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Asset Impairments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Asset Impairment Charges [Abstract] |  |
Asset Impairment Charges [Table Text Block] |
| Year ended December 31, 2016
| Goodwill and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets |  | Finite-lived Intangible Assets |  | Property, Plant & Equipment |  | Total
Distribution & Storage | — |  |  | $ | 542 |  |  | $ | 675 |  |  | $ | 1,217 |
Consolidated | $ | — |  |  | $ | 542 |  |  | $ | 675 |  |  | $ | 1,217 |
| Year Ended December 31, 2015
| Goodwill and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets |  | Finite-lived Intangible Assets |  | Property, Plant & Equipment |  | Total
Energy & Chemicals | $ | 65,023 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,773 |  |  | $ | 68,796 |
Distribution & Storage (1) | 316 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,704 |  |  | 2,020 |
BioMedical | 142,333 |  |  | 38,083 |  |  | 3,884 |  |  | 184,300 |
Consolidated | $ | 207,672 |  |  | $ | 38,083 |  |  | $ | 9,361 |  |  | $ | 255,116 |
(1) Asset impairments of $1,556 were included in cost of sales on the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2015.

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