Property, Plant and Equipment (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of PP&E, including real estate			$ 1,213,000	$ 138,952,000	$ 2,031,000
Other asset impairment	2,500,000	16,600,000	2,549,000	16,574,000	27,751,000
Property, Plant and Equipment (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of sale of ownership interest		5.00%		5.00%	95.00%
Sale of ownership interest		100,000		100,000	400,000
Recognized loss					(17,184,000)
Gain from disposal of discontinued operations, net of tax		44,847,000		44,847,000
Interest in the business retaining					5.00%
Term of lease					15 years
Additional renew up of lease term					10 years
Depreciation expense			36,400,000	37,600,000	38,900,000
Trademarks [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment					2,700,000
Developed technologies [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment					2,300,000
Customer relations intangible assets [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment					1,300,000
Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Impairment losses					14,100,000
Americas [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of PP&E, including real estate			1,100,000
Gain or loss recognized on the sale			0
Impairment losses				1,000,000	3,700,000
Americas [Member] | Other long-lived assets [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Impairment losses				300,000
Americas [Member] | Customer relationship management tools [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Impairment losses				200,000
EMEA [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of PP&E, including real estate				1,800,000
Gain or loss recognized on the sale				0
Impairment losses				5,800,000	2,700,000
Other asset impairment					20,400,000
Corporate Expense [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Impairment losses				8,700,000
Other asset impairment			2,500,000
Asia Pacific [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Impairment losses					$ 1,000,000