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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2012
Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Summary of Income Tax Examinations | A summary of the tax years that remain subject to examination in the company’s major tax jurisdictions are:
United States - federal | 2008 – 2011
United States - states | 2004 – 2011
Australia | 2011
Brazil | 2010 – 2011
Canada | 2009 – 2011
China | 2003 – 2011
Denmark | 2009 – 2011
France | 2011
Germany | 2011
Italy | 2009 – 2011
Luxembourg | 2011
Mexico | 2007 – 2011
Philippines | 2008 – 2011
South Korea | 2006 – 2011
Spain | 2008 – 2011
Taiwan | 2008 – 2011
United Kingdom | 2008 – 2011
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis | The company’s financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value and are categorized using the fair value hierarchy are as follows (in thousands):
| Fair Value Level 1 |  | Fair Value Level 2 |  | Fair Value Level 3 |  | Total
As of September 29, 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Financial Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pension plans | $ | 21,966 |  |  | $ | 1,538 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 23,504 |
Financial Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps | — |  |  | $ | 3,318 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 3,318 |
Contingent consideration | — |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 5,845 |  |  | $ | 5,845 |
As of December 31, 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Financial Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pension plans | $ | 21,229 |  |  | $ | 1,297 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 22,526 |
Financial Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps | — |  |  | $ | 3,216 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 3,216 |
Contingent consideration | — |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 3,398 |  |  | $ | 3,398 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 1 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6925170&loc=d3e19190-110258 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of income tax examinations that an enterprise is currently subject to or that have been completed in the current period typically including a description of the examination, the jurisdiction conducting the examination, the tax year(s) under examination, the likelihood of an unfavorable settlement, the range of possible losses, the liability recorded, the increase or decrease in the liability from the prior period, and any penalties and interest that have been recorded. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 15 -Subparagraph (c),(d)(2)-(3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32718-109319 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name FASB Interpretation (FIN) -Number 14 -Paragraph 3 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name FASB Interpretation (FIN) -Number 48 -Paragraph 21 -Subparagraph e -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 55 -Paragraph 217 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6909077&loc=d3e36027-109320 + Details
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