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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 intangible assets, excluding goodwill, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount before amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount after amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount of increase in asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized resulting from a business combination.

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Amount of foreign currency translation gain (loss) which increases (decreases) an asset representing future economic benefits from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of increase (decrease) from adjustments after acquisition date under purchase accounting of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount of divestiture of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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BALANCE SHEET ITEMS - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2017 USD ($) segment	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Goodwill [Line Items]
Number of operating segments \| segment		4
Activity in goodwill account
Balance, beginning of the year	$ 984,867	$ 984,867
Balance, end of the period		1,086,978
Gross Carrying Amount		633,363	$ 544,601
Accumulated Amortization		(212,904)	(182,420)
Net Carrying Amount		420,459	362,181
Customer-related intangibles
Activity in goodwill account
Gross Carrying Amount		352,651	260,704
Accumulated Amortization		(125,276)	(105,912)
Net Carrying Amount		227,375	154,792
Licenses and other intangibles
Activity in goodwill account
Gross Carrying Amount		280,712	283,897
Accumulated Amortization		(87,628)	(76,508)
Net Carrying Amount		193,084	$ 207,389
Operating Segments
Activity in goodwill account
Balance, beginning of the year	984,867	984,867
Additions		75,280
Divestitures		(3,475)
Purchase accounting adjustments		(14)
Foreign currency translation adjustments		30,320
Balance, end of the period		1,086,978
Operating Segments \| HRS
Activity in goodwill account
Balance, beginning of the year	420,935	420,935
Additions		75,280
Divestitures		0
Purchase accounting adjustments		0
Foreign currency translation adjustments		30,320
Balance, end of the period		526,535
Operating Segments \| CTG
Activity in goodwill account
Balance, beginning of the year	111,223	111,223
Additions		0
Divestitures		(3,475)
Purchase accounting adjustments		0
Foreign currency translation adjustments		0
Balance, end of the period		107,748
Operating Segments \| IEI
Activity in goodwill account
Balance, beginning of the year	337,707	337,707
Additions		0
Divestitures		0
Purchase accounting adjustments		0
Foreign currency translation adjustments		0
Balance, end of the period		337,707
Operating Segments \| CEC
Activity in goodwill account
Balance, beginning of the year	115,002	115,002
Additions		0
Divestitures		0
Purchase accounting adjustments		(14)
Foreign currency translation adjustments		0
Balance, end of the period		114,988
Mirror Controls International \| Operating Segments \| HRS
Activity in goodwill account
Foreign currency translation adjustments		30,300
AGM Automotive
Activity in goodwill account
Balance, end of the period	75,280
Intangible assets acquired during period	$ 82,000
AGM Automotive \| Operating Segments \| HRS
Activity in goodwill account
Intangible assets acquired during period		$ 82,000
AGM Automotive \| Operating Segments \| Customer-related intangibles \| HRS
Activity in goodwill account
Weighted average useful life		10 years
Wink Labs Inc
Activity in goodwill account
Divestitures		$ (3,500)
Wink Labs Inc \| Operating Segments \| CTG
Activity in goodwill account
Decrease in intangible assets due to divestiture		$ 7,500