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Discontinued Operations
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Discontinued Operations  
Discontinued Operations

Note 2 — Discontinued Operations

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2012 we had $4.1 million in income from discontinued operations, primarily consisting of the recognition of the previously deferred $5.4 million pre-tax gain in China from the sale of our Metrology business to Bruker Corporation (“Bruker”). During the nine months ended September 30, 2012 we had $4.8 million in income from discontinued operations, primarily consisting of the recognition of the previously deferred $5.4 million pre-tax gain in China from the sale of our Metrology business to Bruker and the $1.4 million pre-tax gain on sale of assets previously held for sale. There were no sales included in the results of our discontinued operations.