Business Segments (Geographic Information) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue, Net	$ 2,776,359	$ 2,939,483	$ 2,179,109
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	1,656,214	1,537,226
China
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	321,037	265,116
Japan
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue, Net	340,302	455,339	260,500
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	18,729	21,365
Singapore
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue, Net	539,467	643,496	482,333
Taiwan
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue, Net	119,334	177,505	138,793
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	230,975	287,439
Other foreign countries
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue, Net	689,643	772,337	543,658
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	138	90
Total foreign countries
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue, Net	1,688,746	2,048,677	1,425,284
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	1,606,765	1,485,293
United States
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue, Net	1,087,613	890,806	753,825
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	49,449	51,933
Korea
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	822,509	679,488
Philippines
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	213,377	231,795
Sales [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Concentration Risk Number Of Customers Exceeding Threshold	1	0	1
Concentration Risk, Percentage	17.00%		12.00%
Concentration Risk, Benchmark Percentage		10.00%
Packaging [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue, Net	2,493,283	2,650,257	1,933,600
Packaging [Member] | Sales [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	15.00%		11.00%
Packaging [Member] | Sales [Member] | Secondary Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	11.00%
Test [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue, Net	$ 282,942	$ 288,871	$ 245,237
Test [Member] | Sales [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	30.00%		22.00%