Financial Data by Segment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 28, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 28, 2014
Net sales:
Net sales	$ 457,694	$ 439,898	$ 918,932	$ 862,482
Operating income (loss):
Operating income (loss):	32,547	(5,702)	68,377	3,449
Special charges, net	(6,613)	(24,264)	(12,635)	(32,975)
Depreciation and amortization expense:
Depreciation and amortization expense:	31,770	26,908	62,025	51,515
Unallocated Corporate
Capital spending:	18,010	19,685	29,020	33,800
Personal Care
Net sales:
Net sales	227,527	206,894	462,756	401,364
Infection Prevention
Net sales:
Net sales	86,045	84,695	165,901	165,134
High Performance Solutions
Net sales:
Net sales	144,122	148,309	290,275	295,984
Operating Segments
Operating income (loss):
Operating income (loss):	39,160	18,562	81,012	36,424
Depreciation and amortization expense:
Depreciation and amortization expense:	30,184	25,634	58,785	49,215
Corporate Segment [Member]
Operating income (loss):
Operating income (loss):	(15,312)	(16,838)
Depreciation and amortization expense:
Depreciation and amortization expense:	1,087	(293)
Unallocated Corporate
Capital spending:	1,040	957
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Operating income (loss):
Operating income (loss):	(49)	(93)
Segment Reconciling Items [Member]
Depreciation and amortization expense:
Depreciation and amortization expense:	1,586	1,274
North America
Net sales:
Net sales	202,345	195,425
Operating income (loss):
Operating income (loss):	31,633	22,976
Depreciation and amortization expense:
Depreciation and amortization expense:	12,726	9,684
Unallocated Corporate
Capital spending:	10,830	10,807
South America [Member]
Net sales:
Net sales	88,443	58,842
Operating income (loss):
Operating income (loss):	9,606	3,717
Depreciation and amortization expense:
Depreciation and amortization expense:	5,802	2,819
Unallocated Corporate
Capital spending:	1,846	1,525
Europe [Member]
Net sales:
Net sales	119,932	139,458
Unallocated Corporate
Capital spending:	5,405	1,512
Europe [Member] | Operating Segments
Operating income (loss):
Operating income (loss):	8,803	4,093
Depreciation and amortization expense:
Depreciation and amortization expense:	4,872	7,900
Asia [Member]
Net sales:
Net sales	46,974	46,173
Unallocated Corporate
Capital spending:	(1,111)	4,884
Asia [Member] | Operating Segments
Operating income (loss):
Operating income (loss):	4,479	4,707
Depreciation and amortization expense:
Depreciation and amortization expense:	$ 5,697	$ 5,524
Segment Reconciling Items [Member]
Depreciation and amortization expense:
Depreciation and amortization expense:			3,240	2,300
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Operating income (loss):
Operating income (loss):			311	(130)
Corporate Segment [Member]
Operating income (loss):
Operating income (loss):			(31,729)	(30,091)
Depreciation and amortization expense:
Depreciation and amortization expense:			1,645	48
Unallocated Corporate
Capital spending:			1,226	1,703
Asia [Member]
Net sales:
Net sales			94,415	93,688
Unallocated Corporate
Capital spending:			2,357	7,484
Asia [Member] | Operating Segments
Operating income (loss):
Operating income (loss):			9,762	8,859
Depreciation and amortization expense:
Depreciation and amortization expense:			11,218	11,096
Europe [Member]
Net sales:
Net sales			232,321	283,079
Unallocated Corporate
Capital spending:			8,512	4,021
Europe [Member] | Operating Segments
Operating income (loss):
Operating income (loss):			18,558	10,325
Depreciation and amortization expense:
Depreciation and amortization expense:			8,872	13,786
South America [Member]
Net sales:
Net sales			181,529	96,992
Operating income (loss):
Operating income (loss):			23,280	6,703
Depreciation and amortization expense:
Depreciation and amortization expense:			11,647	4,772
Unallocated Corporate
Capital spending:			2,648	3,734
North America
Net sales:
Net sales			410,667	388,723
Operating income (loss):
Operating income (loss):			60,830	40,758
Depreciation and amortization expense:
Depreciation and amortization expense:			25,403	19,513
Unallocated Corporate
Capital spending:			$ 14,277	$ 16,858