Acquisitions Acquisitions (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 28, 2015

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]

On January 30, 2014, we acquired, as part of Water Quality Systems, the remaining 19.9 percent ownership interest in a U.S. entity and an international entity (collectively, "Pentair Residential Filtration" or "PRF"), from GE Water & Process Technologies (a unit of General Electric Company) ("GE") for $134.3 million in cash. Prior to the acquisition, we held an 80.1 percent ownership equity interest in PRF, representing our and GE's respective global water softener and residential water filtration businesses. There was no material pro forma impact from this acquisition as the results of PRF were consolidated into our financial statements prior to acquiring the remaining interest.

In April 2015, we acquired, as part of Technical Solutions, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Nuheat Industries Limited ("Nuheat") for approximately $96.4 million in cash. Based in Canada, Nuheat is a leading manufacturer of electric floor heating systems that are distributed across North America.