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	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Jul. 23, 2014 Jobs	Jan. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
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Restructuring payments including associated costs	$ 22,000,000	$ 26,600,000
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End date when restructuring costs are to be incurred, year	2017
Start date when capital expenditures are to be incurred, year	2015
End date when capital expenditures are to be incurred, year	2016
Jobs relocation period			3 years
Number of Jobs relocated from Elmwood park to Charlotte			1,300
Accrual and accrual adjustments	19,900,000
Restructuring payments including associated costs	7,000,000
Restructuring expected accrual to pay	22,000,000
Restructuring expected accrual remaining to pay	2,000,000
Capital expenditures	0
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FUSION [Member] \| Racine,Wisconsin
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Property, plant and equipment to assets held for sale					26,000,000
Assets held for sale, sales price				30,000,000
Proceeds from assets held for sale				24,000,000
Unsecured promissory note receivable from disposal of assets held for sale				6,000,000
Pre-tax gain on disposal of assets held for sale				3,000,000
FUSION [Member] \| Building Cost Of Charlotte Campus
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Expected completed date of restructuring program	Dec. 31, 2016
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IOP [Member]
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Expected net cash cost related to restructuring	330,000,000
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Capital expenditures related to restructuring and associated activities	50,000,000
Reduction in headcount, employees	750
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Expected associated cost related to restructuring	105,000,000
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