Acquisitions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Allocation of acquisition cost

The following presents the allocation of acquisition cost to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, based on their estimated fair values:

	Anthony International			Other Acquisitions			Total
Current assets, net of cash acquired	$	85,009		$	118,637		$	203,646
Property, plant and equipment	40,703			57,313			98,016
Goodwill	297,534			304,564			602,098
Intangible assets	286,900			282,847			569,747
Other non-current assets, principally deferred taxes	67,605			—			67,605
Current liabilities assumed	(42,011		)	(61,101		)	(103,112		)
Non-current liabilities assumed, principally deferred taxes and pension obligations	(132,550		)	(124,407		)	(256,957		)
Net assets acquired	$	603,190		$	577,853		$	1,181,043

Schedule Of Acquired Intangible Assets By Major Class Text Block [Table Text Block]

The amounts assigned to goodwill and major intangible asset classifications by applicable segment for the 2012 acquisitions are as follows:

	Energy		Engineered Systems		Total		Useful life (in years)
Goodwill - Tax deductible	$	10,366	$	20,973	$	31,339	na
Goodwill - Non deductible	125,540		445,219		570,759		na
Customer intangibles	105,500		324,321		429,821		13
Trademarks	7,520		46,424		53,944		13
Patents	11,140		11,776		22,916		8
Other intangibles	—		63,066		63,066		7
	$	260,066	$	911,779	$	1,171,845

Pro forma results of operations

The following unaudited pro forma information illustrates the effect on the Company’s revenue and earnings from continuing operations for years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, assuming that the 2012 acquisitions had taken place at the beginning of 2011. As a result, the supplemental pro forma earnings reflect adjustments to earnings from continuing operations as reported in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings to exclude $11,335 of nonrecurring expense related to the fair value adjustments to acquisition-date inventory (after-tax) and $5,256 of acquisition-related costs (after-tax) from the year ended December 31, 2012. The supplemental pro forma earnings for the comparable 2011 period were adjusted to include these charges as if they were incurred at the beginning of 2010. The 2012 and 2011 supplemental pro forma earnings are also adjusted to reflect the comparable impact of additional depreciation and amortization expense (net of tax) resulting from the fair value measurement of tangible and intangible assets relating to 2012 and 2011 acquisitions.

	Years Ended December 31,
	2012		2011
Revenue from continuing operations:
As reported	$	8,104,339	$	7,369,154
Pro forma	8,520,236		8,154,035
Earnings from continuing operations:
As reported	$	833,119	$	773,186
Pro forma	875,257		796,646
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations:
As reported	$	4.59	$	4.16
Pro forma	4.82		4.29
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations:
As reported	$	4.53	$	4.09
Pro forma	4.76		4.22