6. Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Taxes [Line Items]
U.S.	$ 5,700,000	$ 110,600,000	$ 111,800,000
International	106,700,000	119,300,000	134,000,000
Income before income taxes	112,385,000	229,907,000	245,847,000
U.S. Federal	(5,000,000)	34,400,000	29,000,000
State	600,000	4,100,000	3,500,000
International	38,300,000	37,300,000	42,000,000
Current Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	33,900,000	75,800,000	74,500,000
U.S. Federal	4,800,000	(3,100,000)	6,700,000
State	(100,000)	(900,000)	400,000
International	(9,400,000)	(6,300,000)	(9,100,000)
Deferred tax benefit	(4,700,000)	(10,300,000)	(2,000,000)
Non-current tax expense (benefit)	5,400,000	(1,100,000)	(5,500,000)
Provision for income taxes	34,574,000	64,361,000	67,034,000
U.S. statutory tax rate	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Impact of foreign operations	(6.00%)	(3.00%)	(4.00%)
Research tax credits	(6.00%)	0.00%	(1.00%)
Nontaxable subsidies	(2.00%)	(1.00%)	(1.00%)
Tax settlements and changes to unrecognized tax benefits	5.00%	0.00%	(2.00%)
Contingent consideration	(1.00%)	(2.00%)	0.00%
Other	6.00%	(1.00%)	0.00%
Provision for income taxes	31.00%	28.00%	27.00%
Bad debt, inventory and warranty accruals	27,500,000	24,100,000
Legal reserves	12,000,000	0
Other post-employment benefits, vacation and other reserves	22,200,000	26,500,000
Tax credit and net operating loss carryforwards	62,300,000	62,100,000
Other	19,000,000	18,300,000
Valuation allowance	(64,000,000)	(52,900,000)
Deferred Tax Assets, Net	79,000,000	78,100,000
Property and equipment	17,200,000	8,600,000
Investments and intangible assets	147,000,000	119,300,000
Deferred Tax Liabilities	164,200,000	127,900,000
Net deferred tax liabilities	(85,200,000)	(49,800,000)
Unrecognized tax benefits period start	12,600,000	11,300,000	16,600,000
Additions to tax positions related to prior years	4,700,000	1,300,000	1,200,000
Reductions to tax positions related to prior years	(800,000)	(800,000)	(400,000)
Additions to tax positions related to the current year	2,000,000	1,600,000	1,500,000
Settlements	(300,000)	0	(2,200,000)
Lapse of statute of limitations	(1,700,000)	(3,000,000)	(5,100,000)
Acquisitions	0	2,200,000	0
Currency translation	300,000	0	300,000
Unrecognized tax benefits period end	16,200,000	12,600,000	11,300,000
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties and Interest Accrued	3,400,000	1,900,000	2,000,000
Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible, Amount of Unrecorded Benefit	1,500,000
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Undistributed Foreign Earnings	537,000,000
Deferred Tax Liability Not Recognized, Cumulative Amount of Temporary Difference	108,000,000
Foreign Tax Authority [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforward, Valuation Allowance	28,000,000
Operating Loss Carryforward With No Expiration Date	114,600,000
Operating Loss Carryforwards	116,600,000
Domestic Tax Authority [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforwards	17,000,000
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforwards	53,000,000
Research Tax Credit Carryforward [Member] | Domestic Tax Authority [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Tax Credit Carryforward, Amount	1,500,000
Research Tax Credit Carryforward [Member] | State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Credit Carryforwards, Research	21,400,000
QuantaLife [Member] | Research Tax Credit Carryforward [Member] | State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Credit Carryforwards, Research	$ 2,000,000