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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Other Intangible Assets by Major Class (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jul. 01, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	$ 406.1	$ 367.9
Non-amortized trademarks	112.9	64.2
Total other intangible assets	519.0	432.1
Accumulated Amortization, Total	(262.7)	(247.5)
Total other intangible assets	(262.7)	(247.5)
Customer relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	173.0	142.6
Accumulated Amortization, Total	(92.3)	(86.0)
Developed technology [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	18.7	17.7
Accumulated Amortization, Total	(18.1)	(17.7)
Internally developed software [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	171.7	165.7
Accumulated Amortization, Total	(125.8)	(118.3)
Patents [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	32.4	31.9
Accumulated Amortization, Total	(22.1)	(21.5)
Trademarks [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	2.8	2.8
Accumulated Amortization, Total	(1.9)	(1.8)
Other [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	7.5	7.2
Accumulated Amortization, Total	$ (2.5)	$ (2.2)

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