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Cost in Excess of Net Assets of Companies Acquired (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jul. 02, 2011
Goodwill Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Text Block] | Cost in excess of net assets of companies acquired, allocated to the company's business segments, is as follows:
|  | Global Components |  | Global ECS |  | Total
December 31, 2010 |  | $ | 670,871 |  |  | $ | 665,480 |  |  | $ | 1,336,351 |
Acquisitions |  | 35,184 |  |  | 41,746 |  |  | 76,930 |
Other (primarily foreign currency translation) |  | 1,080 |  |  | 18,231 |  |  | 19,311 |
July 2, 2011 |  | $ | 707,135 |  |  | $ | 725,457 |  |  | $ | 1,432,592 |

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