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Business Segment Information (Narrative) (Details) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 01, 2012 segment | Dec. 31, 2011 segment
Business Segment Information [Abstract] |  |
Markets the company's operating segments serve | 2 |
Number of operating segments | 4 | 1
Number of geographical operating segments | 3 |

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- Definition Number of geographical operating segments. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. + References No definition available. + Details
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