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Taxes (Details 4) (Swiss tax rate, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Jan. 01, 2011
Income tax holiday
Current foreign income taxes reduced by tax holiday	$ 1.2	$ 0.9	$ 0.2
2003 through 2007
Income tax holiday
Tax holiday granted (as a percent)	100.00%
2008 through 2012
Income tax holiday
Tax holiday granted (as a percent)	60.00%

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Represents the percentage of income tax holiday granted to the entity by the taxing jurisdiction.

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The amount of income taxes from which a reporting entity is exempt or for which it will receive a reduction in income taxes as a result of the income tax holiday granted by the taxing jurisdiction.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 11.C)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6889476&loc=d3e330215-122817



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB)

-Number Topic 11

-Section C

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