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Property, plant, equipment (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]      
Land, buildings and leasehold improvements $ 194,923tfx_LandBuildingsAndLeaseholdImprovementsGross $ 199,741tfx_LandBuildingsAndLeaseholdImprovementsGross  
Machinery and equipment 320,999us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentGross 322,060us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentGross  
Computer equipment and software 107,743us-gaap_CapitalizedComputerSoftwareGross 102,527us-gaap_CapitalizedComputerSoftwareGross  
Construction in progress 51,834us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressGross 55,092us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressGross  
Property, plant and equipment, gross 675,499us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross 679,420us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross  
Less: Accumulated depreciation (358,064)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment (353,520)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment  
Property, plant and equipment, net $ 317,435us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet $ 325,900us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet $ 297,945us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet