DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Details) lb in Millions, $ in Millions	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Sep. 26, 2015 USD ($) lb	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) lb
FX Forward Contracts:
Derivative Financial Instruments
Aggregate notional amount	$ 138.5	$ 212.5
Derivative contracts maturities within one year	136.6
Derivative contracts maturities within two years	1.9
Unrealized gains (losses), net of tax, recorded in AOCI	0.3	(0.3)
FX embedded derivatives
Derivative Financial Instruments
Derivative contracts maturities within one year	96.9
Derivative contracts maturities within two years	23.0
Derivative contracts maturities thereafter	3.6
FX embedded derivatives \| Derivative contracts not designated as hedging instruments
Derivative Financial Instruments
Aggregate notional amount	123.5	192.6
Commodity Contracts:
Derivative Financial Instruments
Unrealized gains (losses), net of tax, recorded in AOCI	(1.3)	(1.0)
Fair value of derivative contract - liability	$ 1.6	$ 1.4
Commodity Contracts: \| Derivative contracts designated as hedging instruments
Derivative Financial Instruments
Notional amount of commodity contracts (in pounds of copper) \| lb	4.4	4.2

Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). Expressed as an absolute value.

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Nominal mass used to calculate payments on a derivative instrument.

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Fair value as of the balance sheet date of all price risk derivative liabilities designated as cash flow hedging instruments.

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