Goodwill and intangible assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 03, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of goodwill

Goodwill:

	Global Ceramic segment			Flooring NA segment		Flooring ROW segment		Total
Balance as of December 31, 2014
Goodwill	$	1,395,132		538,515		998,130		2,931,777
Accumulated impairment losses	(531,930		)	(343,054	)	(452,441	)	(1,327,425	)
	$	863,202		195,461		545,689		1,604,352
Goodwill recognized or adjusted during the period	$	100,316		319,528		313,820		733,664
Currency translation during the period	(12,579		)	—		(44,715	)	(57,294	)
Balance as of October 3, 2015
Goodwill	1,482,869			858,043		1,267,235		3,608,147
Accumulated impairment losses	(531,930		)	(343,054	)	(452,441	)	(1,327,425	)
	$	950,939		514,989		814,794		2,280,722

Schedule of indefinite life assets not subject to amortization

Intangible assets not subject to amortization:

	Tradenames
Balance as of December 31, 2014	$	622,691
Intangible assets acquired during the period	48,563
Currency translation during the period	(31,423		)
Balance as of October 3, 2015	$	639,831

Schedule of intangible assets subject to amortization

Intangible assets subject to amortization:

Gross carrying amounts:	Customer relationships			Patents		Other	Total
Balance as of December 31, 2014	$	354,768		270,466		1,479	626,713
Intangible assets acquired during the period	223,825			—		501	224,326
Currency translation during the period	(16,727		)	(20,984	)	—	(37,711	)
Balance as of October 3, 2015	$	561,866		249,482		1,980	813,328
Accumulated amortization:	Customer relationships			Patents		Other	Total
Balance as of December 31, 2014	$	320,851		225,875		669	547,395
Amortization during the period	10,573			10,170		5	20,748
Currency translation during the period	(16,178		)	(17,468	)	7	(33,639	)
Balance as of October 3, 2015	$	315,246		218,577		681	534,504
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net	$	246,620		30,905		1,299	278,824

Schedule of intangible assets amortization expense

	Three Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
	October 3, 2015		September 27, 2014	October 3, 2015	September 27, 2014
Amortization expense	$	9,378	6,140	20,748	18,687

Estimated amortization expense for the years ending December 31 are as follows:

2015	$	28,321
2016	34,864
2017	33,449
2018	24,757
2019	21,711