Segment Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting, Measurement Disclosures [Abstract]

Segment Information

SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company operates and reports its results in five separate business segments consisting of the Test & Measurement, Environmental, Life Sciences & Diagnostics, Dental and Industrial Technologies segments. Operating profit represents total revenues less operating expenses, excluding other expense, interest and income taxes. The identifiable assets by segment are those used in each segment’s operations. Inter-segment amounts are not significant and are eliminated to arrive at consolidated totals.

Detailed segment data for the years ended December 31 is as follows ($ in millions):

	2015			2014			2013
Sales:
Test & Measurement	$	2,654.8		$	2,702.1		$	2,582.4
Environmental	3,635.4			3,547.3			3,316.9
Life Sciences & Diagnostics	8,213.1			7,185.7			6,856.4
Dental	2,736.8			2,193.1			2,094.9
Industrial Technologies	3,323.0			3,525.8			3,432.5
Total	$	20,563.1		$	19,154.0		$	18,283.1
Operating profit:
Test & Measurement	$	614.4		$	573.2		$	515.1
Environmental	782.4			705.2			696.5
Life Sciences & Diagnostics	1,088.5			1,105.9			1,009.8
Dental	370.4			304.4			304.9
Industrial Technologies	799.3			801.3			722.9
Other	(185.9		)	(143.4		)	(128.7		)
Total	$	3,469.1		$	3,346.6		$	3,120.5
Identifiable assets:
Test & Measurement	$	3,575.1		$	3,550.9		$	3,561.6
Environmental	3,881.7			3,824.9			3,584.5
Life Sciences & Diagnostics	29,448.7			13,743.9			13,614.7
Dental	5,906.9			6,224.3			4,095.1
Industrial Technologies	4,100.2			4,149.0			4,363.6
Other	1,309.6			3,615.2			3,519.3
Discontinued Operations	—			1,883.5			1,933.4
Total	$	48,222.2		$	36,991.7		$	34,672.2
Depreciation and amortization:
Test & Measurement	$	80.2		$	83.5		$	90.7
Environmental	89.8			85.7			62.7
Life Sciences & Diagnostics	660.1			539.0			517.3
Dental	132.0			85.0			83.3
Industrial Technologies	81.0			88.8			89.2
Other	8.2			7.5			7.4
Total	$	1,051.3		$	889.5		$	850.6

	2015		2014		2013
Capital expenditures, gross:
Test & Measurement	$	23.8	$	17.0	$	25.4
Environmental	90.8		76.1		46.5
Life Sciences & Diagnostics	399.4		391.1		386.7
Dental	53.3		24.4		30.7
Industrial Technologies	63.6		70.6		47.1
Other	2.1		1.4		1.7
Total	$	633.0	$	580.6	$	538.1

Operations in Geographical Areas:

	For the Year Ended December 31
($ in millions)	2015		2014		2013
Sales:
United States	$	9,072.9	$	8,091.2	$	7,613.6
China	1,989.7		1,727.5		1,612.7
Germany	1,123.5		1,182.9		1,161.5
All other (each country individually less than 5% of total sales)	8,377.0		8,152.4		7,895.3
Total	$	20,563.1	$	19,154.0	$	18,283.1
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	21,939.1	$	16,888.3	$	15,673.7
Germany	3,159.7		1,875.1		1,939.7
All other (each country individually less than 5% of total long-lived assets)	15,286.7		8,797.0		7,945.1
Total	$	40,385.5	$	27,560.4	$	25,558.5

Sales by Major Product Group:

	For the Year Ended December 31
($ in millions)	2015		2014		2013
Analytical and physical instrumentation	$	5,760.6	$	5,778.6	$	5,443.6
Medical and dental products	10,962.8		9,381.6		8,958.0
Motion and industrial automation controls	1,407.0		1,554.5		1,559.1
Product identification	1,571.6		1,611.2		1,551.5
All other	861.1		828.1		770.9
Total	$	20,563.1	$	19,154.0	$	18,283.1