Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets [Abstract]

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The following table provides the changes in carrying value of goodwill by segment for the three months ended March 31, 2012:

	Communication Technologies			Energy		Engineered Systems			Printing & Identification		Total
Goodwill	$	1,204,582		$	622,335	$	1,005,981		$	1,024,780	$	3,857,678
Accumulated impairment loss		-			-		(70,561	)		-		(70,561	)
Balance at January 1, 2012		1,204,582			622,335		935,420			1,024,780		3,787,117
Acquisitions		-			-		164,650			-		164,650
Purchase price adjustments		(6,998	)		-		-			-		(6,998	)
Foreign currency translation		6,532			2,005		4,159			2,307		15,003
Balance at March 31, 2012	$	1,204,116		$	624,340	$	1,104,229		$	1,027,087	$	3,959,772

During the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company recorded adjustments totaling $6,998 to goodwill relating primarily to the finalization of purchase price for the 2011 Sound Solutions acquisition. In April 2012, the Company received $45,000 as final settlement from NXP for the Sound Solutions post-acquisition contingencies.

The following table provides the gross carrying value and accumulated amortization for each major class of intangible asset:

	March 31, 2012				December 31, 2011
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization
Amortized Intangible Assets:
Trademarks	$	77,892	$	21,714	$	66,428	$	20,518
Patents		147,767		102,577		145,864		99,990
Customer Intangibles		1,283,172		406,589		1,171,608		380,196
Unpatented Technologies		154,324		102,145		142,405		98,193
Drawings & Manuals		8,226		5,391		8,165		5,153
Distributor Relationships		73,174		29,462		73,162		28,500
Other		32,662		21,061		28,677		20,251
Total		1,777,217		688,939		1,636,309		652,801
Unamortized Intangible Assets:
Trademarks		219,003				223,576
Total Intangible Assets	$	1,996,220	$	688,939	$	1,859,885	$	652,801