Company Operations by Business Unit

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Company Operations by Business Unit

Company Operations by Business Unit

The business unit structure is the Company's approach to serving customers and reporting sales rather than any internal division used to allocate resources. Historically, the Company has operated with the Research units of Essentials, Specialties and Biotech and SAFC. During 2012, the 3 Research units were condensed into 1 Research business unit. Net sales for the Company's business units are as follows:

	2012		2011		2010
Research	$	1,768	$	1,777	$	1,624
SAFC	855		728		647
Total	$	2,623	$	2,505	$	2,271

The Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker is the CEO. The CEO and the Board review profit and loss information on a consolidated basis to assess performance and make overall operating decisions as well as resource allocations. The Company's business units are closely interrelated in their activities and share services such as order entry, billing, technical services, e-commerce, purchasing and inventory control and share production and distribution facilities. Additionally, these units are supported by centralized functional areas such as finance, human resources, quality, safety and compliance and information technology. Further, the Company's CEO, CFO and business unit Presidents participate in compensation programs in which a portion of their incentive compensation paid is based upon consolidated Company results for sales growth (and for the business unit Presidents, the sales growth in the business unit for which they are responsible), consolidated Company operating income, consolidated Company free cash flow and individual/business unit objectives based on consolidated Company EPS (and for the business unit Presidents, the profitability for certain sites within their respective business unit). Based on these factors, the Company has concluded that it operates in one segment.

Sales are attributed to countries based upon the location from which the product was shipped or services were performed. Products shipped from the U.S. to unaffiliated customer destinations outside of the U.S. are presented in the summary below:

Year	Amount		Year	Amount		Year	Amount
2012	$	61	2011	$	48	2010	$	39

Geographic financial information is as follows:

	2012		2011		2010
Net sales to unaffiliated customers:
United States	$	987	$	898	$	830
Germany	224		241		229
Other International	1,412		1,366		1,212
Total	$	2,623	$	2,505	$	2,271
Long-lived assets at December 31:
United States	$	549	$	506	$	496
International	351		319		294
Total	$	900	$	825	$	790