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Segment And Geographic Information (Schedule Of Geographic Net Sales And Long-Lived Assets) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Geographic net sales	$ 620,925us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 639,344us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Long-lived assets	214,883us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets	218,341us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets
United States [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Geographic net sales	447,325us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US	462,271us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US
Long-lived assets	92,442us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US	93,679us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US
Asia [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Geographic net sales	82,391us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AsiaMember	87,466us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AsiaMember
Long-lived assets	84,569us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AsiaMember	88,375us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AsiaMember
Europe [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Geographic net sales	52,707us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember	68,277us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember
Long-lived assets	9,046us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember	8,114us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember
Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Geographic net sales	38,502us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = bhe_OtherRegionsMember	21,330us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = bhe_OtherRegionsMember
Long-lived assets	$ 28,826us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = bhe_OtherRegionsMember	$ 28,173us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = bhe_OtherRegionsMember

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Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

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Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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