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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Other Intangible Assets) (Details) (USD $) | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended
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Jan. 03, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2014 Customer Relationships [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Promotional, Marketing and Distribution Rights [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Patents and Other Intangible Assets [Member] | Jan. 03, 2013 After 1 Year of Meeting Supply Target [Member] | Jan. 03, 2014 After 2 Year of Meeting Supply Target [Member] | Jan. 03, 2013 After Year 3 and Year 4 of Meeting Supply Target [Member]
Other Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Up-front payment | $ 63,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additional contingent cash payment | 84,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16,700,000
Contingent payment period | 4 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Conditional payment, amount paid |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 34,000,000 | 16,700,000 |
Amount accrued |  | 33,300,000 |  | 33,300,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amortization expense |  | $ 3,266,000 | $ 3,353,000 | $ 9,756,000 | $ 9,080,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average amortization period (in years) |  |  |  | 27 years |  | 33 years | 25 years | 11 years |  |  |

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- Definition Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a)(3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26713463&loc=d3e16265-109275 + Details
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