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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill | The following is a rollforward of our goodwill by segment ($ in millions):
| Professional Instrumentation |  | Industrial Technologies |  | Total
Balance, January 1, 2016 | $ | 2,400.6 |  |  | $ | 1,548.4 |  |  | $ | 3,949.0 |
Attributable to 2016 acquisitions | 61.3 |  |  | 51.9 |  |  | 113.2 |
Foreign currency translation & other | (38.2 | ) |  | (45.0 | ) |  | (83.2 | )
Balance, December 31, 2016 | 2,423.7 |  |  | 1,555.3 |  |  | 3,979.0 |
Attributable to 2017 acquisitions | 851.8 |  |  | 183.4 |  |  | 1,035.2 |
Foreign currency translation & other | 55.5 |  |  | 28.8 |  |  | 84.3 |
Balance, December 31, 2017 | $ | 3,331.0 |  |  | $ | 1,767.5 |  |  | $ | 5,098.5 |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets | The following summarizes the gross carrying value and accumulated amortization for each major category of intangible asset as of December 31 ($ in millions):
| 2017 |  | 2016
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization
Finite-lived intangibles: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Patents and technology | $ | 376.6 |  |  | $ | (255.0 | ) |  | $ | 301.0 |  |  | $ | (240.1 | )
Customer relationships and other intangibles | 1,221.9 |  |  | (502.1 | ) |  | 734.9 |  |  | (438.1 | )
Total finite-lived intangibles | 1,598.5 |  |  | (757.1 | ) |  | 1,035.9 |  |  | (678.2 | )
Indefinite-lived intangibles: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trademarks and trade names | 434.6 |  |  | — |  |  | 389.6 |  |  | — |
Total intangibles | $ | 2,033.1 |  |  | $ | (757.1 | ) |  | $ | 1,425.5 |  |  | $ | (678.2 | )
Schedule of Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets | The following summarizes the gross carrying value and accumulated amortization for each major category of intangible asset as of December 31 ($ in millions):
| 2017 |  | 2016
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization
Finite-lived intangibles: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Patents and technology | $ | 376.6 |  |  | $ | (255.0 | ) |  | $ | 301.0 |  |  | $ | (240.1 | )
Customer relationships and other intangibles | 1,221.9 |  |  | (502.1 | ) |  | 734.9 |  |  | (438.1 | )
Total finite-lived intangibles | 1,598.5 |  |  | (757.1 | ) |  | 1,035.9 |  |  | (678.2 | )
Indefinite-lived intangibles: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trademarks and trade names | 434.6 |  |  | — |  |  | 389.6 |  |  | — |
Total intangibles | $ | 2,033.1 |  |  | $ | (757.1 | ) |  | $ | 1,425.5 |  |  | $ | (678.2 | )

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