14. Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Information regarding industry segments

Information regarding industry segments at December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011 and for the years then ended is as follows (in millions):

		Life Science			Clinical Diagnostics		Other Operations
Segment net sales	2013	$	710.0		$	1,408.0	$	14.7
	2012	688.4			1,365.5		15.3
	2011	694.7			1,363.8		15.0
Allocated interest expense	2013	$	10.4		$	30.1	$	0.1
	2012	13.4			37.8		0.2
	2011	14.2			38.9		0.2
Depreciation and amortization	2013	$	32.6		$	91.5	$	0.1
	2012	26.3			92.9		0.1
	2011	17.3			93.2		0.2
Segment (loss) profit	2013	$	(13.7	)	$	176.2	$	1.1
	2012	13.2			202.6		1.6
	2011	46.7			206.7		1.3
Segment assets	2013	$	389.1		$	980.9	$	5.1
	2012	359.9			917.0		4.3
Capital expenditures	2013	$	19.8		$	72.8	$	0.2
	2012	17.3			76.8		0.1

Reconciliation of segment profit to consolidated income before taxes

The following reconciles total segment profit to consolidated income before taxes (in millions):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2013			2012			2011
Total segment profit	$	163.6		$	217.4		$	254.7
Foreign exchange losses	(8.6		)	(5.0		)	(13.8		)
Net corporate operating, interest and other expense, net not allocated to segments	(55.4		)	(4.4		)	(2.7		)
Other income (expense), net	12.8			21.9			7.6
Consolidated income before taxes	$	112.4		$	229.9		$	245.8

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated

The following reconciles total segment assets to consolidated total assets (in millions):

	December 31,
	2013			2012
Total segment assets	$	1,375.1		$	1,281.2
Cash and other current assets	835.1			1,092.0
Property, plant and equipment, net, excluding
segment specific gross machinery and equipment	(14.9		)	(4.2		)
Goodwill, net	517.8			495.4
Other long-term assets	675.7			579.1
Total assets	$	3,388.8		$	3,443.5

Net sales and assets to external customers by geographic area

The following presents net sales to external customers by geographic region based primarily on the location of the use of the product or service (in millions):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2013		2012		2011
Europe	$	886.1	$	837.0	$	896.4
Pacific Rim	413.3		425.7		398.4
United States	677.7		656.7		631.0
Other (primarily Canada and Latin America)	155.6		149.8		147.7
Total net sales	$	2,132.7	$	2,069.2	$	2,073.5

The following presents Other assets and Property, plant and equipment, net by geographic region based upon the location of the asset (in millions):

	December 31,
	2013		2012
Europe	$	217.4	$	199.1
Pacific Rim	28.2		30.0
United States	579.9		487.8
Other (primarily Canada and Latin America)	13.4		18.1
Total Other assets and Property, plant and equipment, net	$	838.9	$	735.0