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Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Commitments and Contingent Liabilities [Abstract]

Schedule of Product Warranty Liability [Table Text Block]

Estimated warranty program claims are provided for at the time of sale. Amounts provided for are based on historical costs and adjusted new claims. The changes in the carrying amount of product warranties through March 31, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:

	2012			2011
Beginning Balance, January 1	$	42,524		$	40,032
Provision for warranties		8,018			9,251
Settlements made		(8,008	)		(8,822	)
Other adjustments, including acquisitions and currency translation		3,313			658
Ending Balance, March 31	$	45,847		$	41,119

Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost [Table Text Block]

The following table details the Company’s severance and other restructuring reserve activity:

	Severance			Exit			Total
At December 31, 2011	$	2,463		$	3,129		$	5,592
Provision		1,216			287			1,503
Payments		(1,314	)		(1,028	)		(2,342	)
Other		22			31			53
At March 31, 2012	$	2,387		$	2,419		$	4,806

Schedule of Restructuring and Related Costs [Table Text Block]

The following table details restructuring charges incurred by segment for the periods presented:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012		2011
Communication Technologies	$	1,009	$	260
Energy		-		410
Engineered Systems		125		862
Printing & Identification		369		(53	)
Total	$	1,503	$	1,479

These amounts are classified in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings as follows:

Cost of goods and services	$	416	$	86
Selling and administrative expenses		1,087		1,393
Total	$	1,503	$	1,479

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Tabular disclosure of restructuring and related costs by type of restructuring including the description of the restructuring costs, such as the expected cost; the costs incurred during the period; the cumulative costs incurred as of the balance sheet date; the income statement caption within which the restructuring charges recognized for the period are included; and changes to an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost.

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period.

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