Acquisitions (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Allocation of acquisition cost

The Company acquired these businesses in four separate transactions for net cash consideration of $69,017. The following presents the allocation of acquisition cost to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, based on their estimated fair values:

Current assets, net of cash acquired	$	21,127
Property, plant and equipment	5,609
Goodwill	19,144
Intangible assets	31,042
Other non-current assets	802
Current liabilities	(6,185		)
Non-current liabilities	(2,522		)
Net assets acquired	$	69,017

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

The amounts assigned to goodwill and major intangible asset classifications for the 2013 acquisitions are as follows:

	Amount allocated		Useful life (in years)
Goodwill - Tax deductible	$	12,859	na
Goodwill - Non deductible	6,285		na
Customer intangibles	24,455		10
Trademarks	1,216		10
Patents	4,140		10
Other intangibles	1,231		2
	$	50,186

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 the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, assuming that the 2013 and 2012 acquisitions had taken place at the beginning of the prior year. As a result, the supplemental pro forma earnings for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 reflect adjustments to earnings from continuing operations as reported in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings to exclude $725 for nonrecurring expense related to the fair value adjustments to acquisition-date inventory (after-tax) and $810 of acquisition-related costs (after tax) and to reflect such items in 2012. The 2013 and 2012 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 2013 and 2012 acquisitions.

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Revenue from continuing operations:
As reported	$	2,228,763	$	2,038,289	$	4,268,336	$	3,992,903
Pro forma	2,233,259		2,147,736		4,284,331		4,265,224
Earnings from continuing operations:
As reported	$	294,352	$	205,156	$	491,341	$	391,565
Pro forma	295,973		216,338		493,521		413,624
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations:
As reported	$	1.72	$	1.12	$	2.85	$	2.13
Pro forma	1.73		1.18		2.86		2.25
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations:
As reported	$	1.70	$	1.10	$	2.82	$	2.10
Pro forma	1.71		1.16		2.83		2.22