Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Intangible Assets

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Business Acquisitions, Pro Forma, Nonrecurring Acquisition Related Costs

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This element represents the adjustment recorded to the acquired inventory during purchase accounting related to units sold during the period.

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Percentage of Ownership Interest Acquired

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Percentage Of Ownership Interests before acquisition

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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 cash paid to acquire the entity.

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Fair Value of the liabilities incurred by the acquirer to former owners of the acquiree, including the fair value of any contingent consideration. If liabilities transferred as consideration remain within the combined entity after the business combination (for example, because the assets or liabilities were transferred to the acquiree rather than to its former owners), and the acquirer therefore retains control of them; in that situation, the acquirer measures those liabilities at their carrying amounts immediately before the acquisition date.

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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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Amount of goodwill arising from a business combination, which is the excess of the cost of the acquired entity over the amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase.

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Other Acquisition - Additional Information (Detail)	9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended			1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Other Acquisition - Additional Information (Detail)	Sep. 29, 2012 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 USD ($)	Oct. 04, 2012 Subsequent Event USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 The 2011 unaudited pro forma net income USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 The 2011 unaudited pro forma net income USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 The 2011 unaudited pro forma net income Change in Control of Company USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 The 2011 unaudited pro forma net income Change in Control of Company USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2012 The 2012 pro forma unaudited net income USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2012 The 2012 pro forma unaudited net income USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2012 The 2012 pro forma unaudited net income Change in Control of Company USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2012 The 2012 pro forma unaudited net income Change in Control of Company USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2012 Water & Fluid Solutions USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Water & Fluid Solutions USD ($)	Oct. 04, 2012 Water & Fluid Solutions Subsequent Event USD ($)	May 12, 2011 CPT USD ($)	May 12, 2011 CPT EUR (€)	Oct. 01, 2011 CPT The 2011 unaudited pro forma net income USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 CPT The 2011 unaudited pro forma net income USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition purchase price													$ 21,600,000		$ 715,300,000	€ 502,700,000
Goodwill												8,800,000	14,400,000		451,800,000
Intangibles															197,200,000
Weighted average amortization period															10 years	10 years
Fair value adjustments of inventory and customer backlog				25,300,000	75,800,000												5,800,000	11,100,000
Proforma fair value adjustments for nonrecurring items related to change of control costs						0	21,800,000	31,500,000	49,400,000	21,200,000	21,800,000						0	7,800,000
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(671,797,000)	733,105,000										19,900,000		27,800,000
Cash paid			100,000,000										17,800,000
Note payable issued													$ 3,800,000
Percentage of ownership acquired			25.00%
Percentage of ownership			75.00%