Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2011

Segment Information (Tables) [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information

									Corporate
									and
	Americas		Europe		Asia-Pacific		Total Region		Eliminations			Total Company
Year ended July 31, 2011:
Revenues from external customers	$	577,428	$	404,955	$	357,214	$	1,339,597	$	—		$	1,339,597
Intersegment revenues		41,638		3,054		24,500		69,192		(69,192	)		—
Depreciation and amortization expense		15,682		8,147		15,515		39,344		9,483			48,827
Segment profit		145,516		112,047		50,105		307,668		(15,742	)		291,926
Assets		735,003		333,977		389,465		1,458,445		403,060			1,861,505
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment		8,212		2,626		8,620		19,458		1,074			20,532
Year ended July 31, 2010:
Revenues from external customers	$	551,185	$	380,121	$	327,790	$	1,259,096	$	—		$	1,259,096
Intersegment revenues		43,136		4,456		18,188		65,780		(65,780	)		—
Depreciation and amortization expense		21,142		8,088		15,749		44,979		8,043			53,022
Segment profit		125,169		103,316		52,105		280,590		(14,131	)		266,459
Assets		754,753		313,204		362,653		1,430,610		315,921			1,746,531
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment		8,502		1,535		9,946		19,983		6,313			26,296
Year ended July 31, 2009:
Revenues from external customers	$	534,440	$	367,156	$	307,106	$	1,208,702	$	—		$	1,208,702
Intersegment revenues		45,853		4,310		18,534		68,697		(68,697	)		—
Depreciation and amortization expense		22,022		8,467		15,957		46,446		8,405			54,851
Segment profit		114,404		99,875		42,575		256,854		(7,952	)		248,902
Assets		703,559		298,717		341,605		1,343,881		239,386			1,583,267
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment		8,422		3,326		5,848		17,596		6,431			24,027

Net income reconciliation

	Years Ended July 31,
	2011			2010			2009
Net income reconciliation:
Total profit for reportable segments	$	307,668		$	280,590		$	256,854
Corporate and eliminations		(15,742	)		(14,131	)		(7,952	)
Unallocated amounts:
Administrative costs		(120,546	)		(121,689	)		(102,680	)
Restructuring costs		(9,188	)		(15,314	)		(25,849	)
Investment and other income — net		3,990			1,168			1,800
Interest expense		(22,124	)		(21,222	)		(24,901	)
Income before income taxes		144,058			109,402			97,272
Income taxes		(35,406	)		(27,446	)		(27,150	)
Net income	$	108,652		$	81,956		$	70,122

Geographic information

	Revenues*									Long-Lived Assets**
	Years Ended July 31,									As of Years Ended July 31,
	2011			2010			2009			2011		2010		2009
Geographic information:
United States	$	535,412		$	521,318		$	510,703		$	488,571	$	507,481	$	519,932
China		164,640			156,842			199,893			118,945		118,953		123,078
Other		708,737			646,716			566,589			422,703		391,214		375,905
Eliminations		(69,192	)		(65,780	)		(68,483	)		—		—		—
Consolidated total	$	1,339,597		$	1,259,096		$	1,208,702		$	1,030,219	$	1,017,648	$	1,018,915

*	Revenues are attributed based on country of origin.
**	Long-lived assets consist of property, plant, and equipment, other intangible assets and goodwill.