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Acquisitions (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended |  |  | 1 Months Ended |  | 1 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 Months Ended |  | 1 Months Ended |  | 1 Months Ended |  | 1 Months Ended |  | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |  | 1 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2013 CarbonWrap product line | Dec. 31, 2011 Keymark | Dec. 31, 2012 Keymark Software development item | Dec. 31, 2013 Europe | Dec. 31, 2012 Europe | Dec. 31, 2011 Europe | Dec. 31, 2013 North America | Dec. 31, 2012 North America | Dec. 31, 2011 North America | Dec. 31, 2012 North America Keymark Software development | Dec. 31, 2011 Fox Industries, Inc. Simpson Strong Tie | Dec. 31, 2011 Fox Industries, Inc. North America Simpson Strong Tie | Dec. 31, 2011 Automatic Stamping and Automatic Stamping Auxiliary Services Simpson Strong Tie | Dec. 31, 2011 Automatic Stamping and Automatic Stamping Auxiliary Services North America Simpson Strong Tie | Jan. 31, 2012 S&P Clever | Jan. 31, 2012 S&P Clever Europe | Mar. 31, 2012 CarbonWrap Solutions, L.L.C | Mar. 31, 2012 CarbonWrap Solutions, L.L.C North America | Feb. 28, 2013 ShearBrace | Dec. 31, 2013 ShearBrace | Feb. 28, 2013 ShearBrace North America | Nov. 30, 2013 Bierbach | Nov. 30, 2013 Bierbach Europe
Acquisitions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchase price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 8,700,000 |  | $ 43,500,000 |  | $ 58,100,000 |  | $ 5,500,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid for acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 57,500,000 |  | 5,300,000 |  | 5,300,000 |  |  | 1,200,000 |
Contingent consideration payable |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 600,000 |  | 200,000 |  |  |  |  | 800,000 |
Maximum period for payment of contingent consideration |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalent |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,800,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10,800,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 53,400,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12,600,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-current liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 200,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill | 129,218,000 | 121,981,000 | 99,849,000 |  |  |  | 42,690,000 | 41,263,000 | 24,000,000 | 84,822,000 | 78,739,000 | 73,901,000 | 5,900,000 |  | 3,900,000 |  | 29,500,000 |  | 19,300,000 |  | 3,500,000 |  | 900,000 | 2,600,000 |  | 700,000
Intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  | 3,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,900,000 |  | 4,600,000 | 20,500,000 |  | 1,700,000 |  | 1,900,000 | 3,600,000 |  | 600,000 |
Sale proceeds |  |  |  | 3,800,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gain from discontinued operations, before income taxes |  |  |  | 1,400,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-lived intangibles related to in-progress product development |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4,800,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted-average amortization period |  |  |  |  |  | 4 years 10 months 24 days |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9 years 8 months 12 days |  | 4 years 9 months 18 days |  | 9 years 9 months 18 days |  |  |  |  | 13 years 4 months 24 days |  |  |
Amount paid |  |  |  |  | $ 11,500,000 | $ 9,100,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of employees hired to perform development work |  |  |  |  |  | 39 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum period for payment for adjustments to provisional fair value measurements | 1 year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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