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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Estimated Useful Life Of Assets |
| % |
Buildings and leasehold improvements (*) | 2-20 |
Instruments, machinery and equipment | 3-33 |
Office furniture and other | 4-33 |
Motor vehicles | 12-33 | (Mainly 15%)
(*) | Prepayments for operating lease and leasehold improvements are amortized generally over the term of the lease or the useful life of the assets, whichever is shorter.
Schedule Of Warranty Liability |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Balance, at January 1 |  | $ | 164,778 |  |  | $ | 126,783 |
Warranties issued during the year |  |  | 62,771 |  |  |  | 69,213 |
Warranties related to acquisitions |  |  | - |  |  |  | 19,015 |
Reduction due to warranties forfeited or paid during the year |  |  | (63,381 | ) |  |  | (50,233 | )
Balance, at December 31 |  | $ | 164,168 |  |  | $ | 164,778 |
Schedule Of Employee Stock Options On Estimated Weighted Average Assumptions |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Divided yield |  |  | 2.23 | % |  |  | 2.20 | % |  |  | 2.31 | %
Expected volatility |  |  | 31.59 | % |  |  | 31.92 | % |  |  | 39.37 | %
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 2.01 | % |  |  | 1.56 | % |  |  | 2.43 | %
Expected life |  | 4 years |  |  | 4 years |  |  | 4 years |
Forfeiture rate |  |  | 0.56 | % |  |  | 0.56 | % |  |  | 0.56 | %
Suboptimal factor |  |  | 1.75 |  |  |  | 1.75 |  |  |  | 1.75 |
Schedule Of Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On Recurring Basis |
|  | Fair value measurement at December 31, 2010 using |
|  | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  |  | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |  | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
Description of Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Government bonds |  | $ | 824 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
ARS and CDOs |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 7,179 |
Foreign currency derivatives and option contracts |  |  | - |  |  |  | 19,100 |  |  |  | - |
Cross currency interest rate swap |  |  | - |  |  |  | 20,377 |  |  |  | - |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency derivative and option contracts |  |  | - |  |  |  | (8,219 | ) |  |  | (51 | )
Total |  | $ | 824 |  |  | $ | 31,258 |  |  | $ | 7,128 |
|  | Fair value measurement at December 31, 2011 using |
|  | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  |  | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |  | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
Description of Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Government bonds |  | $ | 2,271 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
Foreign currency derivative and option contracts |  |  | - |  |  |  | 14,755 |  |  |  | - |
Cross currency interest rate swap |  |  | - |  |  |  | 8,877 |  |  |  | - |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency derivative and option contracts |  |  | - |  |  |  | (25,954 | ) |  |  | - |
Total |  | $ | 2,271 |  |  | $ | (2,322 | ) |  | $ | - |
Schedule Of Assets Measured At Fair Value On Recurring Basis Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
|  | (Level 3) |
Balance at December 31, 2010 |  | $ | 7,128 |
Net change in fair value included in other comprehensive income |  |  | (3,663 | )
Other-then-temporary impairment recognized in earnings |  |  | (3,465 | )
Balance at December 31, 2011 |  | $ | - |

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