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Accrued Expenses (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Disclosure Accrued Expenses [Abstract] |
Schedule of Accrued Liabilities | Accrued expenses consist of the following:
| Sep 30, 2017 |  | Dec 31, 2016
| (in thousands)
Accrued payroll and related expenses | $ | 67,859 |  |  | $ | 74,505 |
Accrued warranty | 50,098 |  |  | 40,851 |
Advanced customer deposits | 40,039 |  |  | 41,735 |
Accrued customer rebates | 39,110 |  |  | 49,923 |
Accrued professional fees | 19,116 |  |  | 16,605 |
Accrued sales and other tax | 16,834 |  |  | 13,565 |
Accrued agent commission | 12,528 |  |  | 12,834 |
Accrued product liability and workers compensation | 12,138 |  |  | 11,417 |
Product recall | 6,046 |  |  | 7,003 |
Restructuring | 3,352 |  |  | 2,295 |
Other accrued expenses | 49,863 |  |  | 64,872 |
| $ | 316,983 |  |  | $ | 335,605 |

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