Disposed and Discontinued Operations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Results of discontinued operations [Table Text Block]

Summarized results of the Company’s discontinued operations are as follows:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2015		2014			2013
Revenue	$	72,869	$	568,991		$	1,970,965
Gain (loss) on sale, including impairments, net of tax	$	265,550	$	(3,691	)	$	(35,473	)
Earnings from operations before taxes	8,222		13,611			209,293
Benefit (provision) for income taxes	176		(12,825		)	31,782
Earnings from operations, net of tax	$	8,398	$	786		$	241,075
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	273,948	$	(2,905	)	$	205,602

Assets and liabilities of discontinued operations [Table Text Block]

Assets and liabilities of discontinued operations are summarized below:

	December 31, 2014
Assets of Discontinued Operations
Accounts receivable	$	46,691
Inventories, net	58,401
Prepaid and other current assets	8,571
Total current assets	113,663
Property, plant and equipment, net	31,573
Goodwill and intangible assets, net	181,798
Other assets and deferred charges	137
Total assets	$	327,171
Liabilities of Discontinued Operations
Accounts payable	$	21,199
Other current liabilities	17,675
Total current liabilities	38,874
Deferred income taxes	8,752
Other liabilities	3,092
Total liabilities	$	50,718

At December 31, 2014, the assets and liabilities of discontinued operations relate to Sargent Aerospace and Datamax O'Neil, which were sold in 2015. The Company had no assets and liabilities classified as discontinued operations as of December 31, 2015.

ScheduleOfDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsBalanceSheet [Table Text Block]

The following is a summary of the assets and liabilities distributed to Knowles as part of the separation on February 28, 2014:

Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	40,045
Other current assets	340,945
Non-current assets	1,678,820
Total assets	$	2,059,810
Liabilities:
Current liabilities	$	252,673
Non-current liabilities	383,940
Total liabilities	$	636,613
Net assets distributed to Knowles Corporation	$	1,423,197