Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Consolidated Statements of Income
Net sales	$ 5,345.5us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 4,614.7us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 4,292.1us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Cost of sales	3,651.7us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold	3,163.9us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold	2,948.9us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold
Gross profit	1,693.8us-gaap_GrossProfit	1,450.8us-gaap_GrossProfit	1,343.2us-gaap_GrossProfit
Acquisition-related expenses	14.1	6.0	2.0
Selling, general and administrative expenses	645.1	548.0	512.9
Operating income	1,034.6us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	896.8us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	828.3us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense	(80.4)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(63.6)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(59.6)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Other income, net	18.3us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	13.4us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	10.1us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes	972.5	846.6	778.8
Provision for income taxes	(257.3)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(207.9)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(219.3)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income	715.2us-gaap_ProfitLoss	638.7us-gaap_ProfitLoss	559.5us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(6.1)	(3.0)	(4.2)
Net income attributable to Amphenol Corporation	$ 709.1	$ 635.7	$ 555.3
Net income per common share-Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 2.26us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 2.00us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 1.72us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Weighted average common shares outstanding-Basic (in shares)	313,136,791	318,185,574	323,044,160
Net income per common share-Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 2.21us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 1.96us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 1.69us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average common shares outstanding-Diluted (in shares)	320,430,140	324,548,998	327,894,222
Dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.45	$ 0.305	$ 0.21

This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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