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Restructuring and Other Expense (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Restructuring Expenses and Other Operating Expenses [Abstract]

Schedule of Restructuring Expense and Other Operating Expense

Restructuring and other expense for the year ended December 31, consists of the following:

	2015				2014				2013
Facility consolidation costs	$	8,016			$	5,612			$	6,489
Termination of a product offering	—				—				$	2,137
Restructuring costs included in cost of sales	$	8,016			$	5,612			$	8,626
Restructuring costs	$	13,655			$	3,354			$	8,750
Business and asset acquisition costs	2,543				722				—
Management restructuring costs	—				12,546				—
Shareholder activism costs	—				3,966				—
Patent dispute and other matters	—				3,374				3,206
Pension settlement expense	—				—				1,443
Restructuring and other expense included in selling and administrative expense	$	16,198			$	23,962			$	13,399

Schedule of Restructuring Accrual

Below is a rollforward of the costs incurred and cash expenditures associated with these activities during 2015, 2014 and 2013:

Balance as of January 1, 2013		$	4,123
Expenses incurred		17,376
Payments made		(18,371		)
Balance as of December 31, 2013		3,128
Expenses incurred		21,512
Payments made		(16,386		)
Balance as of December 31, 2014		8,254
Expenses incurred		21,671
Payments made		(22,750		)
Balance, December 31, 2015		$	7,175

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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