Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Sales to External Customers and Gross Profit by Segment

The following tables summarize various financial amounts for each of our business segments (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Sales to External Customers:
Industry	$	433,424	$	376,533	$	314,574
Science	458,314		449,893		319,648
Total	$	891,738	$	826,426	$	634,222
Gross Profit:
Industry	$	220,267	$	185,156	$	147,442
Science	195,363		182,210		121,822
Total	$	415,630	$	367,366	$	269,264

Schedule of Goodwill and Assets by Segment

	December 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
Goodwill:
Industry	$	53,572	$	28,961
Science	77,748		29,092
Total	$	131,320	$	58,053
Total Assets:
Industry	$	293,115	$	235,799
Science	401,795		292,108
Corporate and Eliminations	539,313		562,002
Total	$	1,234,223	$	1,089,909

Schedule of Sales by Geographic Region

The following table summarizes sales by geographic region (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012						2011						2010
	Product Sales		Service Sales		Total		Product Sales		Service Sales		Total		Product Sales		Service Sales		Total
U.S. and Canada	$	200,778	$	90,942	$	291,720	$	179,126	$	78,118	$	257,244	$	131,283	$	72,719	$	204,002
Europe	185,598		59,124		244,722		206,994		54,319		261,313		160,927		46,467		207,394
Asia-Pacific Region and Rest of World	305,120		50,176		355,296		268,479		39,390		307,869		187,570		35,256		222,826
Consolidated net sales	$	691,496	$	200,242	$	891,738	$	654,599	$	171,827	$	826,426	$	479,780	$	154,442	$	634,222

Geographic Schedule of Long-Lived Assets

Our long-lived assets were geographically located as follows (in thousands):

	December 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
United States	$	74,319	$	49,284
The Netherlands	32,679		21,674
Other	58,277		23,825
Total	$	165,275	$	94,783