Business Acquisition Purchase Price Allocation Amortizable And Not Amortizable Intangible Assets Including Goodwill.

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The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to trademark identifiable intangible asset that will not be amortized.

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Finite-Lived intangible assets, Amortization Period.

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The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to an identifiable intangible asset that will be amortized.

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Amount of goodwill arising from a business combination, which is the excess of the cost of the acquired entity over the amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

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The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to an identifiable intangible asset that will not be amortized. Does not include goodwill.

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The calculated weighted-average useful life of all finite-lived intangible assets.

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Acquisitions (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified			12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2011 Thomas & Betts [Member] Y	Nov. 19, 2010 Thomas & Betts [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 GarrettCom [Member] Y	Dec. 05, 2010 GarrettCom [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Customer relationships [Member] Thomas & Betts [Member] Y	Dec. 31, 2011 Customer relationships [Member] GarrettCom [Member] Y	Dec. 31, 2011 Developed technologies [Member] Thomas & Betts [Member] Y	Dec. 31, 2011 Developed technologies [Member] GarrettCom [Member] Y	Dec. 31, 2011 Backlog [Member] Thomas & Betts [Member] Y	Dec. 31, 2011 Backlog [Member] GarrettCom [Member] Y
Intangible assets subject to amortization, Finite Lived
Total intangible assets subject to amortization, Estimated Fair Value			$ 17,300		$ 15,300		$ 15,600	$ 11,800	$ 1,500	$ 3,400	$ 200	$ 100
Total intangible assets subject to amortization, Amortization Period							15.0	15.0	5.0	4.0	0.1	0.1
Weighted average amortization period			14.0		12.5
Intangible assets not subject to amortization:
Goodwill	27,891	55,299	29,335	29,335	24,059	24,059
Trademark			5,600		3,900
Total intangible assets			52,235		43,259
Total intangible assets not subject to amortization			$ 34,935		$ 27,959