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Restructuring and Other Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Jun. 30, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Restructuring and Other Expense [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring charges |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 21,671 | $ 21,512 | $ 17,376
Assets held for sale | $ 3,095 |  |  |  | $ 0 |  |  |  | 3,095 | 0 |
Pension settlement expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 1,443
Legal Fees [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring and Other Expense [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal Fees |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,500 |
Patent Dispute and Other Matters [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring and Other Expense [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal Fees |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 1,400 | $ 1,900 |  | 1,900 |
Settlement cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 900 |  | 900 |
Cost of Sales [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring and Other Expense [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring charges |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8,016 | 5,612 | 8,626
Cost of Sales [Member] | Facility Consolidation Costs [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring and Other Expense [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring charges | 2,800 | $ 1,300 | $ 1,500 | $ 2,300 | 1,900 | $ 1,400 | 1,400 | 900 | 8,016 | 5,612 | 6,489
Cost of Sales [Member] | Termination of Product Offering [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring and Other Expense [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring charges |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 2,137
Selling and Administrative Expenses [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring and Other Expense [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business and asset acquisition costs | 2,100 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pension settlement expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 1,443
Restructuring and other expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16,198 | 23,962 | 13,399
Selling and Administrative Expenses [Member] | Business [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring and Other Expense [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business and asset acquisition costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,543 | 722 | 0
Selling and Administrative Expenses [Member] | Shareholder Activism Costs [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring and Other Expense [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Professional fees |  |  |  |  |  | 2,400 | 900 | 600 | 0 | 3,966 | 0
Selling and Administrative Expenses [Member] | Patent Dispute and Other Matters [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring and Other Expense [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal Fees |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 3,374 | 3,206
Selling and Administrative Expenses [Member] | Administrative Restructuring [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring and Other Expense [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring charges | $ 4,300 | $ 1,100 | $ 2,200 | $ 6,200 | 1,500 | 600 | $ 500 | $ 700 | 13,655 | 3,354 | 8,750
Selling and Administrative Expenses [Member] | Executive Restructuring [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring and Other Expense [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring charges |  |  |  |  | $ 1,500 | $ 11,000 |  |  | $ 0 | $ 12,546 | $ 0

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