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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent | 21.00% | 35.00%
Long term deferred tax liabilities | $ 262,400 | $ 298,400
Income tax benefit from impact of 2017 Tax Act | 110,900 |
Decrease in deferred tax liabilities due to normal activity | 25,300 |
Valuation allowance, foreign operating loss carryforwards | 14,089 | 8,147
Valuation allowance, deferred tax asset, foreign tax loss caryforwards | 5,900 |
Unrecognized tax benefits, income tax penalties and interest accrued | 4,300 | 3,800
Unrecognized tax benefits, net of associated tax assets and excluding federal tax benefit of state taxes, interest and penalties recorded in other liabilities | 41,900 | 36,100
Reclassification from other comprehensive loss to retained earnings resulting from Tax Cuts and Jobs Act | 22,100 |
Asset associated with uncertain tax position recorded in other assets, net | 16,900 | 16,700
Unrecognized tax benefits would impact effective tax rate | 26,600 | 21,300
Undistributed earnings from foreign earnings | 46,600 |
Deferred tax liability related to undistributed earnings from foreign earnings If the earnings of foreign subsidiaries were not indefinitely reinvested | 1,800 |
Unrecognized tax benefits, decrease resulting from settlements with taxing authorities | 2,191 | $ 1,159
Foreign Tax Authority [Member] |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards | 29,100 |
Net operating loss carryforward subject to expiration | $ 8,500 |
Foreign Tax Authority [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards, expiration year | 2018 |
Foreign Tax Authority [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards, expiration year | 2028 |
State and Local Jurisdiction |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards | $ 4,900 |
State and Local Jurisdiction | Minimum [Member] |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards, expiration year | 2024 |
State and Local Jurisdiction | Maximum [Member] |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards, expiration year | 2036 |
Deferred Tax Asset, Operating Loss Carryforwards, Domestic |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Valuation allowance, foreign operating loss carryforwards | $ 14,100 |
Dispensing Systems Business Acquisition [Member] |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Decrease in deferred liabilities from acquisition | $ 94,900 |

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