Business Acquisition, Quarter of Acquisition Agreement

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Business Combination Step Acquisition Equity Interest in Acquiree Including Subsequent Acquisition Percentage

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of potential cash payments that could result from the contingent consideration arrangement.

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Amount of cash paid to acquire the entity.

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The total cost of the acquired entity including the cash paid to shareholders of acquired entities, fair value of debt and equity securities issued to shareholders of acquired entities, the fair value of the liabilities assumed, and direct costs of the acquisition.

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Date when the business acquisition agreement was executed, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired in the business combination.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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This element represents the amount of earnings or loss of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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This element represents the amount of revenue of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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In a business combination achieved in stages, this element represents the acquisition-date percentage of equity in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date.

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In a business combination achieved in stages, this element represents the amount of net gain (loss) recognized by the entity as a result of remeasuring to fair value the equity interest in the acquiree it held before the business combination.

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Amount of contractual obligation, including but not limited to, long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations, and other commitments.

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Purchase price allocation adjustment for allocation not yet complete at the prior year end.

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Purchase accounting adjustments needed to revise the carrying amount of goodwill to fair value.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The aggregate fair value as of the reporting date of all noncontrolling interests which are redeemable by the (parent) entity (1) at a fixed or determinable price on a fixed or determinable date, (2) at the option of the holder of the noncontrolling interest, or (3) upon occurrence of an event that is not solely within the control of the (parent) entity. This item includes noncontrolling interest holder's ownership (or holders' ownership) regardless of the type of equity interest (common, preferred, other) including all potential organizational (legal) forms of the investee entity.

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ACQUISITIONS (Narrative) (Details) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended							3 Months Ended				1 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2011 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2012 Flex-ing Inc. [Member]	Dec. 29, 2012 Flex-ing Inc. [Member]	Nov. 16, 2012 Flex-ing Inc. [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2012 Pioneer Pump Holdings Inc [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 29, 2012 Pioneer Pump Holdings Inc [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 07, 2012 Pioneer Pump Holdings Inc [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 06, 2012 Pioneer Pump Holdings Inc [Member]	Aug. 31, 2012 Cerus Industrial Corporation [Member]	Sep. 29, 2012 Cerus Industrial Corporation [Member]	Aug. 09, 2012 Cerus Industrial Corporation [Member] USD ($)	May 31, 2011 Impo Motor Pompa Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.	Jul. 02, 2011 Impo Motor Pompa Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.	Dec. 29, 2012 Impo Motor Pompa Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. USD ($)	Dec. 29, 2012 Impo Motor Pompa Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. TRY	May 02, 2011 Impo Motor Pompa Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. USD ($)	May 02, 2011 Impo Motor Pompa Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. TRY	Oct. 02, 2010 PetroTechnik Limited and its subsidiaries [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2010 PetroTechnik Limited and its subsidiaries [Member] GBP (£)	Oct. 01, 2010 PetroTechnik Limited and its subsidiaries [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 04, 2009 Vertical S.p.A. [Member]	Dec. 19, 2011 Vertical S.p.A. [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 19, 2011 Vertical S.p.A. [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 18, 2011 Vertical S.p.A. [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2012 Minimum Pioneer Pump Holdings Inc [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Maximum Pioneer Pump Holdings Inc [Member]	Dec. 29, 2012 Pioneer Pump Holdings Inc [Member] USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill, Allocation Adjustment	$ 3.0	$ 0.7														$ 2.7
Business combination, pro forma information, revenue of acquiree since acquisition date, actual	48.4
Business combination, pro forma information, earnings or loss of acquiree since acquisition date, actual	1.7
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners																		20.00%	20.00%				25.00%
Business acquisition, date of acquisition agreement					Nov. 16, 2012		Mar. 07, 2012					Aug. 09, 2012			May 02, 2011
Percentage of outstanding shares acquired									39.50%									80.00%	80.00%				75.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Total purchase price	65.2					10.4			30.3				24.5					26.1	40.0	12.9	8.4	12.9		7.4	5.7
Business Acquisition, Quarter of Acquisition Agreement																							first quarter of 2009
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Percentage										31.00%
Business Combination Step Acquisition Equity Interest in Acquiree Including Subsequent Acquisition Percentage									70.50%
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Cash Paid																								7.1	5.4
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest, Equity, Previously Recorded Fair Value and Currency Translation adjustments																										7.7
Acquired finite-lived Intangible asset, weighted average useful life (in years)				15 years							17 years			13 years													17 years	19 years
Contingent Consideration, Potential Cash Payment																	10.0
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Remeasurement Gain (Loss), Net							12.2
Contractual Obligation																													22.9
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments								1.5
Business combination, acquisition related costs	$ 0.3	$ 0.4	$ 0.6