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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes

The Company's effective tax rate from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2013 was 21.4% compared with 17.8% in the first quarter of 2012 and 13.5% for the full year 2012. The increase in the first quarter 2013 effective tax rate from the full year 2012 rate of 13.5% is due to the absence of the 2012 reversal of certain foreign valuation allowances and tax rate decreases in certain foreign jurisdictions, the increase in the Company's Swedish effective tax rate and the projected change in the mix of earnings attributable to higher-taxing jurisdictions or jurisdictions where losses cannot be benefited in 2013.

The Company was previously awarded a number of multi-year Pioneer tax status certificates (the "certificates") by the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Singapore. No certificates are scheduled to expire in 2013.