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Derivative Financial Instruments Derivative Financial Instruments Narrative (Details)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011 contracts customers	Jun. 30, 2011 Euro Term Loan Interest Rate Swap [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 Euro Term Loan Interest Rate Swap [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2010 Euro Term Loan Interest Rate Swap [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Euro Term Loan Interest Rate Swap [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2011 USD Term Loan Interest Rate Swap June 2011 A [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 USD Term Loan Interest Rate Swap June 2011 B [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 Minimum [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 Maximum [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 EUR Denominated Term Loan [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2011 EUR Denominated Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 EUR Denominated Term Loan [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2010 EUR Denominated Term Loan [Member] USD ($)
Number of USD Term Loan Interest Rate Derivatives Expired	2
Pay fixed interest rate in interst rate swap		6.59%	6.59%			2.11%	2.15%
Percentage rate above EURIBOR receive on interest rate swap		2.00%	2.00%
Derivative, Description of Variable Rate Basis		Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR), plus 2%.	Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR), plus 2%.
Notional amount of interest rate swaps		$ 115,600,000	€ 80,800,000	$ 147,700,000	€ 112,400,000	$ 100,000,000	$ 100,000,000
Interest rate swap gain (loss) to be reclassified into income within twelve months		2,200,000	1,500,000
Notional amount of Euro denominated term loan										105,800,000	151,350,000	132,400,000	174,031,000
Number of foreign exchange forward contracts entered into YTD	257
Notional amount of foreign currency forward contracts								$ 50,000	$ 72,000,000