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PRODUCT WARRANTY COSTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract] |
PRODUCT WARRANTY COSTS | PRODUCT WARRANTY COSTS The changes in product warranty accruals for 2017, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:
|  | December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Balance at beginning of year |  | $ | 21,053 |  |  | $ | 19,469 |  |  | $ | 15,579 |
Accruals for warranties |  | 9,901 |  |  | 13,058 |  |  | 19,824 |
Settlements |  | (11,500 | ) |  | (11,434 | ) |  | (15,458 | )
Foreign currency translation and other adjustments (1) |  | 2,575 |  |  | (40 | ) |  | (476 | )
Balance at end of year |  | $ | 22,029 |  |  | $ | 21,053 |  |  | $ | 19,469 |
(1) At December 31, 2017, Foreign currency translation and other adjustments includes $2,299 in an acquired liability related to the Air Liquide Welding acquisition as discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for standard and extended product warranties and other product guarantee contracts, including a tabular reconciliation of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability for the reporting period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68068213&loc=d3e12565-110249 + Details
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