SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – Revenue Recognition, Balances Reported with and without Adoption of ASC 606 (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Consolidated Statements of Income
Net sales	$ 703,350	$ 601,316
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales	455,822	384,684
Provision for income taxes	21,929	17,675
Net income	59,288	51,805
Assets
Accounts and note receivable	586,592			$ 510,426
Inventories	347,791		$ 322,579	337,216
Prepaid and other	117,678		123,775	109,791
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	496,409		455,873	461,579
Deferred income taxes	20,578		22,287	20,995
Deferred and other non-current liabilities	6,682		6,432	5,608
Stockholders' Equity
Retained earnings	1,332,218		1,304,084	$ 1,301,147
Beauty + Home
Consolidated Statements of Income
Net sales	378,173	322,448
Pharma
Consolidated Statements of Income
Net sales	230,127	196,912
Food + Beverage
Consolidated Statements of Income
Net sales	95,050	$ 81,956
Balances Without Adoption of ASC 606 | Accounting Standards Update 2014-09
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales	454,900
Provision for income taxes	21,925
Net income	59,294
Assets
Accounts and note receivable	600,576
Inventories	348,713
Prepaid and other	104,193
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	497,815
Deferred income taxes	20,574
Deferred and other non-current liabilities	6,695
Stockholders' Equity
Retained earnings	1,332,224
Balances Without Adoption of ASC 606 | Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 | Beauty + Home
Consolidated Statements of Income
Net sales	376,868
Balances Without Adoption of ASC 606 | Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 | Pharma
Consolidated Statements of Income
Net sales	230,462
Balances Without Adoption of ASC 606 | Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 | Food + Beverage
Consolidated Statements of Income
Net sales	95,100
Adjustment/Effect of Change | Accounting Standards Update 2014-09
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales	(922)
Provision for income taxes	(4)
Net income	6
Assets
Accounts and note receivable	13,984
Inventories	922		(14,637)
Prepaid and other	(13,485)		13,984
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	1,406		(5,706)
Deferred income taxes	(4)		1,292
Deferred and other non-current liabilities	13		824
Stockholders' Equity
Retained earnings	6		$ 2,937
Adjustment/Effect of Change | Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 | Beauty + Home
Consolidated Statements of Income
Net sales	(1,305)
Adjustment/Effect of Change | Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 | Pharma
Consolidated Statements of Income
Net sales	335
Adjustment/Effect of Change | Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 | Food + Beverage
Consolidated Statements of Income
Net sales	$ 50