CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Net sales	$ 2,813,324us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 2,852,671us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 2,853,367us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Cost of goods sold	1,864,027us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold	1,910,017us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold	1,986,711us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold
Gross profit	949,297us-gaap_GrossProfit	942,654us-gaap_GrossProfit	866,656us-gaap_GrossProfit
Selling, general & administrative expenses	545,497	527,206	495,221
Rationalization and asset impairment charges (gains)	30,053	8,463	9,354
Operating income	373,747us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	406,985us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	362,081us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Other income (expense):
Interest income	3,093us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	3,320us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	3,988us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest
Equity earnings in affiliates	5,412	4,806	5,007
Other income	3,995us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	4,194us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	2,685us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Interest expense	(10,434)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(2,864)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(4,191)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Total other income (expense)	2,066us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	9,456us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	7,489us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes	375,813	416,441	369,570
Income taxes	121,933us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	124,754us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	112,354us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income including non-controlling interests	253,880us-gaap_ProfitLoss	291,687us-gaap_ProfitLoss	257,216us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Non-controlling interests in subsidiaries' (loss) earnings	(806)	(2,093)	(195)
Net income	$ 254,686	$ 293,780	$ 257,411
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 3.22us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 3.58us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 3.10us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 3.18us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 3.54us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 3.06us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Cash dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.98	$ 0.83	$ 0.710

Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770