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Cost in Excess of Net Assets of Companies Acquired and Intangible Assets, net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill and Intangible Assets 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
Balance as of December 31, 2012 (a) |  | $ | 957,916 |  |  | $ | 753,787 |  |  | $ | 1,711,703 |
Acquisitions |  | 50,218 |  |  | 275,442 |  |  | 325,660 |
Foreign currency translation adjustment |  | (7,274 | ) |  | 9,204 |  |  | 1,930 |
Balance as of December 31, 2013 (a) |  | 1,000,860 |  |  | 1,038,433 |  |  | 2,039,293 |
Acquisitions |  | 63,077 |  |  | 47,974 |  |  | 111,051 |
Foreign currency translation adjustment |  | (12,154 | ) |  | (68,981 | ) |  | (81,135 | )
Balance as of December 31, 2014 (a) |  | $ | 1,051,783 |  |  | $ | 1,017,426 |  |  | $ | 2,069,209 |
(a) | The total carrying value of cost in excess of net assets of companies acquired for all periods in the table above is reflected net of $1,018,780 of accumulated impairment charges, of which $716,925 was recorded in the global components business segment and $301,855 was recorded in the global ECS business segment.
Schedule of Definite and Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block] | Intangible assets, net, are comprised of the following as of December 31, 2014:
| Weighted-Average Life |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Trade names | indefinite |  | $ | 101,000 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 101,000 |
Customer relationships | 10 years |  | 402,036 |  |  | (171,071 | ) |  | 230,965 |
Developed technology | 5 years |  | 8,806 |  |  | (5,444 | ) |  | 3,362 |
Other intangible assets | (b) |  | 1,719 |  |  | (1,335 | ) |  | 384 |
|  |  | $ | 513,561 |  |  | $ | (177,850 | ) |  | $ | 335,711 |
(b) Consists of non-competition agreements with useful lives ranging from two to three years. Intangible assets, net, are comprised of the following as of December 31, 2013:
| Weighted-Average Life |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Trade names | indefinite |  | $ | 179,000 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 179,000 |
Customer relationships | 10 years |  | 374,244 |  |  | (134,817 | ) |  | 239,427 |
Developed technology | 5 years |  | 9,625 |  |  | (4,051 | ) |  | 5,574 |
Other intangible assets | (c) |  | 4,609 |  |  | (2,541 | ) |  | 2,068 |
|  |  | $ | 567,478 |  |  | $ | (141,409 | ) |  | $ | 426,069 |
(c) | Consists of non-competition agreements and sales backlog with useful lives ranging from one to three years.

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