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Sale of Business	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 02, 2016
Sale of Business.
Sale of Business	4. Sale of Business Gain on Sale of China Operating Subsidiary On September 22, 2015, the Company signed an agreement to sell an operating subsidiary in China that was dedicated to the production of non-core products. As of April 3, 2016, the Company had stopped manufacturing at the facility and met the requirements for held for sale classification on the consolidated balance sheet. The sale was finalized in the second quarter of 2016, and the Company will receive total proceeds of approximately $9.0 million from the sale. Through the third quarter of 2016 the Company has received $3.8 million of the total cash proceeds and expects to receive the remaining cash in the fourth quarter of 2016. The Company recognized a pre-tax gain of $8.7 million, which includes a non-cash accumulated currency translation adjustment of $7.3 million. The net after-tax gain was approximately $8.3 million.

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Disclosure of long lived assets held for sale. Disclosure may include the description of the facts and circumstances leading to the expected disposal, manner and timing of disposal, the carrying value of the assets held for sale.

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