Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets [Abstract]

Goodwill

	Communication Technologies			Energy			Engineered Systems			Printing & Identification			Total
Goodwill	$	802,265		$	335,612		$	987,378		$	1,035,412		$	3,160,667
Accumulated impairment loss		-			-			(70,912	)		-			(70,912	)
Balance at January 1, 2010		802,265			335,612			916,466			1,035,412			3,089,755
Acquisitions		4,435			30,234			5,417			-			40,086
Foreign currency translation		283			2,609			(5,812	)		(6,788	)		(9,708	)
Purchase price adjustment		-			(996	)		(11,659	)		-			(12,655	)
Balance at December 31, 2010		806,983			367,459			904,412			1,028,624			3,107,478
Acquisitions		443,088			257,128			34,048			-			734,264
Foreign currency translation		(45,489	)		(2,252	)		(3,040	)		(3,844	)		(54,625	)
Balance at December 31, 2011	$	1,204,582		$	622,335		$	935,420		$	1,024,780		$	3,787,117

Schedule of Intangible Assets

	December 31, 2011				December 31, 2010
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization
Amortized Intangible Assets:
Trademarks	$	66,428	$	20,518	$	41,712	$	16,664
Patents		145,864		99,990		127,081		92,146
Customer Intangibles		1,171,608		380,196		685,939		290,001
Unpatented Technologies		142,405		98,193		138,780		86,461
Drawings & Manuals		8,165		5,153		6,230		4,326
Distributor Relationships		73,162		28,500		73,183		24,724
Other		28,677		20,251		27,878		18,120
Total		1,636,309		652,801		1,100,803		532,442
Unamortized Intangible Assets:
Trademarks		223,576				230,920
Total Intangible Assets	$	1,859,885	$	652,801	$	1,331,723	$	532,442

Intangible assets future amortization expense

Total amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 was $127,146, $89,664 and $84,829, respectively. Amortization expense for the next five years, based on current intangible balances is estimated to be the following:

2012	$	120,359
2013		119,284
2014		111,192
2015		110,650
2016		105,778