Acquisitions (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of business acquisitions (in businesses)	6	4
Goodwill and intangibles acquired	$ 1,529,964
Aggregate revenue of current period acquisitions included in Company's results	343,700
Aggregate pre-tax earnings of current period acquisitions included in Company's results	(11,300)
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation [Abstract]
Current assets, net of cash acquired	364,018	$ 76,323
Property, plant and equipment	154,762	38,849
Goodwill	908,313	315,701
Acquired intangible assets, net	621,651	229,829
Other non-current assets, principally deferred taxes	21,402	1,934
Current liabilities assumed	(276,675)	(31,814)
Non-current liabilities assumed, principally deferred taxes	(231,734)	(62,979)
Net assets acquired	1,561,737	$ 567,843
Non Deductible Goodwill [Member]
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation [Abstract]
Goodwill	908,313
Customer Intangibles [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition cost allocated to intangible assets	414,298
Trademarks [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition cost allocated to intangible assets	100,519
Patents [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition cost allocated to intangible assets	36,682
Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition cost allocated to intangible assets	70,152
Engineered Systems Segment [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill and intangibles acquired	250,544
Engineered Systems Segment [Member] | Non Deductible Goodwill [Member]
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation [Abstract]
Goodwill	126,140
Engineered Systems Segment [Member] | Customer Intangibles [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition cost allocated to intangible assets	98,182
Engineered Systems Segment [Member] | Trademarks [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition cost allocated to intangible assets	12,012
Engineered Systems Segment [Member] | Patents [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition cost allocated to intangible assets	13,682
Engineered Systems Segment [Member] | Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition cost allocated to intangible assets	528
Fluids Segment [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill and intangibles acquired	1,279,420
Fluids Segment [Member] | Non Deductible Goodwill [Member]
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation [Abstract]
Goodwill	782,173
Fluids Segment [Member] | Customer Intangibles [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition cost allocated to intangible assets	316,116
Fluids Segment [Member] | Trademarks [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition cost allocated to intangible assets	88,507
Fluids Segment [Member] | Patents [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition cost allocated to intangible assets	23,000
Fluids Segment [Member] | Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition cost allocated to intangible assets	69,624
Wayne Fueling Systems Ltd. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	792,244
Wayne Fueling Systems Ltd. [Member] | Non Deductible Goodwill [Member]
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation [Abstract]
Goodwill	482,445
Wayne Fueling Systems Ltd. [Member] | Customer Intangibles [Member]
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation [Abstract]
Acquired intangible assets, net	300,042
Other Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	769,493
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation [Abstract]
Acquired intangible assets, net	321,609
Other Acquisitions [Member] | Non Deductible Goodwill [Member]
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation [Abstract]
Goodwill	$ 425,868
Minimum [Member] | Customer Intangibles [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	8 years
Minimum [Member] | Trademarks [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	11 years
Minimum [Member] | Patents [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	7 years
Minimum [Member] | Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	4 years
Minimum [Member] | Wayne Fueling Systems Ltd. [Member] | Trademarks [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	11 years
Minimum [Member] | Other Acquisitions [Member] | Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	4 years
Maximum [Member] | Customer Intangibles [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	14 years
Maximum [Member] | Trademarks [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	15 years
Maximum [Member] | Patents [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	11 years
Maximum [Member] | Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	11 years
Maximum [Member] | Wayne Fueling Systems Ltd. [Member] | Trademarks [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	15 years
Maximum [Member] | Other Acquisitions [Member] | Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	15 years