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Borrowings (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Borrowings | Borrowings at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 consisted of the following:
| March 31, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
Revolving Facility | $ | 170,000 |  |  | $ | 115,000 |
2.58% Senior Euro Notes, due June 2015 | 87,885 |  |  | 98,456 |
4.5% Senior Notes, due December 2020 | 299,013 |  |  | 298,975 |
4.2% Senior Notes, due December 2021 | 349,371 |  |  | 349,351 |
Other borrowings | 1,944 |  |  | 2,170 |
Total borrowings | 908,213 |  |  | 863,952 |
Less current portion | 88,350 |  |  | 98,946 |
Total long-term borrowings | $ | 819,863 |  |  | $ | 765,006 |

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