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Discontinued Operations (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 30, 2014
Discontinued Operations |
Schedule of pretax profit or losses in discontinued operations |
|  | First Quarter Ended |
|  | March 30, 2014 |  | March 31, 2013 |
|  | (in millions) |
Austroflex pretax (loss) profit in discontinued operations |  | $ | — |  | $ | (0.2 | )
Revenues reported in discontinued operations |
|  | First Quarter Ended |
|  | March 30, 2014 |  | March 31, 2013 |
|  | (in millions) |
Austroflex revenues |  | $ | — |  | $ | 3.2 |

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