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Defined Benefit Plan, Pensions, Threshold for Amortization of Unrecognized Net Gain (Loss) If Gain (Loss) exceeds Greater of Projected Benefit Obligation Or Market-Value of Plan Assets

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Defined Benefit Plan, Period of Return for Fixed Income Investments From Discount Rate Assumptions

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Devaluation Of Consolidated Entity Balance Sheet.

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Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries, Percentage of Revenues

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foreign currency exchange rate used to translate amounts denominated in functional currency to reporting currency

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Percent of Total Assets

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Percent of Total Net Sales

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Service Contract Term

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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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The number of derivative instruments of a particular group held by the entity.

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The gain (loss) resulting from the sale of a disposal group that is not a discontinued operation. It is included in income from continuing operations before income taxes in the income statement.

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Amount of increase (decrease) from the effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalent balances held in foreign currencies.

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Charge to cost of goods sold that represents the reduction of the carrying amount of inventory, generally attributable to obsolescence or market conditions.

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Description of the interest rate for the amounts borrowed under the credit facility, including the terms and the method for determining the interest rate (for example, fixed or variable, LIBOR plus a percentage, increasing rate, timing of interest rate resets, remarketing provisions).

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 13,000
Percentage of total revenue (international)	56.10%	52.30%	48.70%
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(28,243)	(5,139)	8,422
Devaluation of Venezuelan balance sheet	12,101	1,584	0
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Research, development and engineering expense	93,617us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	92,315us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	85,881us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
Cash equivalents, maturity period	3 months
Expected rate of return period	20 years
Amortization of unrecognized net gain (loss)	5.00%
Gain (loss) on disposal	13,709
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate Description	LIBOR
Cost of sales - services
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Inventory write-down	4,073
Financial self-service
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Service contract term	12 months
Software Solutions [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Service contract term	12 months
SICAD [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Foreign currency exchange rate	50.86
VENEZUELA GOVERNMENT [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Foreign currency exchange rate	6.30
VENEZUELA
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	$ (6,051)
VENEZUELA \| Maximum
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Percent of total assets	1.00%
Percent of total net sales	1.00%
Interest Rate Swap
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Number of interest rate swap contracts	2