Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2017	Nov. 04, 2016	May 31, 2016	May 25, 2016	May 04, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Feb. 08, 2016	Dec. 17, 2015
Grand Vista [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, effective date of acquisition	Jun. 30, 2017
Total purchase consideration	$ 23.7
Goodwill, acquired during period	10.3
Recognized identifiable assets (liabilities)	(1.5)
Payments to acquire businesses, net of cash acquired	23.1
Wallace [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, effective date of acquisition		Nov. 04, 2016
Total purchase consideration		$ 167.4
Identifiable intangible assets		72.2
Goodwill, acquired during period		94.8
Recognized identifiable assets (liabilities)		0.4
Reprogenetics UK [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, effective date of acquisition			May 31, 2016
Total purchase consideration			$ 11.7
Identifiable intangible assets			6.3
Goodwill, acquired during period			5.6
Recognized identifiable assets (liabilities)			(0.2)
Payments to acquire businesses, net of cash acquired			11.4
Recombine [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, effective date of acquisition				May 25, 2016
Total purchase consideration				$ 84.4
Identifiable intangible assets				30.0
Goodwill, acquired during period				65.0
Recognized identifiable assets (liabilities)				(10.5)
Payments to acquire businesses, net of cash acquired				84.0
K-Systems [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, effective date of acquisition					May 04, 2016
Total purchase consideration					$ 11.7
Identifiable intangible assets					5.4
Goodwill, acquired during period					5.6
Recognized identifiable assets (liabilities)					0.7
Payments to acquire businesses, net of cash acquired					11.5
Genesis Genetics [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, effective date of acquisition						Mar. 31, 2016
Total purchase consideration						$ 61.1
Identifiable intangible assets						28.6
Goodwill, acquired during period						28.7
Recognized identifiable assets (liabilities)						3.8
Payments to acquire businesses, net of cash acquired						60.5
The Pipette Company [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, effective date of acquisition							Feb. 08, 2016
Total purchase consideration							$ 20.2
Identifiable intangible assets							5.6
Goodwill, acquired during period							15.0
Recognized identifiable assets (liabilities)							(0.4)
Payments to acquire businesses, net of cash acquired							19.6
Research Instruments [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, effective date of acquisition								Dec. 17, 2015
Total purchase consideration								$ 53.6
Identifiable intangible assets								10.3
Goodwill, acquired during period								35.8
Recognized identifiable assets (liabilities)								7.6
Payments to acquire businesses, net of cash acquired								50.0
Technology | Wallace [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets		66.5
Technology | Recombine [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets				23.1
Technology | K-Systems [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets					3.6
Technology | Research Instruments [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets								6.2
Trade Names [Member] | Wallace [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets		3.2
Trade Names [Member] | Reprogenetics UK [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets			1.2
Trade Names [Member] | Recombine [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets				4.5
Trade Names [Member] | K-Systems [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets					1.0
Trade Names [Member] | Genesis Genetics [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets						3.4
Trade Names [Member] | The Pipette Company [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets							0.4
Trade Names [Member] | Research Instruments [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets								2.2
Customer relationships | Grand Vista [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets	$ 14.9
Customer relationships | Wallace [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets		$ 2.5
Customer relationships | Reprogenetics UK [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets			$ 5.1
Customer relationships | Recombine [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets				$ 2.4
Customer relationships | K-Systems [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets					$ 0.8
Customer relationships | Genesis Genetics [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets						$ 25.2
Customer relationships | The Pipette Company [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets							$ 5.2
Customer relationships | Research Instruments [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets								$ 1.9