062 6,401
Assets (3,946,805)       (2,893,996)       (3,946,805) (2,893,996) (2,440,040)
Purchase of property, plant and equipment                 (44,397) (36,757) (43,727)
Goodwill $ 0       $ 0       $ 0 $ 0 $ 0