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	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) building	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($) building	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($) building	Dec. 31, 2013 Flow Control [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Flow Control [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Controls [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Controls [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Surface Technologies [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Surface Technologies [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 08, 2011 BASF Surface Technologies [Member] Surface Technologies [Member] USD ($) numberemployee	Dec. 31, 2011 BASF Surface Technologies [Member] Surface Technologies [Member] operating_facility	Dec. 31, 2010 BASF Surface Technologies [Member] Surface Technologies [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 22, 2011 IMR Test Labs [Member] Surface Technologies [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 IMR Test Labs [Member] Surface Technologies [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 IMR Test Labs [Member] Surface Technologies [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 IMR Test Labs [Member] Surface Technologies [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 IMR Test Labs [Member] Surface Technologies [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 IMR Test Labs [Member] Surface Technologies [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Gartner [Member] Surface Technologies [Member] USD ($) employee	Dec. 31, 2011 Gartner [Member] Surface Technologies [Member] USD ($)	Jan. 07, 2011 Predator Systems Inc [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($) employee	Dec. 31, 2011 Predator Systems Inc [Member] Controls [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Predator Systems Inc [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2011 ACRA Control Ltd [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($) employee	Jul. 28, 2011 ACRA Control Ltd [Member] Controls [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2011 ACRA Control Ltd [Member] Controls [Member] EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2011 ACRA Control Ltd [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 11, 2011 South Bend [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($) employee	Dec. 31, 2011 South Bend [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 South Bend [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2012 Williams Controls [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($) employee	Dec. 31, 2012 Williams Controls [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Williams Controls [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($)	Nov. 01, 2012 PG Drives [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($) employee	Dec. 31, 2012 PG Drives [Member] Controls [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 PG Drives [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 28, 2012 Exlar [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($) employee	Dec. 31, 2012 Exlar [Member] Controls [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Exlar [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Parvus Corporation [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($) employee	Dec. 31, 2013 Parvus Corporation [Member] Controls [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Parvus Corporation [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2013 Parvus Corporation [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 04, 2013 Arens Controls [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($) employee	Dec. 31, 2013 Arens Controls [Member] Controls [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Arens Controls [Member] Controls [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 06, 2011 Douglas Equipment Ltd [Member] Flow Control [Member] USD ($) employee	Apr. 06, 2011 Douglas Equipment Ltd [Member] Flow Control [Member] GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2013 Douglas Equipment Ltd [Member] Flow Control [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Douglas Equipment Ltd [Member] Flow Control [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 02, 2011 Anatec [Member] Flow Control [Member] USD ($) employee	Dec. 31, 2013 Anatec [Member] Flow Control [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Anatec [Member] Flow Control [Member] USD ($)	Nov. 21, 2012 AP Services LLC [Member] Flow Control [Member] employee	Nov. 05, 2012 AP Services LLC [Member] Flow Control [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 AP Services LLC [Member] Flow Control [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 AP Services LLC [Member] Flow Control [Member] USD ($)	Nov. 21, 2012 Cimarron Energy [Member] Flow Control [Member] USD ($) employee	Dec. 31, 2013 Cimarron Energy [Member] Flow Control [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Cimarron Energy [Member] Flow Control [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 SeriesOfIndividuallyImmaterialBusinessAcquisitionsMember USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 SeriesOfIndividuallyImmaterialBusinessAcquisitionsMember Flow Control [Member] USD ($) transaction product_line	Feb. 28, 2013 Phonix Group [Member] Flow Control [Member] USD ($) employee	Dec. 31, 2013 Phonix Group [Member] Flow Control [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Phonix Group [Member] Flow Control [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 16, 2013 Gulf33 [Member] Flow Control [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Gulf33 [Member] Flow Control [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Ovalpath [Member] Flow Control [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Ovalpath [Member] Flow Control [Member]	Oct. 02, 2013 Ovalpath [Member] Flow Control [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2013 Amount Due to Seller [Member] Ovalpath [Member] Flow Control [Member] USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire business										$ 20,501,000			$ 21,801,000	$ 1,000,000			$ 20,000,000		$ 35,497,000		$ 13,503,000			$ 61,053,000	€ 42,600,000			$ 11,175,000			$ 109,077,000			$ 63,219,000			$ 84,708,000			$ 37,059,000				$ 95,612,000			$ 20,094,000	£ 12,300,000			$ 35,201,000				$ 30,360,000			$ 132,581,000				$ 6,974,000	$ 97,886,000			$ 3,328,000		$ 2,250,000
Goodwill adjustments	(2,735,000)	(278,000)		429,000	(707,000)	(3,689,000)	429,000	525,000	0																																										1,200,000
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Sales, Period Used as Estimation Basis														2 years																																																							5 years
Due to seller															1,600,000				0																								484,000	0											0			0				240,000	0			622,000				1,750,000	1,500,000
Number of Businesses Acquired	5	8	8
Effective date of acquisition											Apr. 08, 2011				Jul. 22, 2011				Dec. 31, 2012			Jan. 07, 2011				Jul. 28, 2011			Oct. 11, 2011			Oct. 31, 2012			Nov. 01, 2012			Dec. 28, 2012			Oct. 01, 2013				Oct. 04, 2013				Apr. 06, 2011			Dec. 02, 2011				Nov. 05, 2012			Nov. 21, 2012					Feb. 28, 2013			Sep. 16, 2013		Oct. 01, 2013
Percentage acquired																																											100.00%	100.00%										100.00%				100.00%
Employee Date of Acquisition										150									115		45			128	128			63			294			186			183			50				120			135	135			50			84				368					282
Number of Facilities Acquired											3
Entity Number of Employees Represented by Union																												36
Business Acquisition, Revenue Reported by Acquired Entity for Last Annual Period												29,000,000				14,000,000				19,000,000			8,000,000			20,500,000	26,199,000			8,000,000			64,400,000			58,000,000			40,000,000			20,000,000				57,000,000				28,000,000			20,000,000				23,000,000			98,000,000
Business Combination, Number of Product Lines Acquired																																																														3
Business Combination, Number of Separate Transactions																																																														2
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Cash Paid	236,135,000	460,439,000	178,080,000										18,000,000																								84,700,000																		30,400,000
Payments to Acquire Business, Contingent Consideration														2,000,000
Seasonal Employees																																																			150
BusinessAcquisitionSharePrice																																$ 15.42
CashAcquiredFromAcquisition																																10,200,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Long-term Debt																															13,819,000			0			0
Business Acquisition Assets Exceeded Purchase Price																																																													300,000
BusinessCombinationBargainPurchaseGainRecognizedAmount	0	910,000	0																																																				0			0				910,000
Business Acquisition Contingent Consideration Additional Cash Payment																													300,000
Business Combination Consideration Transferred Working Capital															200,000
Business Combination Consideration Transferred Earn Out																		600,000
Intangible assets	102,751,000	185,520,000																																																												1,200,000
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual	74,000,000																																																																60,000,000
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Earnings or Loss of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual	$ (3,300,000)