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Contingencies (Details)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2015
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
USD ($)
Mar. 28, 2015
Huntsville Site [Member]
USD ($)
Mar. 28, 2015
Huntsville Site [Member]
Investigation Report [Member]
USD ($)
Mar. 28, 2015
Norco Site [Member]
Remediation, Project Management, Regulatory Oversight, and Investigative and Feasability Studies [Member]
USD ($)
Mar. 28, 2015
Tekelec Matter [Member]
EUR (€)
Site Contingency [Line Items]            
Litigation Settlement, Gross   $ 110,000us-gaap_LitigationSettlementAmount        
Environmental Costs Recovered 37,000us-gaap_RecoveryOfDirectCosts          
Environmental Remediation Expense To Date     4,000arw_EnvironmentalRemediationExpenseToDate
/ arw_LossContingencyBySiteAxis
= arw_HuntsvilleSiteMember
  47,000arw_EnvironmentalRemediationExpenseToDate
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= arw_RemediationProjectManagementRegulatoryOversightandInvestigativeandFeasabilityStudiesMember
/ arw_LossContingencyBySiteAxis
= arw_NorcoSiteMember
 
Additional Expected Project Expenditures Low Estimate     3,000arw_AdditionalExpectedProjectExpendituresLowEstimate
/ arw_LossContingencyBySiteAxis
= arw_HuntsvilleSiteMember
500arw_AdditionalExpectedProjectExpendituresLowEstimate
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= arw_InvestigationReportMember
/ arw_LossContingencyBySiteAxis
= arw_HuntsvilleSiteMember
16,800arw_AdditionalExpectedProjectExpendituresLowEstimate
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= arw_RemediationProjectManagementRegulatoryOversightandInvestigativeandFeasabilityStudiesMember
/ arw_LossContingencyBySiteAxis
= arw_NorcoSiteMember
 
Additional Expected Project Expenditures High Estimate     4,000arw_AdditionalExpectedProjectExpendituresHighEstimate
/ arw_LossContingencyBySiteAxis
= arw_HuntsvilleSiteMember
750arw_AdditionalExpectedProjectExpendituresHighEstimate
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= arw_InvestigationReportMember
/ arw_LossContingencyBySiteAxis
= arw_HuntsvilleSiteMember
24,500arw_AdditionalExpectedProjectExpendituresHighEstimate
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= arw_RemediationProjectManagementRegulatoryOversightandInvestigativeandFeasabilityStudiesMember
/ arw_LossContingencyBySiteAxis
= arw_NorcoSiteMember
 
Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Maximum           11,333us-gaap_LossContingencyRangeOfPossibleLossMaximum
/ arw_LossContingencyBySiteAxis
= arw_TekelecMatterMember
Loss Contingency Damages Sought Value           3,742us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue
/ arw_LossContingencyBySiteAxis
= arw_TekelecMatterMember
Loss Contingency, Expenses Sought, Value           € 312arw_LossContingencyExpensesSoughtValue
/ arw_LossContingencyBySiteAxis
= arw_TekelecMatterMember