Business Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Segment Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of information about the performance of the Company's reportable segments, sales and total assets [Table Text Block]

2020

2019

2018

Net sales

Americas

$

450,161

$

392,121

$

297,601

EMEA

383,187

285,570

216,984

Asia/Pacific

315,299

247,839

192,502

Global Specialty Businesses

269,030

207,973

160,433

Total net sales

$

1,417,677

$

1,133,503

$

867,520

2020

2019

2018

Segment assets

Americas

$

969,551

$

926,122

$

180,037

EMEA

697,821

688,663

149,984

Asia/Pacific

713,004

685,476

205,424

Global Specialty Businesses

511,458

550,055

174,220

Total segment assets

$

2,891,834

$

2,850,316

$

709,665

Schedule of information about the performance of the Company's reportable segments, operating earnings [Table Text Block]

2020

2019

2018

Segment operating earnings

Americas

$

96,379

$

78,297

$

62,686

EMEA

69,163

47,014

36,119

Asia/Pacific

88,356

67,512

53,739

Global Specialty Businesses

79,690

58,881

42,931

Total segment operating earnings

333,588

251,704

195,475

Combination, integration and other acquisition-related expenses

(29,790)

(35,477)

(16,661)

Restructuring and related charges

(5,541)

(26,678)

—

Fair value step up of inventory sold

(226)

(11,714)

—

Indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment

(38,000)

—

—

Non-operating and administrative expenses

(143,202)

(104,572)

(83,515)

Depreciation of corporate assets and amortization

(57,469)

(27,129)

(7,518)

Operating income

59,360

46,134

87,781

Other expense, net

(5,618)

(254)

(642)

Interest expense, net

(26,603)

(16,976)

(4,041)

Income before taxes and equity in net income of

associated companies

$

27,139

$

28,904

$

83,098

Schedule of reportable segments' long-lived assets, including certain identifiable assets [Table Text Block]

2020

2019

2018

Segment long-lived assets

Americas

$

122,302

$

139,170

$

60,745

EMEA

69,344

56,108

23,383

Asia/Pacific

119,233

126,166

26,217

Global Specialty Businesses

59,091

69,184

26,949

Total segment long-lived assets

$

369,970

$

390,628

$

137,294

Reconciliation of capital expenditures and depreciation for identifiable assets [Table Text Block]

2020

2019

2018

Capital expenditures

Americas

$

6,451

$

6,404

$

3,401

EMEA

3,844

3,263

2,081

Asia/Pacific

5,688

3,857

6,059

Global Specialty Businesses

1,918

2,021

1,345

Total segment capital expenditures

$

17,901

$

15,545

$

12,886

2020

2019

2018

Depreciation

Americas

$

12,322

$

7,500

$

4,225

EMEA

6,813

4,560

3,434

Asia/Pacific

4,672

3,458

2,552

Global Specialty Businesses

3,544

2,248

1,985

Total segment depreciation

$

27,351

$

17,766

$

12,196