Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 26, 2014

Segment Reporting, Measurement Disclosures [Abstract]

Segment results are shown below ($ in millions):



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
Sales:	September 26, 2014			September 27, 2013			September 26, 2014			September 27, 2013
Test & Measurement	$	821.0		$	808.6		$	2,548.5		$	2,519.0
Environmental	914.1			828.7			2,558.8			2,380.8
Life Sciences & Diagnostics	1,741.2			1,675.1			5,190.8			4,916.8
Dental	528.4			510.2			1,566.2			1,504.7
Industrial Technologies	865.6			846.5			2,632.3			2,530.0
Total	$	4,870.3		$	4,669.1		$	14,496.6		$	13,851.3

Operating Profit:
Test & Measurement	$	143.8		$	155.0		$	494.3		$	520.7
Environmental	186.2			171.6			515.6			485.6
Life Sciences & Diagnostics	272.8			246.8			775.2			686.8
Dental	91.2			82.2			244.6			223.9
Industrial Technologies	210.1			191.7			619.3			566.7
Other	(38.3		)	(34.9		)	(105.0		)	(96.8		)
Total	$	865.8		$	812.4		$	2,544.0		$	2,386.9

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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