Disposed and Discontinued Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Feb. 28, 2014
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Income Taxes Paid	$ 346,382	$ 372,446	$ 318,402
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Proceeds from the sale of businesses	$ 689,314	191,348	76,457
Deferred tax benefit realized on goodwill			25,520
Goodwill impairment loss, net of tax			53,439
Loss contingency accrual			3,750
Note receivable from buyer			16,250
Tax benefits recognized			54,827
Interest on tax obligations			18,279
Spin-off costs incurred to date		27,055	30,093
Pension settlement charge, net of tax	810	4,448
Cash received from Knowles Corporation, net of cash distributed	0	359,955	0
Stockholders' Equity Note, Spinoff Transaction		(1,423,197)
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Revenue	72,869	568,991	1,970,965
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax	265,550	(3,691)	(35,473)
Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation, before Income Tax	8,222	13,611	209,293
Discontinued Operation, Tax Effect of Discontinued Operation	(176)	12,825	(31,782)
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net	273,948	(2,905)	205,602
Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation During Phase-out Period, Net of Tax	8,398	786	241,075
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Assets [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable		46,691
Inventories, net		58,401
Prepaid and other current assets		8,571
Current assets		113,663
Property, plant and equipment, net		31,573
Goodwill and intangible assets, net		181,798
Other assets and deferred charges		137
Assets of discontinued operations	0	327,171
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Liabilities [Abstract]
Accounts payable		21,199
Other current liabilities		17,675
Current liabilities		38,874
Deferred income taxes		8,752
Other liabilities		3,092
Liabilities of discontinued operations	0	50,718
Refrigeration and Food Equipment product line [Member]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax	150
Datamax ONeil [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sale of businesses	185,000
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax	87,781
Sargent Aerospace [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Income Taxes Paid	110,500
Proceeds from the sale of businesses	500,000
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax	177,769
Everett Charles Technologies [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sale of businesses		4,482	92,694
Goodwill impairment loss, before tax			54,532
Goodwill impairment loss, net of tax			44,188
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax		3,204	(2,804)
DEK [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sale of businesses		170,616
Goodwill impairment loss, before tax			9,251
Impairment loss			$ 14,001
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax		(6,895)
Businesses held for sale or spun [Member]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation During Phase-out Period, Net of Tax	$ 9,209	32,289
Knowles [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Revolving Credit Facility				$ 100,000
Term Loan Facility				300,000
Transfer Of Cash And Cash Equivalents At Spin Off Gross		400,000
Cash received from Knowles Corporation, net of cash distributed		359,837
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Cash and Cash Equivalents				40,045
DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationNetAssets				1,423,197
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Assets [Abstract]
Prepaid and other current assets				340,945
Assets of discontinued operations				2,059,810
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Assets, Noncurrent				1,678,820
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Liabilities [Abstract]
Current liabilities				252,673
Liabilities of discontinued operations				636,613
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Liabilities, Noncurrent				$ 383,940
AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Stockholders' Equity Note, Spinoff Transaction		$ (26,695)