Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Segment financial information and a reconciliation of segment results to consolidated results follows:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
REVENUE:
Communication Technologies	$	1,516,585		$	1,360,077		$	1,076,012
Energy	2,172,604			1,900,749			1,303,507
Engineered Systems	3,419,544			3,100,735			2,786,442
Printing & Identification	996,531			1,008,236			943,681
Intra-segment eliminations	(925		)	(643		)	(135		)
Total consolidated revenue	$	8,104,339		$	7,369,154		$	6,109,507
EARNINGS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS:
Segment earnings:
Communication Technologies	$	218,960		$	226,382		$	205,215
Energy	538,650			450,637			316,113
Engineered Systems	501,952			445,186			382,644
Printing & Identification	135,159			141,561			151,235
Total segments	1,394,721			1,263,766			1,055,207
Corporate expense / other (1)	136,009			137,979			135,714
Net interest expense	121,141			115,525			106,371
Earnings from continuing operations before provision for income taxes and discontinued operations	1,137,571			1,010,262			813,122
Provision for taxes	304,452			237,076			193,625
Earnings from continuing operations	$	833,119		$	773,186		$	619,497
OPERATING MARGINS:
Communication Technologies	14.4		%	16.6		%	19.1		%
Energy	24.8		%	23.7		%	24.3		%
Engineered Systems	14.7		%	14.4		%	13.7		%
Printing & Identification	13.6		%	14.0		%	16.0		%
Total Segments	17.2		%	17.1		%	17.3		%
Earnings from continuing operations	14.0		%	13.7		%	13.3		%
DEPRECIATION and AMORTIZATION:
Communication Technologies	$	132,619		$	101,839		$	72,262
Energy	95,077			77,819			48,842
Engineered Systems	93,621			74,776			72,526
Printing & Identification	33,602			33,482			33,570
Corporate	2,666			2,561			2,037
Consolidated total	$	357,585		$	290,477		$	229,237
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES:
Communication Technologies	$	152,245		$	111,402		$	41,222
Energy	70,334			74,953			48,916
Engineered Systems	66,028			58,610			57,476
Printing & Identification	6,255			10,391			10,075
Corporate	2,150			7,320			11,608
Consolidated total	$	297,012		$	262,676		$	169,297

(1) Certain expenses are maintained at the corporate level and not allocated to the segments. These expenses include executive and functional compensation costs, non-service pension costs, non-operating insurance expenses, and various administrative expenses relating to the corporate headquarters.

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

Selected financial information by market segment (continued): 

TOTAL ASSETS AT DECEMBER 31:	2012		2011		2010
Communication Technologies	$	2,538,644	$	2,471,918	$	1,540,636
Energy	2,020,349		1,699,395		1,010,415
Engineered Systems	3,378,005		2,247,532		2,089,801
Printing & Identification	1,301,521		1,310,272		1,308,482
Corporate (principally cash and cash equivalents)	807,879		1,284,575		1,448,210
Total assets - continuing operations	10,046,398		9,013,692		7,397,544
Assets from discontinued operations	397,545		486,860		1,161,199
Consolidated total	$	10,443,943	$	9,500,552	$	8,558,743

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas [Table Text Block]

	Revenue						Long-Lived Assets
	Years Ended December 31,						At December 31,
	2012		2011		2010		2012		2011
United States	$	4,343,946	$	3,923,118	$	3,355,649	$	656,006	$	557,238
Europe	1,240,222		1,247,039		1,116,641		216,535		175,896
Other Americas	793,556		771,239		624,716		51,096		51,788
Asia	1,488,251		1,162,103		836,875		232,937		176,708
Other	238,364		265,655		175,626		10,478		9,073
Consolidated total	$	8,104,339	$	7,369,154	$	6,109,507	$	1,167,052	$	970,703