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Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]

Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]

A summary of the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis for each fair value hierarchy level for the periods presented is as follows:

	December 31, 2015
	Level One				Level Two				Level Three				Total
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Cash equivalents	$	22,516			$	—			$	—			$	22,516
Foreign currency contracts related to sales - designated as hedges	—				988				—				988
Foreign currency contracts related to sales - not designated as hedges	—				664				—				664
Foreign currency contracts related to purchases - designated as hedges	—				1,554				—				1,554
Foreign currency contracts related to purchases - not designated as hedges	—				338				—				338
Deferred compensation plans	—				4,000				—				4,000
	$	22,516			$	7,544			$	—			$	30,060
Liabilities:
Foreign currency contracts related to sales - designated as hedges	$	—			$	6,368			$	—			$	6,368
Foreign currency contracts related to sales - not designated as hedges	—				969				—				969
Foreign currency contracts related to purchases - designated as hedges	—				322				—				322
Foreign currency contracts related to purchases - not designated as hedges	—				128				—				128
Deferred compensation plans	—				4,000				—				4,000
	$	—			$	11,787			$	—			$	11,787

	December 31, 2014
	Level One				Level Two				Level Three				Total
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Cash equivalents	$	23,143			$	—			$	—			$	23,143
Foreign currency contracts related to sales - designated as hedges	—				4,524				—				4,524
Foreign currency contracts related to sales - not designated as hedges	—				1,007				—				1,007
Foreign currency contracts related to purchases - designated as hedges	—				1,980				—				1,980
Foreign currency contracts related to purchases - not designated as hedges	—				478				—				478
Deferred compensation plans	—				2,941				—				2,941
	$	23,143			$	10,930			$	—			$	34,073
Liabilities:
Foreign currency contracts related to sales - designated as hedges	$	—			$	7,163			$	—			$	7,163
Foreign currency contracts related to sales - not designated as hedges	—				2,793				—				2,793
Foreign currency contracts related to purchases - designated as hedges	—				695				—				695
Foreign currency contracts related to purchases - not designated as hedges	—				661				—				661
Deferred compensation plans	—				2,941				—				2,941
	$	—			$	14,253			$	—			$	14,253

Schedule of Foreign Exchange Contracts, Notional Values

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company had foreign currency contracts with the following notional values:

	December 31,
	2015				2014
	(In thousands)
Foreign currency contracts sold - not designated as hedges	$	119,653			$	124,838
Foreign currency contracts sold - designated as hedges	206,366				250,743
Foreign currency contracts purchased - not designated as hedges	41,480				36,080
Foreign currency contracts purchased - designated as hedges	62,794				53,944
Total foreign currency derivatives	$	430,293			$	465,605

Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) in Statement of Financial Performance [Table Text Block]

The Company recognized the following in its Consolidated Financial Statements related to its derivative instruments:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015				2014				2013
	(In thousands)
Contracts Designated as Hedges:
Foreign Currency Contracts - related to customer sales contracts:
Unrealized (loss) gain	$	(2,350	)		$	(4,706	)		$	3,801
Realized (loss) gain	(512		)		(5,776		)		654
Foreign Currency Contracts - related to supplier purchase contracts:
Unrealized (loss) gain	(1,173		)		(1,719		)		397
Realized gain (loss)	756				3,386				(298		)
Unrealized gain (loss) on net investment hedges(1)	14,537				39,374				(14,261		)
Contracts Not Designated in a Hedge Relationship:
Foreign Currency Contracts - related to customer sales contracts:
Unrealized gain (loss)	2,260				(1,389		)		(762		)
Realized (loss) gain	(5,644		)		(4,342		)		1,112
Foreign Currency Contracts - related to supplier purchases contracts:
Unrealized gain (loss)	393				(1,304		)		1,687
Realized gain	1,165				1,355				1,359

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Tabular disclosure of the location and amount of derivative instruments and nonderivative instruments designated as hedging instruments reported before netting adjustments, and the amount of gain (loss) on derivative instruments and nonderivative instruments designated and qualified as hedging instruments.

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Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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