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Other Charges (Income), Net	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]
OTHER CHARGES (INCOME), NET	OTHER CHARGES (INCOME), NET Other charges (income), net includes non-service pension costs (benefits), (gains) losses from foreign currency transactions and related hedging activities, interest income and other items. Nonservice pension benefits were $1.6 million and $1.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and $4.7 million and $3.1 million and for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Other charges (income), net for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 also includes a one-time gain of $3.4 million relating to the sale of a facility in Switzerland in connection with the Company's initiative to consolidate certain Swiss operations into a new facility.

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The net amount of other income and expense amounts, the components of which are not separately disclosed on the income statement, resulting from ancillary business-related activities (that is, excluding major activities considered part of the normal operations of the business) also know as other nonoperating income (expense) recognized for the period. Such amounts may include: (a) dividends, (b) interest on securities, (c) net gains or losses on securities, (d) unusual costs, (e) gains or losses on foreign exchange transactions, and (f) miscellaneous other income and expense items.

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