Acquisitions And Divestitures (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013 MEI Conlux Holdings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 MEI Conlux Holdings [Member]	Dec. 11, 2013 MEI Conlux Holdings [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 WTA Industries [Member]	Jul. 31, 2011 WTA Industries [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 2.75% Notes Due 2018 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 4.45% Notes Due 2023 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Trademarks and Trade Names [Member] MEI Conlux Holdings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Customer relationships [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Customer relationships [Member] MEI Conlux Holdings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Order or Production Backlog [Member] MEI Conlux Holdings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Developed Technology Rights [Member] MEI Conlux Holdings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Minimum [Member] Trademarks and Trade Names [Member] MEI Conlux Holdings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Minimum [Member] Customer relationships [Member] MEI Conlux Holdings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Minimum [Member] Developed Technology Rights [Member] MEI Conlux Holdings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum [Member] Trademarks and Trade Names [Member] MEI Conlux Holdings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum [Member] Customer relationships [Member] MEI Conlux Holdings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum [Member] Developed Technology Rights [Member] MEI Conlux Holdings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Merchandising Systems [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Merchandising Systems [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Merchandising Systems [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total current assets				$ 173,000
Sales reported by acquired entity					399,000,000		21,000,000
Business acquisition, purchase price						804,000,000		37,000,000
Business acquisition, debt assumed								1,000,000
Aggregate purchase price of current assets								8,000,000
Aggregate purchase price of property, plant, and equipment								12,000,000
Aggregate purchase price of identified intangible assets								9,000,000
Aggregate purchase price of goodwill								12,000,000
Aggregate purchase price of current liabilities								4,000,000
Notes issued									250,000,000	300,000,000
Debt instrument interest rate									2.75%	4.45%
Property, plant and equipment				45,000
Other assets				7,000
Intangible assets				302,000							7,000		277,000	5,000	13,000
Acquired intangible assets, weighted average useful life											6 years 8 months 12 days		16 years 7 months 6 days	3 months 18 days	5 years 8 months 12 days
Intangible asset useful life	14 years 8 months 12 days											13 years 10 months 24 days				5 years	13 years	3 years	10 years	18 years	6 years
Goodwill	1,249,316,000	813,792,000	820,824,000	442,000																		635,759,000	201,866,000	197,719,000
Total assets acquired				969,000
Assumed liabilities				120,000
Net assets acquired				849,000
Acquisition related costs	22,800,000
Sale price of product line																						6,800,000
Gain on divestitures	0	19,176,000	0																			2,000,000
Sales of product line sold during period	0	25,544,000	45,498,000																			15,100,000
Pro-forma information, sales of acquiree since acquisition date				25,000,000
Pro-forma information, gross profit of acquiree since acquisition date				2,000,000
Net Sales	2,936,000	2,969,000
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$ 242,000	$ 239,000
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations	$ 4,180	$ 4,170
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations	$ 4,110	$ 4,110