Discontinued Operations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2013

Discontinued Operations [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 14.Discontinued Operations

In June 2012, in an effort to exit a non-core business, the company's senior management made a decision to pursue a sale of its laboratory workstations business, part of the Laboratory Products and Services segment. The company completed the sale in October 2012 for nominal proceeds. The results of the laboratory workstations business have been classified and presented as discontinued operations in the accompanying financial statements. Prior period results have been adjusted to conform to this presentation.

       Operating results of the laboratory workstations business were as follows:

			Three Months Ended
	March 31,
(In millions)		2012
Revenues		$	47.9
Pre-tax Income (Loss)			(6.1)

In the first quarter of 2013, the company recorded an after-tax charge of $4.2 million for the estimated cost to raze certain abandoned facilities of the discontinued operations prior to the planned sale of the related land.