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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]
Income before income taxes and Provision for (benefit from) income taxes consisted of the following:
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
 
(In thousands)
Income (loss) before income taxes:
 

 
 

 
 

Domestic operations
$
(16,487
)
 
$
53,153

 
$
(7,899
)
Foreign operations
253,389

 
305,095

 
310,694

 
$
236,902

 
$
358,248

 
$
302,795

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes:
 

 
 

 
 

Current:
 

 
 

 
 

Federal
$
465

 
$
798

 
$
(464
)
State
1,076

 
2,047

 
871

Foreign
70,900

 
74,618

 
83,299

 
72,441

 
77,463

 
83,706

Deferred:
 

 
 

 
 

Domestic operations
$
(1,231
)
 
$
(127,114
)
 
$
11,603

Foreign operations
(21,486
)
 
(12,374
)
 
(1,657
)
 
(22,717
)
 
(139,488
)
 
9,946

 
$
49,724

 
$
(62,025
)
 
$
93,652

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]
The Company’s Provision for (benefit from) income taxes differs from the amount that would be computed by applying the U.S. federal statutory rate as follows:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
 
(In thousands)
Taxes calculated at the U.S. federal statutory rate
$
82,940

 
$
125,386

 
$
105,978

State taxes
768

 
2,323

 
871

Effect of tax rates on international operations
(36,364
)
 
(34,619
)
 
(42,972
)
Change in enacted international tax rates
(4,415
)
 
(149
)
 
(5,217
)
Changes in valuation allowance and tax reserves
1,784

 
(156,071
)
 
30,554

Other
5,011

 
1,105

 
4,438

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes
$
49,724

 
$
(62,025
)
 
$
93,652

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]
Deferred income taxes, net reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. During the year ended December 31, 2015, adjustments were made retrospectively to provisional amounts recorded as of December 31, 2014, due to the finalization of the valuation of specific tax items related to the acquisition consummated during the three months ended June 27, 2014. The significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities, in addition to the reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits below, include the impact of these retrospective adjustments. Significant components of the deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
 
 
December 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
(In thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
 
 
 
Post-retirement benefit obligation
$
75,045

 
$
92,995

Expenses currently not deductible
109,283

 
116,247

Net operating loss carryforward
211,627

 
228,863

Tax credit carryforward
10,343

 
11,509

Depreciation and amortization
7,533

 
11,121

Other
25,379

 
22,285

Valuation allowance
(161,030
)
 
(159,252
)
Deferred tax assets, net
$
278,180

 
$
323,768

Deferred tax liabilities:
 

 
 

Depreciation and amortization
$
(317,464
)
 
$
(353,660
)
Post-retirement benefit obligation
(13,581
)
 
(12,116
)
Inventory
(17,122
)
 
(16,549
)
Other
(174,367
)
 
(193,618
)
Total deferred tax liabilities
$
(522,534
)
 
$
(575,943
)
Total deferred tax liabilities, net
$
(244,354
)
 
$
(252,175
)
Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block]
The Company records a liability for unrecognized income tax benefits for the amount of benefit included in its previously filed income tax returns and in its financial results expected to be included in income tax returns to be filed for periods through the date of its Consolidated Financial Statements for income tax positions for which it is more likely than not that a tax position will not be sustained upon examination by the respective taxing authority. A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (inclusive of associated interest and penalties):
 
 
(In thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2013
$
71,595

Acquisitions
37,328

Addition for tax positions taken in prior periods
3,752

Addition for tax positions taken in the current period
894

Reduction for tax positions taken in prior periods
(27,601
)
Other, including the impact of foreign currency translation
(8,443
)
Balance, December 31, 2014
77,525

Addition for tax positions taken in prior periods
3,924

Addition for tax positions taken in the current period
924

Reduction for tax positions taken in prior periods
(23,616
)
Other, including the impact of foreign currency translation
(5,879
)
Balance, December 31, 2015
$
52,878