Restructuring Costs Restructuring Costs (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring and Related Activities Disclosure [Text Block]

Restructuring Costs

During the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, the Company recorded net pre-tax restructuring expenses totaling $17.0 million , $27.5 million and $2.0 million, respectively. In 2013, the Company initiated a realignment plan that includes closing six not-to-scale sites in the United States and Europe and a transfer of those operations to the Company's larger facilities. The Company is also consolidating its optics and laser manufacturing businesses to better realize the benefits of vertical integration in these areas. In 2012, the Company recorded restructuring expenses associated with the relocation of one of the Company's manufacturing facilities in Europe to an existing facility in the United States.

The Company recorded the restructuring expenses in the segments as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2014			2013		2012
Surveillance	$	5,232		$	5,359	$	—
Instruments	10,998			15,541		—
OEM & Emerging	170			1,502		—
Maritime	(90		)	361		—
Security	—			327		—
Detection	544			4,222		2,000
Other	120			209		—
	$	16,974		$	27,521	$	2,000

Restructuring expenses were recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Income as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
Cost of goods sold	$	591	$	1,689	$	—
Restructuring expenses	16,383		25,832		2,000
	$	16,974	$	27,521	$	2,000

The following table summarizes the activity by cost type (in thousands):

	Severance			Inventory write downs			Facilities Exit, Lease Terminations & Other			Total
2013 restructuring expenses	$	19,866		$	1,689		$	5,966		$	27,521
Utilization	(1,675		)	(1,689		)	(2,296		)	(5,660		)
Balance, December 31, 2013	18,191			—			3,670			21,861
2014 restructuring expenses	11,860			590			4,524			16,974
Utilization	(19,110		)	(590		)	(6,709		)	(26,409		)
Balance, December 31, 2014	$	10,941		$	—		$	1,485		$	12,426