Discontinued Operations Discontinued Operations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2013

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations

Discontinued operations

The Company is actively marketing for sale a non-core sanitary ware business acquired as part of the Marazzi acquisition because the Company does not believe the business is consistent with its long-term strategy. The Company determined that the business meets the definition of discontinued operations and, accordingly, it has been presented as such as of April 3, 2013, the closing date of the Marazzi transaction. Sales attributable to discontinued operations for the three and nine months endedSeptember 28, 2013 were immaterial. The net assets held for sale related to the discontinued operations as of September 28, 2013 are reported in cash, receivables, inventories, deferred income taxes, other current assets, accounts payable and other accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet as of September 28, 2013, as they are immaterial for separate balance sheet presentation.