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Purchase Price Allocations for Acquisitions (Details) $ in Thousands, € in Billions | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 15 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2018 EUR (€) | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Receivables |  |  |  | $ 163,997 |  |  |
Receivable reserves |  |  |  | (3,736) |  |  |
Inventories |  |  |  | 394,259 |  |  |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |  |  |  | 12,821 |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  |  | 277,003 |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  | $ 4,406,535 | 4,381,458 | $ 3,536,511 |  | $ 3,536,511
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill |  |  |  | 320,414 |  |  |
Other noncurrent assets |  |  |  | 16,662 |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities |  |  |  | (83,415) |  |  |
Current liabilities assumed |  |  |  | 366,904 |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Long-term Debt |  |  |  | 84,800 |  |  |
Other noncurrent liabilities assumed |  |  |  | 91,130 |  |  |
Consolidation, Less Than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Non Controlling Interest Acquired, Value |  |  | 10,365 | 44,110 |  |  |
Contingent consideration liabilities |  |  |  | (3,107) |  |  |
Other purchase price obligations |  |  |  | 2,461 |  |  |
Stock issued in acquisitions |  |  | 0 | 251,334 | 0 |  |
Notes issued |  |  |  | 11,347 |  |  |
Gains on bargain purchases |  |  |  | 2,418 |  |  |
Settlement of other purchase price obligations (non-interest bearing) |  |  |  | 1,711 |  |  |
Cash used in acquisitions, net of cash acquired |  |  | 27,296 | 1,214,995 | 513,088 |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Benefit Obligation, Business Combination |  |  | $ 2,071 | 79,211 |  |  |
Warn Industries [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Intangibles |  |  |  | 5,000 |  |  |
2017 Acquisitions Excluding Warn [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition Cost Of Acquired Entity Other Purchase Price Obligations Non Interest Bearing, Post Purchase Adjustment |  |  |  | (4,000) |  |  |
2017 acquisitions and adjustments to 2016 acquisitions [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Notes issued |  |  |  |  | 20,000 |  | 20,000
Cash used in acquisitions, net of cash acquired |  |  |  |  | 510,000 |  |
Stahlgruber [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Receivables |  |  |  | 144,826 |  |  |
Receivable reserves |  |  |  | 2,818 |  |  |
Inventories |  |  |  | 380,238 |  |  |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |  |  |  | 10,970 |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  |  | 271,292 |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  | 908,253 |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill |  |  |  | 285,255 |  |  |
Other noncurrent assets |  |  |  | 16,625 |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities |  |  |  | 78,130 |  |  |
Current liabilities assumed |  |  |  | (346,788) |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Long-term Debt |  |  |  | (79,925) |  |  |
Other noncurrent liabilities assumed |  |  |  | (80,824) |  |  |
Consolidation, Less Than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Non Controlling Interest Acquired, Value |  |  |  | (44,110) |  |  |
Contingent consideration liabilities |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |
Other purchase price obligations |  |  |  | (6,084) |  |  |
Stock issued in acquisitions |  |  |  | (251,334) |  |  |
Notes issued |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |
Gains on bargain purchases |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |
Settlement of other purchase price obligations (non-interest bearing) |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |
Cash used in acquisitions, net of cash acquired | $ 1,100,000 | € 1.0 |  | 1,127,446 |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Benefit Obligation, Business Combination |  |  |  | 79,000 |  |  |
All 2018 Acquisitions and adjustments to 2017 acquisitions excluding Stahlgruber |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Receivables |  |  |  | 19,171 |  |  |
Receivable reserves |  |  |  | 918 |  |  |
Inventories |  |  |  | 14,021 |  |  |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |  |  |  | 1,851 |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  |  | 5,711 |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  | 64,637 |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill |  |  |  | 35,159 |  |  |
Other noncurrent assets |  |  |  | 37 |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities |  |  |  | 5,285 |  |  |
Current liabilities assumed |  |  |  | (20,116) |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Long-term Debt |  |  |  | (4,875) |  |  |
Other noncurrent liabilities assumed |  |  |  | (10,306) |  |  |
Consolidation, Less Than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Non Controlling Interest Acquired, Value |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |
Contingent consideration liabilities |  |  |  | (3,107) |  |  |
Other purchase price obligations |  |  |  | 3,623 |  |  |
Stock issued in acquisitions |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |
Notes issued |  |  |  | (11,347) |  |  |
Gains on bargain purchases |  |  |  | (2,418) |  |  |
Settlement of other purchase price obligations (non-interest bearing) |  |  |  | 1,711 |  |  |
Cash used in acquisitions, net of cash acquired |  |  |  | 87,549 |  |  |
All 2018 and 2017 Acquisitions [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  | $ 972,890 |  |  |
Andrew Page |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gains on bargain purchases |  |  |  |  | $ 2,000 | $ 8,000 | $ 10,000

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