Business Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Segment Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

		2019		2018		2017
Net sales
	Americas	$	392,121	$	297,601	$	283,460
	EMEA		285,570		216,984		208,522
	Asia/Pacific		247,839		192,502		181,134
	Global Specialty Businesses		207,973		160,433		146,966
Total net sales		$	1,133,503	$	867,520	$	820,082

		2019		2018		2017
Segment assets
	Americas	$	926,122	$	180,037	$	189,645
	EMEA		688,663		149,984		167,243
	Asia/Pacific		685,476		205,424		190,633
	Global Specialty Businesses		550,055		174,220		174,605
	Total segment assets	$	2,850,316	$	709,665	$	722,126

		2019		2018		2017
Segment long-lived assets
	Americas	$	139,170	$	60,745	$	66,380
	EMEA		56,108		23,383		24,795
	Asia/Pacific		126,166		26,217		24,876
	Global Specialty Businesses		69,184		26,949		26,392
	Total segment long-lived assets	$	390,628	$	137,294	$	142,443

		2019		2018		2017
Capital expenditures
	Americas	$	6,404	$	3,401	$	3,685
	EMEA		3,263		2,081		3,936
	Asia/Pacific		3,857		6,059		2,458
	Global Specialty Businesses		2,021		1,345		793
	Total segment capital expenditures	$	15,545	$	12,886	$	10,872

		2019		2018		2017
Depreciation
	Americas	$	7,500	$	4,225	$	4,395
	EMEA		4,560		3,434		3,368
	Asia/Pacific		3,458		2,552		2,669
	Global Specialty Businesses		2,248		1,985		2,045
	Total segment depreciation	$	17,766	$	12,196	$	12,477

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

		2019		2018		2017
Segment operating earnings
	Americas	$	78,268	$	62,686	$	56,088
	EMEA		47,388		36,119		34,431
	Asia/Pacific		67,573		53,739		46,330
	Global Specialty Businesses		58,475		42,931		39,553
Total segment operating earnings			251,704		195,475		176,402
Combination and other acquisition-related expenses			(35,477)		(16,661)		(29,938)
Restructuring and related charges			(26,678)		—		—
Fair value step up of inventory sold			(11,714)		—		—
Non-operating and administrative expenses			(104,572)		(83,515)		(76,231)
Depreciation of corporate assets and amortization			(27,129)		(7,518)		(7,489)
Operating income			46,134		87,781		62,744
Other expense, net			(254)		(642)		(718)
Interest expense, net			(16,976)		(4,041)		(1,358)
Income before taxes and equity in net income of
	associated companies	$	28,904	$	83,098	$	60,668