Segment Reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Operations of the Company's operating segments

	Net Sales to		Net Sales to
For the three months ended	External		Other			Total Net			Segment
September 30, 2011	Customers		Segments			Sales			Profit			Goodwill (c)
U.S. Operations	$	173,449	$	20,160		$	193,609		$	33,139		$	307,631
Swiss Operations	38,945		109,015			147,960			29,687			23,988
Western European Operations	173,367		27,693			201,060			26,273			104,823
Chinese Operations	105,053		26,866			131,919			27,065			707
Other (a)	110,300		1,981			112,281			15,058			15,009
Eliminations and Corporate (b)	—		(185,715		)	(185,715		)	(32,705		)	—
Total	$	601,114	$	—		$	601,114		$	98,517		$	452,158

	Net Sales to		Net Sales to
For the nine months ended	External		Other			Total Net			Segment
September 30, 2011	Customers		Segments			Sales			Profit
U.S. Operations	$	488,678	$	58,260		$	546,938		$	86,303
Swiss Operations	102,769		301,766			404,535			80,745
Western European Operations	493,646		79,370			573,016			65,349
Chinese Operations	275,611		91,636			367,247			82,197
Other (a)	300,264		4,316			304,580			35,165
Eliminations and Corporate (b)	—		(535,348		)	(535,348		)	(82,932		)
Total	$	1,660,968	$	—		$	1,660,968		$	266,827

	Net Sales to		Net Sales to
For the three months ended	External		Other			Total Net			Segment
September 30, 2010	Customers		Segments			Sales			Profit			Goodwill (c)
U.S. Operations	$	158,363	$	13,856		$	172,219		$	30,860		$	319,145
Swiss Operations	27,147		85,307			112,454			22,857			19,732
Western European Operations	138,670		23,444			162,114			17,001			95,137
Chinese Operations	81,211		30,238			111,449			26,333			666
Other (a)	84,822		1,278			86,100			9,341			13,652
Eliminations and Corporate (b)	—		(154,123		)	(154,123		)	(20,632		)	—
Total	$	490,213	$	—		$	490,213		$	85,760		$	448,332

	Net Sales to		Net Sales to
For the nine months ended	External		Other			Total Net			Segment
September 30, 2010	Customers		Segments			Sales			Profit
U.S. Operations	$	445,820	$	42,800		$	488,620		$	85,343
Swiss Operations	76,270		238,217			314,487			61,253
Western European Operations	414,738		65,098			479,836			51,633
Chinese Operations	208,809		77,060			285,869			65,086
Other (a)	229,776		2,955			232,731			19,962
Eliminations and Corporate (b)	—		(426,130		)	(426,130		)	(57,152		)
Total	$	1,375,413	$	—		$	1,375,413		$	226,125

(a) Other includes reporting units in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia and other countries.

(b) Eliminations and Corporate includes the elimination of inter-segment transactions and certain corporate expenses and intercompany investments, which are not included in the Company’s operating segments.

(c) Goodwill as of September 30, 2011 includes additions of $10.9 million in Western European Operations related to an acquisition in the third quarter of 2011 and additions of $1.9 million in U.S. Operations and $2.5 million in Swiss Operations related to acquisitions in the first quarter of 2011. See Note 3 for additional information. Goodwill as of September 30, 2010 included an addition of $7.4 million in Western European Operations related to our acquisition of a pipette distributor in the first quarter of 2010. Other goodwill changes are primarily related to foreign currency fluctuations.

Reconciliation of earnings before taxes to segment profit

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	2011		2010			2011		2010
Earnings before taxes	$	87,058	$	76,862		$	231,673	$	197,422
Amortization	4,795		3,667			12,742		10,613
Interest expense	5,893		4,792			17,296		14,757
Restructuring charges	362		566			2,831		2,476
Other charges (income), net	409		(127		)	2,285		857
Segment profit	$	98,517	$	85,760		$	266,827	$	226,125