Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment



	Year Ended December 31, 2014
	Energy & Chemicals		Distribution & Storage		BioMedical		Corporate			Total
Sales to external customers	$	388,018	$	578,806	$	226,128	$	—		$	1,192,952
Depreciation and amortization expense	9,649		16,749		13,842		2,936			43,176
Operating income (loss) ⁽¹⁾	79,665		85,213		25,694		(52,415		)	138,157
Total assets ⁽²⁾	322,936		666,451		396,320		76,356			1,462,063
Capital expenditures	24,834		29,583		3,484		4,234			62,135



	Year Ended December 31, 2013
	Energy & Chemicals		Distribution & Storage		BioMedical		Corporate			Total
Sales to external customers	$	318,510	$	592,616	$	266,312	$	—		$	1,177,438
Depreciation and amortization expense	8,564		15,237		14,618		1,970			40,389
Operating income (loss)	59,671		93,560		33,039		(50,273		)	135,997
Total assets ⁽²⁾	277,760		676,484		431,763		75,623			1,461,630
Capital expenditures	34,194		32,039		3,370		2,982			72,585



	Year Ended December 31, 2012
	Energy & Chemicals		Distribution & Storage		BioMedical		Corporate			Total
Sales to external customers	$	323,676	$	475,576	$	214,900	$	—		$	1,014,152
Depreciation and amortization expense	7,877		12,599		10,204		1,516			32,196
Operating income (loss)	64,931		79,175		24,079		(46,372		)	121,813
Total assets ⁽²⁾	203,044		607,252		447,792		69,753			1,327,841
Capital expenditures	9,519		30,048		2,717		1,401			43,685

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⁽¹⁾	The BioMedical segment’s operating income included recovery of $5,003 increasing operating income for the year ended December 31, 2014 from an escrow settlement for alleged breaches of representations and warranties relating to warranty costs (which are in excess of the settlement amount) for certain product lines acquired from AirSep in 2012.


⁽²⁾	Corporate assets consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents and deferred income taxes.

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

The following table represents the changes in goodwill:



	December 31,
	2014			2013
Beginning balance	$	398,905		$	398,941
Foreign currency translation adjustments and other	(2,676		)	(344		)
Goodwill acquired during the year	9,293			308
Ending balance	$	405,522		$	398,905

The following table represents the changes in goodwill by segment:



	Energy & Chemicals		Distribution & Storage			BioMedical			Total
Balance at January 1, 2013	$	83,215	$	158,789		$	156,937		$	398,941
Foreign currency translation adjustments and other	—		957			(1,301		)	(344		)
Goodwill acquired during the year	—		308			—			308
Balance at December 31, 2013	83,215		160,054			155,636			398,905
Foreign currency translation adjustments and other	130		(2,806		)	—			(2,676		)
Goodwill acquired during the year	9,293		—			—			9,293
Balance at December 31, 2014	$	92,638	$	157,248		$	155,636		$	405,522

Revenue from External Customers by Products and Services [Table Text Block]



	Year Ended December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
Energy & Chemicals
Natural gas processing (including petrochemical) applications	$	208,706	$	175,397	$	236,912
Liquefied natural gas applications	143,870		114,567		55,625
Industrial gas applications	35,442		28,546		31,139
Energy & Chemicals Total	388,018		318,510		323,676
Distribution & Storage
Bulk industrial gas applications	204,214		241,291		219,189
Packaged gas industrial applications	164,966		158,293		149,156
Liquefied natural gas applications	209,626		193,032		107,231
Distribution & Storage Total	578,806		592,616		475,576
BioMedical
Respiratory therapy	141,273		175,233		143,878
Life sciences	65,948		61,493		64,449
Commercial oxygen generation	18,907		29,586		6,573
BioMedical Total	226,128		266,312		214,900
Total	$	1,192,952	$	1,177,438	$	1,014,152

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas

Net sales by geographic area are reported by the destination of sales. Net property, plant and equipment by geographic area are reported by country of domicile.



	Sales for the Year Ended December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
United States	$	560,846	$	479,067	$	438,294
Foreign
China	188,047		231,143		149,010
Other foreign countries	444,059		467,228		426,848
Total Foreign	$	632,106	$	698,371	$	575,858
Total	$	1,192,952	$	1,177,438	$	1,014,152



	Property, plant and equipment, net as of December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
United States	$	163,425	$	146,610	$	98,425
Foreign
Czech Republic	22,511		23,623		21,559
China	57,580		38,569		34,158
Germany	13,495		14,618		14,402
Other foreign countries	634		785		1,232
Total Foreign	$	94,220	$	77,595	$	71,351
Total	$	257,645	$	224,205	$	169,776

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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