Business Combinations (Notes)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]

ACQUISITIONS

In September 2015, the Company consummated acquisitions totaling $16.6 million, including the acquisition of a real-time monitoring water purity technology for an estimated aggregate purchase price of $14.7 million that will be integrated into the Company's process analytics product offering. The Company may be required to pay additional cash consideration related to an earn-out period. Goodwill recorded in connection with the acquisition totaled $8.7 million, which is included in the Company's U.S. Operations segment. The Company also recorded $6.8 million of identified intangibles primarily pertaining to technology in connection with the acquisitions, which will be amortized on a straight-line basis over 10 years.