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AMETEK, Inc
(NYSE:AME) 

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AMETEK, Inc. manufactures and sells electronic instruments and electromechanical devices worldwide. It operates in two segments, Electronic Instruments (EIG) and Electromechanical (EMG). The company's EIG segment offers advanced instruments for the process, aerospace, power, and industrial markets; ...

Founded: 1930
Full Time Employees: 18,100
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Specialty Industrial Machinery

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      net sales
    1,998,448,000 1,892,641,000 1,778,056,000 1,731,971,000 1,761,602,000 1,708,564,000 1,734,834,000 1,736,180,000 1,730,885,000 1,622,837,000 1,646,111,000 1,597,117,000 1,625,667,000 1,551,786,000 1,514,552,000 1,458,525,000 1,503,745,000 1,440,681,000 1,386,346,000 1,215,742,000 1,198,947,000 1,126,942,000 1,011,922,000 1,202,218,000 1,304,821,000 1,276,633,000 1,289,412,000 1,287,691,000 1,271,328,000 1,192,962,000 1,208,935,000 1,172,647,000 1,143,085,000 1,084,799,000 1,064,604,000 1,007,682,000 972,953,000 945,030,000 977,706,000 944,398,000 987,983,000 998,527,000 1,003,726,000 984,059,000 1,024,143,000 1,031,811,000 990,718,000 975,292,000 942,468,000 890,006,000 878,809,000 882,853,000 841,790,000 839,373,000 825,898,000 827,152,000 762,751,000 750,546,000 758,834,000 717,783,000 677,975,000 644,374,000 591,941,000 556,662,000 523,500,000 497,060,000 524,929,000 552,866,000 623,744,000 647,423,000 648,771,000 611,197,000 583,250,000 528,849,000 519,468,000 505,283,000 480,674,000 464,164,000 450,585,000 423,867,000 403,781,000 344,529,000 352,051,000 334,096,000 326,271,000 310,707,000 303,917,000 291,423,000  
      yoy
    13.44% 10.77% 2.49% -0.24% 1.77% 5.28% 5.39% 8.71% 6.47% 4.58% 8.69% 9.50% 8.11% 7.71% 9.25% 19.97% 25.42% 27.84% 37.00% 1.12% -8.11% -11.73% -21.52% -6.64% 2.63% 7.01% 6.66% 9.81% 11.22% 9.97% 13.56% 16.37% 17.49% 14.79% 8.89% 6.70% -1.52% -5.36% -2.59% -4.03% -3.53% -3.23% 1.31% 0.90% 8.67% 15.93% 12.73% 10.47% 11.96% 6.03% 6.41% 6.73% 10.36% 11.83% 8.84% 15.24% 12.50% 16.48% 28.19% 28.94% 29.51% 29.64% 12.77% 0.69% -16.07% -23.22% -19.09% -9.54% 6.94% 22.42% 24.89% 20.96% 21.34% 13.94% 15.29% 19.21% 19.04% 34.72% 27.99% 26.87% 23.76% 10.89% 15.84% 14.64%      
      qoq
    5.59% 6.44% 2.66% -1.68% 3.10% -1.51% -0.08% 0.31% 6.66% -1.41% 3.07% -1.76% 4.76% 2.46% 3.84% -3.01% 4.38% 3.92% 14.03% 1.40% 6.39% 11.37% -15.83% -7.86% 2.21% -0.99% 0.13% 1.29% 6.57% -1.32% 3.09% 2.59% 5.37% 1.90% 5.65% 3.57% 2.95% -3.34% 3.53% -4.41% -1.06% -0.52% 2.00% -3.91% -0.74% 4.15% 1.58% 3.48% 5.89% 1.27% -0.46% 4.88% 0.29% 1.63% -0.15% 8.44% 1.63% -1.09% 5.72% 5.87% 5.21% 8.86% 6.34% 6.33% 5.32% -5.31% -5.05% -11.36% -3.66% -0.21% 6.15% 4.79% 10.29% 1.81% 2.81% 5.12% 3.56% 3.01% 6.30% 4.97% 17.20% -2.14% 5.37% 2.40% 5.01% 2.23% 4.29%   
      cost of sales
    1,278,034,000 1,206,505,000 1,142,167,000 1,106,971,000 1,116,853,000 1,092,754,000 1,110,425,000 1,144,681,000 1,115,850,000 1,020,920,000 1,053,190,000 1,022,525,000 1,063,657,000 1,004,596,000 988,175,000 948,833,000 982,394,000 949,402,000 912,712,000 789,392,000 769,968,000 732,705,000 669,195,000 824,647,000 858,175,000 823,262,000 838,153,000 851,307,000 835,268,000 782,994,000 791,248,000 776,800,000 767,039,000 719,718,000 699,739,000 664,935,000                                                      
      selling, general and administrative
    214,932,000 197,756,000 174,263,000 170,171,000 175,768,000 169,959,000 176,895,000 174,283,000 170,043,000 163,782,000 174,130,000 169,051,000 163,920,000 162,670,000 161,535,000 156,452,000 160,200,000 153,716,000 157,023,000 133,005,000 130,866,000 123,496,000 115,737,000 145,531,000 148,991,000 152,315,000 155,849,000 153,125,000 154,040,000 144,702,000 147,601,000 137,679,000 146,466,000 132,250,000 132,480,000 122,449,000 118,647,000 113,170,000 118,959,000 112,194,000 112,890,000 112,116,000 112,702,000 110,884,000 117,491,000 119,205,000 113,316,000 112,625,000 106,688,000 98,969,000 94,912,000 97,608,000 93,829,000 96,021,000 95,646,000 95,036,000 92,125,000 86,019,000 89,685,000 81,492,000 83,221,000 75,869,000 69,849,000 67,543,000 64,738,000 63,858,000 61,017,000 64,530,000 85,316,000 78,216,000 85,653,000 73,367,000 72,878,000 65,687,000 62,854,000 62,053,000 59,130,000 56,197,000 53,315,000 50,812,000 49,413,000 44,158,000 40,567,000  37,540,000 35,112,000 31,952,000 30,890,000  
      total operating expenses
    1,492,966,000 1,404,261,000 1,316,430,000 1,277,142,000 1,292,621,000 1,262,713,000 1,287,320,000 1,318,964,000 1,285,893,000 1,184,702,000 1,227,320,000 1,191,576,000 1,227,577,000 1,167,266,000 1,149,710,000 1,105,285,000 1,142,594,000 1,103,118,000 1,069,735,000 922,397,000 900,834,000 856,201,000 784,932,000 970,178,000 1,007,166,000 975,577,000 994,002,000 1,004,432,000 989,308,000 927,696,000 938,849,000 914,479,000 913,505,000 851,968,000 832,219,000 787,384,000 799,731,000 743,914,000 758,670,000 735,875,000 779,153,000 760,912,000 763,407,000 763,107,000 797,059,000 813,668,000 758,990,000 753,661,000 731,923,000 685,320,000 676,196,000 685,618,000 651,836,000 651,209,000 640,920,000 644,376,000 595,371,000 590,960,000 601,879,000 565,763,000 542,451,000 515,781,000 476,346,000 454,216,000 434,307,000 419,585,000 431,749,000 446,664,000 541,499,000 527,358,000 534,660,000 494,964,000                  
      operating income
    505,482,000 488,380,000 461,626,000 454,829,000 468,981,000 445,851,000 447,514,000 417,216,000 444,992,000 438,135,000 418,791,000 405,541,000 398,090,000 384,520,000 364,842,000 353,240,000 361,151,000 337,563,000 316,611,000 293,345,000 298,113,000 270,741,000 226,990,000 232,040,000 297,655,000 301,056,000 295,410,000 283,259,000 282,020,000 265,266,000 270,086,000 258,168,000 229,580,000 232,831,000 232,385,000 220,298,000 173,222,000 201,116,000 219,036,000 208,523,000 208,830,000 237,615,000 240,319,000 220,952,000 227,084,000 218,143,000 231,728,000 221,631,000 210,545,000 204,686,000 202,613,000 197,235,000 189,954,000 188,164,000 184,978,000 182,776,000 167,380,000 159,586,000 156,955,000 152,020,000 135,524,000 128,593,000 115,595,000 102,446,000 89,193,000 77,475,000 93,180,000 106,202,000 82,245,000 120,065,000 114,111,000 116,233,000 104,036,000 96,004,000 96,610,000 89,924,000 79,264,000 79,830,000 79,099,000 70,801,000 64,890,000 58,708,000 60,775,000 55,036,000 54,804,000 50,453,000 47,480,000 43,497,000  
      yoy
    7.78% 9.54% 3.15% 9.02% 5.39% 1.76% 6.86% 2.88% 11.78% 13.94% 14.79% 14.81% 10.23% 13.91% 15.23% 20.42% 21.15% 24.68% 39.48% 26.42% 0.15% -10.07% -23.16% -18.08% 5.54% 13.49% 9.38% 9.72% 22.84% 13.93% 16.22% 17.19% 32.54% 15.77% 6.09% 5.65% -17.05% -15.36% -8.86% -5.63% -8.04% 8.93% 3.71% -0.31% 7.86% 6.57% 14.37% 12.37% 10.84% 8.78% 9.53% 7.91% 13.49% 17.91% 17.85% 20.23% 23.51% 24.10% 35.78% 48.39% 51.94% 65.98% 24.06% -3.54% 8.45% -35.47% -18.34% -8.63% -20.95% 25.06% 18.12% 29.26% 31.25% 20.26% 22.14% 27.01% 22.15% 35.98% 30.15% 28.64% 18.40% 16.36% 28.00% 26.53%      
      qoq
    3.50% 5.80% 1.49% -3.02% 5.19% -0.37% 7.26% -6.24% 1.57% 4.62% 3.27% 1.87% 3.53% 5.39% 3.28% -2.19% 6.99% 6.62% 7.93% -1.60% 10.11% 19.27% -2.18% -22.04% -1.13% 1.91% 4.29% 0.44% 6.32% -1.78% 4.62% 12.45% -1.40% 0.19% 5.49% 27.18% -13.87% -8.18% 5.04% -0.15% -12.11% -1.13% 8.77% -2.70% 4.10% -5.86% 4.56% 5.27% 2.86% 1.02% 2.73% 3.83% 0.95% 1.72% 1.20% 9.20% 4.88% 1.68% 3.25% 12.17% 5.39% 11.24% 12.84% 14.86% 15.12% -16.85% -12.26% 29.13% -31.50% 5.22% -1.83% 11.72% 8.37% -0.63% 7.44% 13.45% -0.71% 0.92% 11.72% 9.11% 10.53% -3.40% 10.43% 0.42% 8.62% 6.26% 9.16%   
      operating margin %
    25.29% 25.80% 25.96% 26.26% 26.62% 26.10% 25.80% 24.03% 25.71% 27.00% 25.44% 25.39% 24.49% 24.78% 24.09% 24.22% 24.02% 23.43% 22.84% 24.13% 24.86% 24.02% 22.43% 19.30% 22.81% 23.58% 22.91% 22.00% 22.18% 22.24% 22.34% 22.02% 20.08% 21.46% 21.83% 21.86% 17.80% 21.28% 22.40% 22.08% 21.14% 23.80% 23.94% 22.45% 22.17% 21.14% 23.39% 22.72% 22.34% 23.00% 23.06% 22.34% 22.57% 22.42% 22.40% 22.10% 21.94% 21.26% 20.68% 21.18% 19.99% 19.96% 19.53% 18.40% 17.04% 15.59% 17.75% 19.21% 13.19% 18.55% 17.59% 19.02% 17.84% 18.15% 18.60% 17.80% 16.49% 17.20% 17.55% 16.70% 16.07% 17.04% 17.26% 16.47% 16.80% 16.24% 15.62% 14.93%  
      interest expense
    -22,890,000 -22,514,000 -16,857,000 -18,993,000 -22,000,000 -25,118,000 -30,590,000 -35,254,000 -24,117,000 -18,386,000 -18,723,000 -20,569,000 -23,021,000 -20,245,000 -20,350,000 -19,570,000 -20,516,000 -20,476,000 -20,442,000 -18,947,000 -19,465,000 -21,187,000 -22,669,000 -22,741,000 -23,045,000 -21,308,000 -21,475,000 -22,653,000 -20,319,000 -19,391,000 -20,784,000 -21,686,000 -24,252,000 -24,709,000 -24,552,000 -24,516,000 -23,588,000 -23,609,000 -23,706,000 -23,401,000 -22,747,000 -23,684,000 -22,678,000 -22,686,000 -22,566,000 -19,543,000 -18,981,000 -18,838,000 -18,852,000 -18,243,000 -18,154,000 -18,323,000 -18,834,000 -18,958,000 -18,843,000 -18,837,000 -17,984,000 -17,256,000 -17,339,000 -17,150,000 -16,981,000 -17,057,000 -16,730,000 -16,754,000 -16,674,000 -17,380,000 -17,141,000 -17,555,000 -17,656,000 -15,534,000 -15,328,000 -15,134,000 -12,777,000 -12,182,000 -10,998,000 -10,909,000 -10,616,000 -11,162,000 -10,301,000 -10,088,000 -9,951,000 -7,628,000 -7,702,000 -7,632,000 -7,667,000 -7,541,000 -6,724,000 -6,411,000  
      other income
    -8,609,000 -17,901,000 -2,600,000 -1,614,000 -2,626,000 -1,888,000 86,000 -633,000 -3,939,000 -6,256,000 -3,684,000 -5,373,000 3,434,000 3,227,000 1,973,000 2,552,000 -1,344,000 2,581,000 -4,414,000 -1,942,000 -1,941,000 -1,479,000 2,131,000 141,776,000                                                                  
      income before income taxes
    473,983,000 447,965,000 442,169,000 434,222,000 444,355,000 418,845,000 417,010,000 381,329,000 416,936,000 413,493,000 396,384,000 379,599,000 378,503,000 367,502,000 346,465,000 336,222,000 339,291,000 319,668,000 291,755,000 272,456,000 276,707,000 248,075,000 206,452,000 351,075,000 267,980,000 274,231,000 270,599,000 256,938,000 258,770,000 244,930,000 248,221,000 235,824,000 197,525,000 204,427,000 203,355,000 191,422,000 145,252,000 174,248,000 190,561,000 183,042,000 182,840,000 211,606,000 215,148,000 196,786,000 207,534,000 189,961,000 208,421,000 198,916,000 186,463,000 180,152,000 181,792,000 176,388,000 170,801,000 165,688,000 164,287,000 161,699,000 146,979,000 139,043,000 137,235,000 133,385,000 115,014,000 108,815,000 97,244,000 85,177,000 71,578,000 59,393,000 75,038,000 88,624,000 64,969,000 102,991,000 97,854,000 100,402,000 90,523,000 83,397,000 84,075,000 78,449,000 66,816,000 68,685,000 68,209,000 59,976,000 54,299,000 49,634,000 52,713,000 47,562,000 45,721,000 42,253,000 41,045,000 36,760,000  
      provision for income taxes
    75,382,000 76,549,000 83,802,000 82,464,000 57,098,000 78,604,000 79,327,000 70,386,000 74,072,000 73,123,000 72,142,000 73,887,000 71,422,000 69,861,000 64,092,000 63,775,000 57,610,000 62,208,000 60,076,000 53,223,000 55,682,000 43,494,000 40,235,000 70,459,000 47,203,000 53,482,000 55,096,000 52,670,000 47,250,000 53,717,000 54,361,000 54,484,000 -41,007,000 50,896,000 52,874,000 52,496,000 36,144,000 43,561,000 52,368,000 48,872,000 45,999,000 55,208,000 59,635,000 54,679,000 55,534,000 48,150,000 58,358,000 58,330,000 50,795,000 52,288,000 53,471,000    50,600,000 51,549,000             21,140,000 32,067,000 32,012,000 34,045,000 28,660,000 26,153,000  27,549,000 18,979,000 21,314,000 21,741,000 19,718,000 16,305,000 14,206,000 17,531,000 15,523,000 14,361,000 13,233,000 13,378,000 12,096,000  
      net income
    398,601,000 371,416,000 358,367,000 351,758,000 387,257,000 340,241,000 337,683,000 310,943,000 342,864,000 340,370,000 324,242,000 305,712,000 307,081,000 297,641,000 282,373,000 272,447,000 281,681,000 257,460,000 231,679,000 219,233,000 221,025,000 204,581,000 166,217,000 280,616,000 220,777,000 220,749,000 215,503,000 204,268,000 211,520,000 191,213,000 193,860,000 181,340,000 238,532,000 153,531,000 150,481,000 138,926,000 109,108,000 130,687,000 138,193,000 134,170,000 136,841,000 156,398,000 155,513,000 142,107,000 152,000,000 141,811,000 150,063,000 140,586,000 135,668,000 127,864,000 128,321,000 125,146,000 119,898,000 115,397,000 113,687,000 110,150,000 101,907,000 97,978,000 94,144,000 90,435,000 81,239,000 77,357,000 67,391,000 57,945,000 51,884,000 43,018,000 51,813,000 59,055,000 43,829,000 70,924,000 65,842,000 66,357,000 61,863,000 57,244,000 58,013,000 50,900,000 47,837,000 47,371,000 46,468,000 40,258,000 37,994,000 35,428,000 35,182,000 32,039,000 31,360,000 29,020,000 27,667,000 24,664,000  
      yoy
    2.93% 9.16% 6.13% 13.13% 12.95% -0.04% 4.15% 1.71% 11.65% 14.36% 14.83% 12.21% 9.02% 15.61% 21.88% 24.27% 27.44% 25.85% 39.38% -21.87% 0.11% -7.32% -22.87% 37.38% 4.38% 15.45% 11.16% 12.64% -11.32% 24.54% 28.83% 30.53% 118.62% 17.48% 8.89% 3.54% -20.27% -16.44% -11.14% -5.59% -9.97% 10.29% 3.63% 1.08% 12.04% 10.91% 16.94% 12.34% 13.15% 10.80% 12.87% 13.61% 17.65% 17.78% 20.76% 21.80% 25.44% 26.66% 39.70% 56.07% 56.58% 79.82% 30.07% -1.88% 18.38% -39.35% -21.31% -11.00% -29.15% 23.90% 13.50% 30.37% 29.32% 20.84% 24.85% 26.43% 25.91% 33.71% 32.08% 25.65% 21.15% 22.08% 27.16% 29.90%      
      qoq
    7.32% 3.64% 1.88% -9.17% 13.82% 0.76% 8.60% -9.31% 0.73% 4.97% 6.06% -0.45% 3.17% 5.41% 3.64% -3.28% 9.41% 11.13% 5.68% -0.81% 8.04% 23.08% -40.77% 27.10% 0.01% 2.43% 5.50% -3.43% 10.62% -1.37% 6.90% -23.98% 55.36% 2.03% 8.32% 27.33% -16.51% -5.43% 3.00% -1.95% -12.50% 0.57% 9.43% -6.51% 7.18% -5.50% 6.74% 3.63% 6.10% -0.36% 2.54% 4.38% 3.90% 1.50% 3.21% 8.09% 4.01% 4.07% 4.10% 11.32% 5.02% 14.79% 16.30% 11.68% 20.61% -16.97% -12.26% 34.74% -38.20% 7.72% -0.78% 7.26% 8.07% -1.33% 13.97% 6.40% 0.98% 1.94% 15.43% 5.96% 7.24% 0.70% 9.81% 2.17% 8.06% 4.89% 12.18%   
      net income margin %
    19.95% 19.62% 20.15% 20.31% 21.98% 19.91% 19.46% 17.91% 19.81% 20.97% 19.70% 19.14% 18.89% 19.18% 18.64% 18.68% 18.73% 17.87% 16.71% 18.03% 18.43% 18.15% 16.43% 23.34% 16.92% 17.29% 16.71% 15.86% 16.64% 16.03% 16.04% 15.46% 20.87% 14.15% 14.13% 13.79% 11.21% 13.83% 14.13% 14.21% 13.85% 15.66% 15.49% 14.44% 14.84% 13.74% 15.15% 14.41% 14.39% 14.37% 14.60% 14.18% 14.24% 13.75% 13.77% 13.32% 13.36% 13.05% 12.41% 12.60% 11.98% 12.00% 11.38% 10.41% 9.91% 8.65% 9.87% 10.68% 7.03% 10.95% 10.15% 10.86% 10.61% 10.82% 11.17% 10.07% 9.95% 10.21% 10.31% 9.50% 9.41% 10.28% 9.99% 9.59% 9.61% 9.34% 9.10% 8.46%  
      basic earnings per share
    1.73 1.61 1.55 1.52 1.67 1.47 1.46 1.35 1.49 1.48 1.41 1.33 1.34 1.3 1.23 1.18 1.22 1.11 0.95 0.96 0.89 0.73 1.23 0.96 0.97 0.95 0.9 0.92 0.83 0.84 0.79 1.03 0.67 0.65 0.61 0.47 0.56 0.59 0.57 0.57 0.65 0.64 0.59 0.63 0.58 0.61 0.57 0.56 0.52 0.53 0.51 0.49 0.48 0.47 0.69 0.64 0.61 0.59 0.57 -0.12 0.73 0.64 0.54 0.49 0.4 0.49 0.55 0.42 0.67 0.62 0.63 0.58 0.54 0.55 0.48 -0.18 0.68 0.66 0.58 0.54 0.51 0.51 0.47 0.46 0.43 0.41 0.37  
      diluted earnings per share
    1.73 1.6 1.55 1.52 1.67 1.47 1.45 1.34 1.48 1.47 1.4 1.32 1.33 1.29 1.22 1.17 1.21 1.1 0.94 0.95 0.88 0.72 1.22 0.96 0.96 0.94 0.89 0.91 0.82 0.83 0.78 1.03 0.66 0.65 0.6 0.47 0.56 0.59 0.57 0.58 0.65 0.64 0.59 0.62 0.57 0.61 0.57 0.55 0.52 0.52 0.51 0.49 0.47 0.47 0.68 0.63 0.6 0.58 0.56 -0.13 0.72 0.63 0.54 0.48 0.4 0.48 0.55 0.41 0.66 0.61 0.62 0.57 0.53 0.54 0.48 -0.18 0.67 0.65 0.57 0.54 0.5 0.5 0.46 0.45 0.42 0.4 0.36  
      weighted-average common shares outstanding:
                                                                                             
      basic shares
    -288 230,733 230,818 230,668 -36 231,342 231,437 231,097 88 230,691 230,478 230,126 -152 229,500 230,100 231,481 144 231,171 230,828 230,435 181 229,576 229,225 228,962 266 228,041 227,577 226,861 -404 231,502 231,252 230,928 180 230,439 230,158 229,548 -794 231,894 233,285 234,983 -895 239,959 241,498 240,947 -299 245,439 245,201 244,911 248 244,049 243,666 243,285 348 242,138 241,168 160,124 -98 160,924 160,406 159,728 53,040 105,763 105,667 106,619 125 106,862 106,708 106,420 70 106,341 105,950 105,942 190 106,136 105,665 105,125 34,923 69,778 70,086 69,892 144 69,242 69,075 68,704 175 68,124 67,569 67,278  
      diluted shares
    -302 231,670 231,472 231,542 -20 232,224 232,304 232,035 95 231,751 231,261 231,229 -139 230,714 231,247 233,065 101 233,000 232,841 232,296 246 231,460 230,381 230,872 204 229,560 229,328 228,686 -459 233,250 233,297 232,965 230 232,253 231,588 231,004 -846 232,721 234,790 236,216 -966 241,238 243,621 242,797 -323 247,643 247,403 247,229 250 245,930 246,104 245,411 434 244,229 243,121 162,205 -197 162,514 162,215 162,186 53,755 107,148 106,669 107,570 175 107,748 107,955 107,321 -176 107,577 107,476 107,749 221 107,764 107,433 106,881 35,527 70,888 71,232 71,123 124 70,841 70,644 70,277 215 69,552 68,914 68,651  
      dividends declared and paid per share
    0.233 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.21 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.188 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.165 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.15 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.135 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.105 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.105 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.068 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.068 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.068 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.06 0.09 0.09 0.06 0.045 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.045 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.045 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.045 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.045 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.045 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.045 0.06            
      other expense
                            -6,630,000 -5,517,000 -3,336,000 -3,668,000 -2,931,000 -945,000 -1,081,000 -658,000                                                          
      operating expenses:
                                                                                             
      other expenses:
                                                                                             
      other
                                    -7,803,000 -3,695,000 -4,478,000 -4,360,000 -4,382,000 -3,259,000 -4,769,000 -2,080,000 -3,243,000 -2,325,000 -2,493,000 -1,480,000 3,016,000 -8,639,000 -4,326,000 -3,877,000 -5,230,000 -6,291,000 -2,667,000 -2,524,000 -319,000 -3,518,000 -1,848,000 -2,240,000 -2,417,000 -3,287,000 -2,381,000 -1,485,000 -3,529,000 -2,721,000 -1,621,000 -515,000 -941,000 -702,000 -1,001,000 -23,000 380,000 -1,540,000 -929,000 -697,000 -736,000 -425,000 -1,537,000 -566,000 -1,832,000 17,000 -589,000 -737,000 -640,000 -1,446,000 -360,000 158,000 -1,416,000 -659,000 289,000 -326,000  
      cost of sales, excluding depreciation
                                        459,910,500 612,702,000 621,584,000 605,356,000 647,600,000 631,790,000 633,925,000 635,965,000 663,463,000 677,739,000 630,645,000 625,170,000 609,845,000 572,125,000 567,598,000 574,074,000 544,642,000 541,454,000 531,753,000 536,283,000 489,753,000 493,266,000 499,956,000 472,804,000 446,594,000 429,075,000 395,499,000 375,724,000 359,074,000 344,658,000 361,578,000 370,643,000 444,410,000 437,476,000 437,183,000 411,017,000 262,565,750 356,682,000 350,237,000 343,344,000 229,837,750 318,275,000 308,308,000 292,768,000 177,157,500 233,217,000 242,123,000  160,119,750 216,534,000 215,583,000 208,362,000  
      depreciation
                                        13,623,500 18,042,000 18,127,000 18,325,000 18,663,000 17,006,000 16,780,000 16,258,000 16,105,000 16,724,000 15,029,000 15,866,000 15,390,000 14,226,000 13,686,000 13,936,000 13,365,000 13,734,000 13,521,000 13,057,000 13,493,000 11,675,000 12,238,000 11,467,000 12,636,000 10,837,000 10,998,000 10,949,000 10,495,000 11,069,000 9,154,000 11,491,000 11,773,000 11,666,000 11,824,000 10,580,000 12,085,000 10,476,000 9,767,000 9,962,000 9,711,000 9,862,000 9,863,000 9,486,000 9,600,000 8,446,000 8,586,000 8,331,000 10,579,000 8,608,000 8,902,000 8,674,000  
      other incomes:
                                                                                             
      benefit from income taxes
                                                       51,242,000 50,903,000 50,291,000   31,776,500 41,065,000 43,091,000 42,950,000 33,775,000 31,458,000 29,853,000 27,232,000 19,694,000 16,375,000 23,225,000 29,569,000       26,062,000               
      expenses:
                                                                                             
      total expenses
                                                                            317,765,500 432,845,000 422,858,000 415,359,000 277,221,500 384,334,000 371,486,000 353,066,000 214,039,250 285,821,000 291,276,000 279,060,000 191,154,250 260,254,000 256,437,000 247,926,000  
      other (expenses) income:
                                                                                             
      average common shares outstanding:
                                                                                             
      dividends per share
                                                                                  0.06 0.06 0.045 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.045 0.06 0.06 0.06  
      cost of sales, excluding
                                                                                       233,290,000      
      selling, general and
                                                                                       37,439,000      
      administrative
                                                                                             
      average common shares outstanding
                                                                                             
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        assets
                                                                                               
        current assets:
                                                                                               
        cash and cash equivalents
      457,951,000 439,237,000 619,712,000 399,001,000 373,999,000 396,266,000 396,573,000 373,765,000 409,804,000 841,901,000 605,587,000 399,873,000 345,386,000 309,944,000 348,653,000 340,304,000 346,772,000 358,676,000 390,644,000 1,123,660,000 1,212,822,000 1,304,838,000 1,130,975,000 1,253,382,000 393,030,000 735,376,000 567,912,000 368,065,000 353,975,000 518,721,000 557,693,000 556,776,000 646,300,000 736,415,000 516,483,000 570,233,000 717,259,000 445,469,000 456,195,000 386,940,000 381,005,000 328,034,000 326,588,000 406,587,000 377,615,000 369,613,000 282,771,000 265,335,000 295,203,000 254,878,000 207,614,000 177,335,000 157,984,000 162,851,000 163,595,000 219,304,000 170,392,000 218,274,000 196,593,000 155,009,000 163,208,000 135,017,000 230,793,000 255,632,000 246,356,000 200,963,000 137,402,000 135,752,000 86,980,000 166,498,000 141,608,000 114,708,000 170,139,000 72,557,000 76,316,000 57,404,000 49,091,000 51,108,000 44,511,000 38,993,000 35,545,000 40,082,000 53,350,000 38,807,000 37,582,000 23,541,000 26,539,000 17,658,000 14,313,000 
        receivables
      1,119,257,000 1,135,967,000 1,020,967,000 996,536,000 948,830,000 968,240,000 976,442,000 983,893,000 1,012,932,000 936,803,000 936,909,000 901,506,000 919,335,000 876,460,000 885,080,000 854,457,000 829,213,000 768,386,000 754,045,000 678,467,000 597,472,000 614,773,000 620,160,000 712,195,000 744,760,000 761,961,000 757,522,000 763,156,000 732,839,000 714,929,000 710,956,000 684,617,000 668,176,000 640,815,000 642,263,000 603,900,000 592,326,000 595,143,000 596,589,000 606,888,000 603,295,000                               430,178,000                  
        inventories
      1,106,405,000 1,153,074,000 1,110,502,000 1,069,527,000 1,021,713,000 1,084,622,000 1,101,719,000 1,127,328,000 1,132,471,000 1,087,584,000 1,107,824,000 1,117,051,000 1,044,284,000 1,025,130,000 966,609,000 866,472,000 769,175,000 738,688,000 711,620,000 604,321,000 559,171,000 584,753,000 621,518,000 654,298,000 624,567,000 623,675,000 634,138,000 640,580,000 624,744,000 620,149,000 614,390,000 596,312,000 540,504,000 546,876,000 541,213,000 529,927,000 492,104,000 537,227,000 536,971,000 548,777,000 514,451,000 541,994,000 541,919,000 506,086,000 495,896,000 526,674,000 538,287,000 483,448,000 452,848,000 449,133,000 438,912,000 434,044,000 428,935,000 407,898,000 415,610,000 393,259,000 380,471,000 363,838,000 364,317,000 351,424,000 335,253,000 332,431,000 315,747,000 305,960,000 311,542,000 312,536,000 325,472,000 340,779,000 349,509,000 362,897,000 357,115,000 326,770,000 301,679,000 313,267,000 265,469,000 244,187,000 236,783,000 229,937,000 235,205,000 207,809,000 193,099,000 189,462,000 179,876,000 172,687,000 168,523,000 167,615,000 164,069,000 151,784,000 143,359,000 
        other current assets
      336,229,000 333,267,000 300,656,000 295,732,000 258,490,000 284,562,000 292,510,000 290,516,000 269,461,000 252,407,000 249,235,000 247,512,000 219,053,000 221,034,000 211,272,000 211,582,000 183,605,000 196,065,000 185,772,000 167,045,000 153,005,000 138,654,000 144,482,000 154,616,000 263,414,000 151,172,000 167,581,000 152,843,000 124,586,000 144,816,000 135,087,000 122,500,000 79,675,000 100,377,000 89,314,000 83,383,000 76,497,000 62,414,000 64,681,000 68,227,000 74,138,000 70,462,000 70,103,000 57,699,000 74,578,000 52,987,000 65,439,000 51,551,000 45,562,000 32,697,000 39,839,000 39,271,000 36,673,000 36,141,000 36,199,000 39,119,000 36,180,000 34,677,000 41,637,000 42,343,000 43,367,000 47,465,000 43,915,000 47,116,000 44,486,000 54,676,000 57,315,000 55,299,000 76,936,000 50,923,000 54,181,000 54,118,000 50,619,000 40,063,000 34,381,000 34,436,000 33,775,000 32,419,000 33,463,000 33,595,000 28,871,000 30,743,000 25,399,000 23,351,000 21,912,000 24,904,000 15,034,000 14,174,000 17,139,000 
        total current assets
      3,019,842,000 3,061,545,000 3,051,837,000 2,760,796,000 2,603,032,000 2,733,690,000 2,767,244,000 2,775,502,000 2,824,668,000 3,118,695,000 2,899,555,000 2,665,942,000 2,528,058,000 2,432,568,000 2,411,614,000 2,272,815,000 2,128,765,000 2,061,815,000 2,042,081,000 2,573,493,000 2,522,470,000 2,643,018,000 2,517,135,000 2,774,491,000 2,025,771,000 2,272,184,000 2,127,153,000 1,924,644,000 1,836,144,000 1,998,615,000 2,018,126,000 1,960,205,000 1,934,655,000 2,024,483,000 1,789,273,000 1,787,443,000 1,928,190,000 1,696,890,000 1,707,622,000 1,662,590,000 1,619,613,000 1,590,740,000 1,599,342,000 1,608,754,000 1,578,604,000 1,590,130,000 1,530,670,000 1,434,171,000 1,369,129,000 1,308,557,000 1,243,801,000 1,214,164,000 1,164,743,000 1,135,832,000 1,132,010,000 1,152,861,000 1,059,119,000 1,080,537,000 1,083,132,000 1,022,826,000 974,492,000 930,937,000 984,945,000 996,281,000 969,430,000 960,588,000 912,305,000 941,744,000 954,586,000 1,039,945,000 1,028,353,000 950,898,000 952,204,000 845,559,000 778,928,000 712,679,000 684,063,000 659,455,000 658,529,000 599,707,000 556,307,000 517,400,000 517,844,000 479,241,000  449,512,000 442,951,000 397,532,000  
        property, plant and equipment
      855,215,000 845,603,000 836,373,000 830,840,000 818,611,000 822,609,000 861,577,000 877,420,000 891,293,000 631,692,000 637,540,000 637,672,000 635,641,000 594,926,000 597,153,000 611,010,000 617,138,000 597,488,000 598,827,000 549,313,000 526,530,000 508,645,000 516,575,000 534,786,000 548,908,000 537,157,000 538,256,000 542,679,000 554,130,000 487,425,000 490,126,000 492,350,000 493,296,000 494,973,000 492,507,000 482,908,000 473,230,000 478,647,000 475,471,000 488,331,000 484,548,000 483,029,000 484,932,000 434,401,000 448,446,000 451,551,000 459,187,000 405,913,000 402,790,000 383,594,000 372,715,000 375,660,000 383,483,000 361,680,000 361,485,000 334,369,000 325,329,000 318,636,000 331,614,000 317,635,000 318,126,000 304,181,000 290,437,000 298,207,000 310,053,000 308,331,000 309,263,000 300,403,000 307,908,000    293,107,000    258,008,000    228,450,000    207,542,000    213,622,000 
        right of use assets
      273,142,000 267,589,000 245,691,000 228,180,000 235,666,000 211,381,000 217,469,000 219,887,000 229,723,000 165,450,000 171,616,000 166,985,000 170,295,000 161,217,000 168,829,000 169,279,000 169,924,000 169,075,000 178,698,000 166,675,000 167,233,000 166,728,000 164,216,000 168,543,000 179,679,000 174,438,000 182,902,000 182,182,000                                                              
        goodwill
      7,170,770,000 7,185,294,000 6,723,879,000 6,631,335,000 6,555,877,000 6,550,267,000 6,453,513,000 6,438,675,000 6,447,629,000 5,479,025,000 5,449,590,000 5,430,493,000 5,372,562,000 5,190,196,000 5,173,411,000 5,218,920,000 5,238,726,000 5,180,999,000 5,139,807,000 4,292,402,000 4,224,906,000 4,188,754,000 4,155,636,000 4,075,633,000 4,047,539,000 3,668,445,000 3,613,182,000 3,610,277,000 3,612,033,000 3,263,663,000 3,252,002,000 3,238,599,000 3,115,619,000 3,138,742,000 3,117,129,000 2,975,039,000 2,818,950,000 2,846,106,000 2,827,460,000 2,857,999,000 2,706,633,000 2,722,871,000 2,668,625,000 2,566,962,000 2,614,030,000 2,633,188,000 2,610,381,000 2,476,845,000 2,408,363,000 2,300,466,000 2,181,997,000 2,177,533,000 2,208,239,000 2,065,772,000 2,052,547,000 1,929,063,000 1,806,237,000 1,677,319,000 1,712,781,000 1,591,779,000 1,573,645,000 1,489,574,000 1,296,586,000 1,261,030,000 1,277,291,000 1,280,581,000 1,281,579,000 1,241,349,000 1,240,052,000 1,236,484,000 1,245,138,000 1,122,745,000 1,045,733,000 992,473,000 922,016,000 899,558,000 881,433,000 860,047,000 895,575,000 799,578,000 785,185,000     608,735,000    
        other intangibles
      4,128,394,000 4,245,742,000 3,880,465,000 3,916,702,000 3,915,173,000 3,950,989,000 4,013,096,000 4,080,603,000 4,165,317,000 3,283,846,000 3,279,269,000 3,321,124,000 3,342,085,000 3,254,243,000 3,234,443,000 3,312,384,000 3,368,629,000 3,344,855,000 3,473,694,000 2,700,848,000 2,623,719,000 2,644,404,000 2,667,816,000 2,768,204,000 2,762,872,000 2,310,152,000 2,338,511,000 2,369,539,000 2,403,771,000 2,101,554,000 2,147,352,000 2,126,666,000 2,013,365,000 1,965,973,000 1,981,062,000 1,901,004,000 1,734,021,000 1,780,285,000 1,767,465,000 1,806,610,000 1,672,961,000                                                 
        investments and other assets
      620,180,000 576,484,000 528,301,000 509,243,000 502,810,000 498,703,000 482,967,000 472,894,000 464,903,000 414,668,000 402,281,000 393,806,000 382,479,000 405,782,000 399,521,000 387,621,000 375,005,000 325,463,000 322,157,000 297,152,000 292,625,000 281,837,000 289,794,000 280,289,000 279,790,000 257,333,000 269,598,000 262,162,000 256,210,000 256,786,000 244,846,000 240,541,000 239,129,000 159,130,000 155,042,000 152,416,000 146,283,000 175,134,000 177,762,000 179,172,000 180,775,000 148,132,000 147,644,000 146,071,000 154,322,000 231,159,000 226,557,000 225,592,000 223,694,000 125,670,000 120,910,000 124,134,000 123,864,000 142,074,000 142,165,000 141,962,000 145,848,000 203,237,000 200,527,000 200,092,000 191,096,000 164,253,000 163,256,000 165,092,000 167,370,000 115,869,000 112,327,000 111,128,000 111,211,000 149,135,000 148,363,000 143,502,000 142,307,000 110,435,000 106,114,000 106,169,000 107,644,000 100,993,000 104,503,000 103,860,000 92,710,000 77,354,000 77,313,000       
        total assets
      16,067,543,000 16,182,257,000 15,266,546,000 14,877,096,000 14,631,169,000 14,767,639,000 14,795,866,000 14,864,981,000 15,023,533,000 13,093,376,000 12,839,851,000 12,616,022,000 12,431,120,000 12,038,932,000 11,984,971,000 11,972,029,000 11,898,187,000 11,679,695,000 11,755,264,000 10,579,883,000 10,357,483,000 10,433,386,000 10,311,172,000 10,601,946,000 9,844,559,000 9,219,709,000 9,069,602,000 8,891,483,000 8,662,288,000 8,108,043,000 8,152,452,000 8,058,361,000 7,796,064,000 7,783,301,000 7,535,013,000 7,298,810,000 7,100,674,000 6,977,062,000 6,955,780,000 6,994,702,000 6,664,530,000 6,644,024,000 6,557,811,000 6,335,240,000 6,420,963,000 6,571,061,000 6,485,003,000 6,088,843,000 5,877,902,000 5,461,222,000 5,192,534,000 5,174,475,000 5,190,056,000 4,893,511,000 4,885,204,000 4,608,592,000 4,319,490,000 4,116,301,000 4,154,774,000 3,893,298,000 3,818,915,000 3,579,305,000 3,267,048,000 3,225,017,000 3,246,032,000 3,169,015,000 3,112,922,000 3,048,724,000 3,055,542,000 3,165,144,000 3,109,139,000 2,848,497,000 2,745,700,000 2,514,150,000 2,326,347,000 2,177,781,000 2,130,876,000 2,040,236,000 2,037,235,000 1,847,828,000 1,780,600,000 1,603,990,000 1,558,481,000 1,431,250,000  1,391,589,000 1,350,270,000 1,226,956,000  
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                               
        current liabilities:
                                                                                               
        short-term borrowings and current portion of long-term debt
      1,208,975,000 1,038,143,000 407,651,000 471,521,000 654,346,000 571,061,000 827,967,000 1,055,406,000 1,417,915,000 304,480,000 5,401,000 70,017,000 226,079,000 272,027,000 354,791,000 331,426,000 315,093,000 415,667,000 699,996,000 94,670,000 132,284,000 505,030,000 115,880,000 510,792,000 497,449,000 199,533,000 98,356,000 104,157,000 358,876,000 68,722,000 307,661,000 308,069,000 308,123,000 509,567,000 272,550,000 337,951,000 278,921,000 613,684,000 599,329,000 665,686,000 386,075,000 295,259,000 183,903,000 254,038,000 286,201,000 163,202,000 454,418,000 265,069,000 273,315,000 164,926,000 125,658,000 208,092,000 320,654,000 242,781,000 388,708,000 227,176,000 140,508,000 40,635,000 127,713,000 2,652,000 97,152,000 32,351,000 76,795,000 80,221,000 85,801,000 85,426,000 5,110,000 9,239,000 18,438,000 188,896,000 422,083,000 236,517,000 236,005,000 233,111,000 184,498,000 127,855,000 163,608,000 167,105,000 182,062,000 139,225,000 156,130,000 25,585,000 6,843,000 29,237,000 49,943,000 79,454,000 48,120,000 76,524,000 106,774,000 
        accounts payable
      617,950,000 582,010,000 549,291,000 534,447,000 523,332,000 511,680,000 510,457,000 517,352,000 516,588,000 486,581,000 487,663,000 526,063,000 497,134,000 524,255,000 540,667,000 504,249,000 470,252,000 446,409,000 446,532,000 397,075,000 360,370,000 324,837,000 337,465,000 373,900,000 377,219,000 381,945,000 390,443,000 405,648,000 399,571,000 389,130,000 394,283,000 382,313,000 437,329,000 409,357,000 405,937,000 382,805,000 369,537,000 345,490,000 358,423,000 366,236,000 365,355,000 375,187,000 384,254,000 381,054,000 386,207,000 381,820,000 382,574,000 370,047,000 347,638,000 330,801,000 332,038,000 342,565,000 321,183,000 288,221,000 299,731,000 291,026,000 283,068,000 263,143,000 266,709,000 261,579,000 236,600,000 227,567,000 213,927,000 203,532,000 191,779,000 170,958,000 176,494,000 182,062,000 203,742,000 222,763,000 253,377,000 236,838,000 206,170,000 189,276,000 170,891,000 169,255,000 160,614,000 146,420,000 155,316,000 145,486,000 132,506,000 119,298,000 121,999,000 115,994,000 109,036,000 103,414,000 111,751,000 103,608,000 96,582,000 
        customer advanced payments
      396,177,000 416,234,000 380,407,000 386,573,000 363,555,000 350,865,000 378,256,000 391,873,000 375,513,000 362,985,000 382,611,000 377,856,000 357,674,000 332,244,000 327,537,000 322,887,000 298,728,000 287,404,000 294,073,000 236,299,000 194,633,000 175,834,000 180,613,000 174,890,000 156,818,000 144,181,000 140,635,000 136,361,000 137,229,000 137,094,000 136,945,000 135,461,000                                                          
        income taxes payable
      82,682,000 81,352,000 77,574,000 123,175,000 84,428,000 64,763,000 46,653,000 85,843,000 69,567,000 61,800,000 48,178,000 107,134,000 48,171,000 49,056,000 35,216,000 74,055,000 35,904,000 66,017,000 24,380,000 61,917,000 38,896,000 40,771,000 37,938,000 76,630,000 30,292,000 41,904,000 33,029,000 39,941,000 48,597,000 45,018,000 35,567,000 51,685,000 34,660,000 47,604,000 41,361,000 44,401,000 29,913,000 24,220,000 25,121,000 44,125,000 32,738,000 20,671,000 22,184,000 30,959,000 27,157,000 35,441,000 45,532,000 82,341,000 40,007,000 28,278,000 32,819,000 60,610,000 40,598,000 34,717,000 23,942,000 57,380,000 24,127,000 34,094,000 32,154,000 61,340,000 39,026,000 32,552,000 26,431,000 27,532,000 13,345,000 37,073,000 50,636,000 58,632,000 31,649,000 27,385,000 34,727,000 49,212,000 28,437,000    14,618,000        11,635,000    11,936,000 
        accrued liabilities and other
      536,968,000 532,064,000 453,512,000 446,843,000 472,926,000 468,556,000 439,714,000 452,034,000 502,990,000 457,874,000 417,337,000 371,597,000 435,144,000 413,801,000 374,818,000 358,118,000 443,337,000 418,329,000 392,648,000 348,502,000 349,732,000 357,022,000 345,557,000 341,459,000 364,080,000 342,956,000 316,095,000 321,121,000                                                              
        total current liabilities
      2,842,752,000 2,649,803,000 1,868,435,000 1,962,559,000 2,098,587,000 1,966,925,000 2,203,047,000 2,502,508,000 2,882,573,000 1,673,720,000 1,341,190,000 1,452,667,000 1,564,202,000 1,591,383,000 1,633,029,000 1,590,735,000 1,563,314,000 1,633,826,000 1,857,629,000 1,138,463,000 1,075,915,000 1,403,494,000 1,017,453,000 1,477,671,000 1,425,858,000 1,110,519,000 978,558,000 1,007,228,000 1,258,704,000 969,901,000 1,182,517,000 1,159,923,000 1,138,663,000 1,270,341,000 995,146,000 1,016,798,000 924,441,000 1,216,738,000 1,207,462,000 1,290,554,000 1,025,172,000 925,477,000 830,131,000 898,502,000 936,144,000 831,709,000 1,121,825,000 931,805,000 874,545,000 732,221,000 679,456,000 799,137,000 879,969,000 762,393,000 896,380,000 750,142,000 628,875,000 518,207,000 601,895,000 491,023,000 550,859,000 463,339,000 462,392,000 449,328,000 424,282,000 449,036,000 389,862,000 418,465,000 447,513,000 612,370,000 880,437,000 692,703,000 640,750,000 609,583,000 531,157,000 461,644,000 480,900,000 472,730,000 496,410,000 420,736,000 405,792,000 273,485,000 263,346,000 251,636,000  283,915,000 268,512,000 269,146,000  
        long-term debt
      1,074,334,000 1,426,072,000 1,534,347,000 1,459,445,000 1,425,375,000 1,765,473,000 1,823,410,000 1,877,772,000 1,895,432,000 1,856,129,000 2,186,299,000 2,175,880,000 2,158,928,000 2,085,364,000 2,147,362,000 2,204,592,000 2,229,148,000 2,238,920,000 2,262,100,000 2,256,910,000 2,281,441,000 2,295,810,000 2,753,254,000 2,741,798,000 2,271,292,000 2,229,252,000 2,368,690,000 2,368,197,000 2,273,837,000 1,832,547,000 1,838,224,000 1,897,633,000 1,866,166,000 1,920,879,000 2,128,838,000 2,076,577,000 2,062,644,000 1,540,742,000 1,542,823,000 1,552,674,000 1,556,045,000 1,621,812,000 1,481,906,000 1,418,638,000 1,427,825,000 1,473,482,000 1,148,248,000 1,142,818,000 1,141,750,000 1,135,164,000 1,118,086,000 1,115,603,000 1,133,121,000 1,129,383,000 1,122,893,000 1,133,165,000 1,123,416,000 1,070,540,000 1,083,284,000 1,080,696,000 1,071,360,000 1,074,671,000 937,292,000 946,448,000 955,880,000 974,287,000 1,053,886,000 1,085,139,000 1,093,243,000 969,043,000 667,854,000 667,731,000 666,953,000 547,219,000 526,057,000 520,483,000 518,267,000 506,295,000 509,765,000 478,372,000 475,309,000 488,841,000 485,814,000 397,904,000 400,177,000 407,964,000 414,051,000 318,834,000 317,674,000 
        deferred income taxes
      788,915,000 851,146,000 808,144,000 844,591,000 831,030,000 792,540,000 819,233,000 836,571,000 836,695,000 629,590,000 652,695,000 670,256,000 694,267,000 696,091,000 711,541,000 715,645,000 719,675,000 697,688,000 730,116,000 544,926,000 533,478,000 541,516,000 556,418,000 553,658,000 536,140,000 549,178,000 544,218,000 545,862,000 528,336,000 554,044,000 557,704,000 541,874,000     50,004,000 56,637,000 53,186,000 51,758,000 46,724,000 40,231,000 41,652,000 46,081,000 45,053,000 47,404,000 50,022,000 41,430,000 38,815,000 39,757,000 35,889,000 34,332,000 33,301,000 30,825,000 28,930,000 27,703,000 29,268,000 33,247,000 34,203,000 32,868,000 27,106,000 20,735,000 22,771,000 26,090,000 30,669,000 37,065,000 29,744,000 28,021,000 30,919,000 17,018,000 22,832,000 15,225,000 23,294,000 30,853,000 25,066,000 19,982,000 26,523,000 20,915,000 20,400,000 20,223,000 21,154,000 9,512,000 5,483,000 4,984,000 5,201,000 9,663,000 9,661,000 9,662,000 9,672,000 
        other long-term liabilities
      732,756,000 728,360,000 666,948,000 640,555,000 620,873,000 692,478,000 697,772,000 679,915,000 678,642,000 591,428,000 578,296,000 560,094,000 537,211,000 533,422,000 542,948,000 529,369,000 514,166,000 550,865,000 562,120,000 518,836,000 517,303,000 488,374,000 497,607,000 502,816,000 495,777,000 464,795,000 511,355,000 513,575,000 359,489,000 239,642,000 235,911,000 254,534,000 251,076,000 216,955,000 222,098,000 218,362,000 235,300,000 191,056,000 196,848,000 205,652,000 204,641,000 154,090,000 159,549,000 146,691,000 199,048,000 163,452,000 169,920,000 165,201,000 166,931,000 161,115,000 155,362,000 157,062,000 158,963,000 145,070,000 141,562,000 126,827,000 125,306,000 117,903,000 122,226,000 119,034,000 110,026,000 94,436,000 96,796,000 98,512,000 92,492,000 68,502,000 64,835,000 81,230,000 82,073,000 70,844,000 77,320,000 81,000,000 80,722,000 106,622,000 96,482,000 96,768,000 99,956,000 43,952,000 44,700,000 42,317,000 39,037,000 39,716,000 39,019,000 39,501,000 38,314,000 34,748,000 29,668,000 30,709,000 23,965,000 
        total liabilities
      5,438,757,000 5,655,381,000 4,877,874,000 4,907,150,000 4,975,865,000 5,217,416,000 5,543,462,000 5,896,766,000 6,293,342,000 4,750,867,000 4,758,480,000 4,858,897,000 4,954,608,000 4,906,260,000 5,034,880,000 5,040,341,000 5,026,303,000 5,121,299,000 5,411,965,000 4,459,135,000 4,408,137,000 4,729,194,000 4,824,732,000 5,275,943,000 4,729,067,000 4,353,744,000 4,402,821,000 4,434,862,000 4,420,366,000 3,596,134,000 3,814,356,000 3,853,964,000 3,768,431,000 4,017,146,000 3,942,817,000 3,894,575,000 3,844,161,000 3,603,863,000 3,599,203,000 3,698,016,000 3,409,904,000 3,328,755,000 3,104,477,000 3,071,378,000 3,181,402,000 3,103,254,000 3,063,085,000 2,816,211,000 2,741,781,000 2,526,994,000 2,435,391,000 2,552,364,000 2,654,905,000 2,469,643,000 2,594,650,000 2,419,159,000 2,266,685,000 2,068,441,000 2,169,131,000 2,011,079,000 2,043,711,000 1,911,201,000 1,713,672,000 1,699,137,000 1,679,008,000 1,684,878,000 1,688,891,000 1,722,782,000 1,767,770,000                     
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                               
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value...
                                                                                               
        common stock, 0.01 par value...
      2,725,000    2,720,000    2,709,000    2,700,000    2,689,000    2,676,000    2,662,000    2,640,000    2,631,000    2,615,000    2,608,000    2,589,000    2,581,000    2,565,000 2,561,000 2,555,000  1,692,000                1,097,000    1,085,000             
        capital in excess of par value
      1,317,288,000 1,291,456,000 1,275,795,000 1,255,018,000 1,264,670,000 1,228,670,000 1,210,414,000 1,186,132,000 1,168,694,000 1,148,107,000 1,123,920,000 1,092,362,000 1,094,236,000 1,059,079,000 1,040,951,000 1,018,433,000 1,012,526,000 986,317,000 964,791,000 928,412,000 921,752,000 890,585,000 860,771,000 837,755,000 832,821,000 792,680,000 759,775,000 738,173,000 706,743,000 697,894,000 680,863,000 673,516,000 660,894,000 649,807,000 637,487,000 623,520,000 604,143,000 596,570,000 582,028,000 578,690,000 568,286,000 559,060,000 546,487,000 516,075,000 491,750,000 481,142,000 471,135,000 459,577,000 448,700,000 433,612,000 412,627,000 403,718,000 387,871,000 376,352,000 362,002,000 331,736,000 316,534,000 310,342,000 295,532,000 271,221,000 263,290,000 240,469,000 231,472,000 232,250,000 224,057,000 227,165,000 217,044,000 207,663,000 203,000,000 200,190,000 195,842,000 180,500,000 174,450,000 170,480,000 161,806,000 145,084,000 134,001,000 126,498,000 124,596,000 115,893,000 78,313,000 66,613,000 60,981,000 62,463,000 52,182,000 46,279,000 42,681,000 35,645,000 33,194,000 
        retained earnings
      12,252,480,000 11,924,855,000 11,624,849,000 11,337,987,000 11,057,684,000 10,735,140,000 10,459,556,000 10,186,621,000 9,940,343,000 9,655,114,000 9,372,368,000 9,105,705,000 8,857,485,000 8,600,938,000 8,353,735,000 8,121,781,000 7,900,113,000 7,664,682,000 7,453,401,000 7,267,856,000 7,094,656,000 6,914,976,000 6,751,686,000 6,626,703,000 6,387,612,000 6,198,836,000 6,009,968,000 5,826,313,000 5,653,811,000 5,474,070,000 5,315,232,000 5,153,722,000 5,002,419,000 4,784,618,000 4,651,790,000 4,521,986,000 4,403,683,000 4,315,137,000 4,205,199,000 4,087,956,000 3,974,793,000 3,859,394,000 3,724,314,000 3,590,387,000 3,469,923,000 3,339,749,000 3,219,978,000 3,091,938,000 2,966,015,000 2,844,992,000 2,731,732,000 2,617,998,000 2,507,419,000 2,402,092,000 2,301,259,000 2,202,122,000 2,101,615,000 2,009,321,000 1,921,008,000 1,836,529,000 1,755,742,000 1,684,140,000 1,613,171,000 1,552,019,000 1,500,471,000 1,455,050,000 1,418,484,000 1,373,121,000 1,320,470,000 1,283,044,000 1,218,523,000 1,159,082,000 1,099,111,000 1,043,789,000 992,603,000 940,996,000 902,379,000 861,018,000 817,821,000 775,546,000 764,685,000 731,098,000 699,817,000 668,771,000 640,856,000 613,594,000 588,657,000 565,054,000 544,422,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -399,220,000 -433,168,000 -406,401,000 -517,936,000 -555,739,000 -457,539,000 -522,393,000 -510,328,000 -484,942,000 -567,609,000 -521,996,000 -548,446,000 -574,945,000 -628,003,000 -545,930,000 -485,590,000 -470,444,000 -524,265,000 -506,881,000 -512,875,000 -504,468,000 -533,645,000 -558,777,000 -575,738,000 -533,139,000 -558,473,000 -535,826,000 -540,075,000 -551,088,000 -456,204,000 -454,080,000 -414,758,000 -429,176,000 -462,662,000 -494,298,000 -532,136,000 -542,389,000 -429,861,000 -423,309,000 -370,525,000 -405,631,000 -349,213,000 -312,519,000 -361,696,000 -266,894,000 -141,471,000 -58,060,000 -65,526,000 -65,239,000 -130,924,000 -174,820,000 -183,219,000 -151,330,000 -141,285,000 -160,950,000 -135,846,000 -157,263,000 -101,911,000 -66,543,000 -73,661,000 -91,958,000 -104,058,000 -138,898,000 -108,548,000  -106,832,000 -120,325,000 -163,666,000                      
        treasury stock
      -2,544,487,000 -2,258,990,000 -2,108,294,000 -2,107,845,000 -2,114,031,000 -1,958,765,000 -1,897,889,000 -1,896,925,000 -1,896,613,000 -1,895,811,000 -1,895,628,000 -1,895,200,000 -1,902,964,000 -1,902,037,000 -1,901,360,000 -1,725,629,000 -1,573,000,000 -1,571,024,000 -1,570,696,000 -1,565,323,000 -1,565,270,000 -1,570,395,000 -1,569,908,000 -1,565,381,000 -1,574,464,000 -1,569,735,000 -1,569,790,000 -1,570,437,000 -1,570,184,000 -1,206,491,000 -1,206,556,000 -1,210,717,000 -1,209,135,000 -1,208,238,000 -1,205,409,000 -1,211,757,000 -1,211,539,000 -1,111,261,000 -1,009,953,000 -1,002,045,000 -885,430,000 -756,579,000 -507,553,000 -483,499,000 -457,807,000 -214,200,000 -213,721,000 -215,940,000 -215,936,000 -216,029,000 -214,967,000 -218,954,000 -211,374,000 -215,852,000 -214,312,000 -210,275,000 -209,773,000 -171,581,000 -166,039,000 -153,552,000 -153,551,000 -153,562,000 -153,483,000 -150,953,000 -83,333,000 -92,355,000 -92,278,000 -92,279,000  -92,198,000 -92,154,000 -82,895,000  -43,070,000 -40,282,000 -40,186,000  -37,352,000 -22,723,000 -17,257,000  -17,635,000 -17,568,000 -24,643,000  -29,077,000 -29,439,000 -29,433,000  
        total stockholders’ equity
      10,628,786,000 10,526,876,000 10,388,672,000 9,969,946,000 9,655,304,000 9,550,223,000 9,252,404,000 8,968,215,000 8,730,191,000 8,342,509,000 8,081,371,000 7,757,125,000 7,476,512,000 7,132,672,000 6,950,091,000 6,931,688,000 6,871,884,000 6,558,396,000 6,343,299,000 6,120,748,000 5,949,346,000 5,704,192,000 5,486,440,000 5,326,003,000 5,115,492,000 4,865,965,000 4,666,781,000 4,456,621,000 4,241,922,000 4,511,909,000 4,338,096,000 4,204,397,000 4,027,633,000 3,766,155,000 3,592,196,000 3,404,235,000 3,256,513,000 3,373,199,000 3,356,577,000 3,296,686,000 3,254,626,000 3,315,269,000 3,453,334,000 3,263,862,000 3,239,561,000 3,467,807,000 3,421,918,000 3,272,632,000 3,136,121,000 2,934,228,000 2,757,143,000 2,622,111,000 2,535,151,000 2,423,868,000 2,290,554,000 2,189,433,000 2,052,805,000 2,047,860,000 1,985,643,000 1,882,219,000 1,775,204,000 1,668,104,000 1,553,376,000 1,525,880,000 1,567,024,000 1,484,137,000 1,424,031,000 1,325,942,000 1,287,772,000    1,240,707,000    966,672,000    805,552,000         
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
      16,067,543,000 16,182,257,000 15,266,546,000 14,877,096,000 14,631,169,000 14,767,639,000 14,795,866,000 14,864,981,000 15,023,533,000 13,093,376,000 12,839,851,000 12,616,022,000 12,431,120,000 12,038,932,000 11,984,971,000 11,972,029,000 11,898,187,000 11,679,695,000 11,755,264,000 10,579,883,000 10,357,483,000 10,433,386,000 10,311,172,000 10,601,946,000 9,844,559,000 9,219,709,000 9,069,602,000 8,891,483,000 8,662,288,000 8,108,043,000 8,152,452,000 8,058,361,000 7,796,064,000 7,783,301,000 7,535,013,000 7,298,810,000 7,100,674,000 6,977,062,000 6,955,780,000 6,994,702,000 6,664,530,000 6,644,024,000 6,557,811,000 6,335,240,000 6,420,963,000 6,571,061,000 6,485,003,000 6,088,843,000 5,877,902,000 5,461,222,000 5,192,534,000 5,174,475,000 5,190,056,000 4,893,511,000 4,885,204,000 4,608,592,000 4,319,490,000 4,116,301,000 4,154,774,000 3,893,298,000 3,818,915,000 3,579,305,000 3,267,048,000 3,225,017,000 3,246,032,000 3,169,015,000 3,112,922,000 3,048,724,000 3,055,542,000 3,165,144,000 3,109,139,000 2,848,497,000 2,745,700,000 2,514,150,000 2,326,347,000 2,177,781,000 2,130,876,000 2,040,236,000 2,037,235,000 1,847,828,000 1,780,600,000 1,603,990,000 1,558,481,000 1,431,250,000  1,391,589,000 1,350,270,000 1,226,956,000  
        common stock
       2,723,000 2,723,000 2,722,000  2,717,000 2,716,000 2,715,000  2,708,000 2,707,000 2,704,000  2,695,000 2,695,000 2,693,000  2,686,000 2,684,000 2,678,000  2,671,000 2,668,000 2,664,000  2,657,000 2,654,000 2,647,000  2,640,000 2,637,000 2,634,000  2,630,000 2,626,000 2,622,000  2,614,000 2,612,000 2,610,000  2,607,000 2,605,000 2,595,000  2,587,000 2,586,000 2,583,000  2,577,000 2,571,000 2,568,000    1,696,000  1,689,000 1,685,000 1,682,000  1,115,000 1,114,000 1,112,000  1,109,000 1,106,000 1,103,000  1,102,000 1,101,000 1,099,000  1,096,000 1,094,000 1,088,000  726,000 725,000 723,000  712,000 711,000 709,000  702,000 699,000 693,000  
        preferred stock,0.01 par value...
                                                                                               
        accrued liabilities
                                  314,431,000 329,937,000 308,061,000 282,395,000 358,551,000 303,813,000 275,298,000 251,641,000 246,070,000 233,344,000 224,589,000 214,507,000 241,004,000 234,360,000 239,790,000 232,451,000 236,579,000 251,246,000 239,301,000 214,348,000 213,585,000 208,216,000 188,941,000 187,870,000 197,534,000 196,674,000 183,999,000 174,560,000 181,172,000 180,335,000 175,319,000 165,452,000 178,081,000 170,869,000 145,239,000 138,043,000 133,357,000 155,579,000 157,622,000 168,532,000 193,684,000 173,326,000 170,250,000 170,136,000 170,138,000    142,060,000    117,156,000    102,224,000    73,939,000 
        receivables, less allowance for possible losses
                                               610,019,000 619,080,000 592,301,000 585,462,000 593,452,000 594,151,000 592,407,000 536,701,000 532,092,000 521,547,000 529,182,000 507,850,000 492,864,000 482,799,000 468,321,000 438,245,000 425,011,000 439,865,000 434,517,000 399,913,000 390,113,000 367,127,000 356,187,000 331,383,000 349,184,000 356,830,000 376,898,000 406,012,000 438,143,000 442,566,000  395,631,000 377,934,000 367,322,000 347,571,000 328,762,000 317,679,000 315,538,000 289,957,000 269,395,000 240,043,000 246,505,000 232,763,000 217,329,000 214,920,000 218,649,000 195,247,000 189,010,000 
        other intangibles, net of accumulated amortization
                                               1,699,252,000 1,657,268,000 1,579,052,000 1,625,561,000 1,665,033,000 1,658,208,000 1,546,322,000 1,473,926,000 1,342,935,000 1,273,111,000 1,282,984,000 1,309,727,000 1,188,153,000 1,196,997,000 1,050,337,000 982,957,000 836,572,000 826,720,000 760,966,000 761,556,000 690,360,000 531,824,000 504,407,000 521,888,000 503,646,000 497,448,000 454,100,000 441,785,000 424,630,000 366,918,000 323,985,000 312,349,000 280,246,000 253,110,000 203,675,000 199,728,000 179,696,000 138,696,000 118,994,000 117,948,000 101,741,000 96,289,000       
        marketable securities
                                                           5,253,000 4,877,000 5,155,000 4,563,000 5,490,000 6,517,000 6,665,000 5,645,000 5,176,000 4,592,000 5,296,000 4,994,000 6,164,000 5,542,000 4,995,000 4,230,000 4,466,000 10,051,000 9,899,000 10,842,000 10,885,000 10,374,000 9,099,000 9,129,000 7,397,000 9,412,000 9,130,000 8,243,000 7,558,000 7,231,000 6,649,000  8,869,000 8,999,000 9,007,000  
        issued: 2010 — 168,050,869 shares; 2009 — 166,500,867 shares
                                                                  1,681,000                             
        issued: 2009 — 111,000,578 shares; 2008 — 110,188,937 shares
                                                                      1,110,000                         
        accumulated other comprehensive
                                                                      -75,281,000                         
        issued: 2008 — 110,188,937 shares; 2007 — 109,749,985 shares
                                                                          1,102,000                     
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                                          -144,767,000 -29,166,000 22,819,000 22,196,000 5,370,000                 
        less: treasury stock: 2008 — 3,461,541 shares; 2007 — 2,381,778 shares
                                                                          -92,033,000                     
        property, plant and equipment, at cost
                                                                           848,484,000 859,961,000 847,254,000  796,464,000 761,138,000 754,686,000  727,065,000 718,888,000 690,206,000  652,815,000 645,602,000 644,795,000  664,970,000 662,018,000 640,181,000  
        less accumulated depreciation
                                                                           -533,534,000 -539,594,000 -539,887,000  -511,027,000 -494,959,000 -498,986,000  -487,020,000 -478,956,000 -464,517,000  -449,451,000 -443,555,000 -444,294,000  -461,554,000 -452,730,000 -431,927,000  
        stockholders’ equity :
                                                                                               
        less: cost of shares held in treasury: 2007 — 2,381,778 shares; 2006 — 2,421,193 shares
                                                                              -39,321,000                 
        accruals
                                                                               187,196,000 175,768,000 164,534,000  159,205,000 159,032,000 136,025,000  128,602,000 134,504,000 106,405,000  101,047,000 108,641,000 89,014,000  
        accumulated other comprehensive losses
                                                                               -20,321,000 -30,946,000 -32,073,000 -33,552,000 -9,846,000 -9,604,000 -17,293,000 -20,916,000 -24,978,000 -24,260,000 -15,056,000 -9,643,000 -19,687,000 -19,164,000 -20,577,000 -19,196,000 
        stockholders’ equity: - sum
                                                                                 1,014,909,000  941,044,000 910,815,000 857,612,000  755,810,000 719,681,000 692,244,000  611,811,000 583,434,000 551,382,000  
        less: cost of shares held in treasury: 2006—2,421,193 shares; 2005—1,829,481 shares
                                                                                  -37,241,000             
        2005 — 71,696,022 shares; 2004 — 70,417,025 shares
                                                                                      717,000         
        less: cost of shares held in treasury: 2005 — 1,219,654 shares;
                                                                                               
        2004 — 1,732,303 shares
                                                                                      -17,247,000         
        goodwill, net of accumulated amortization
                                                                                       704,131,000 664,988,000 589,249,000 601,007,000  581,763,000 508,078,000 506,964,000 
        other intangibles, investments and other assets
                                                                                         162,259,000 149,863,000 129,926,000 116,268,000 113,092,000 112,195,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
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          cash from:
                                                                                             
          operating activities:
                                                                                             
          net income
        398,601,000 371,416,000 358,367,000 351,758,000 387,257,000 340,241,000 337,683,000 310,943,000 342,864,000 340,370,000 324,242,000 305,712,000 307,081,000 297,641,000 282,373,000 272,447,000 281,681,000 257,460,000 231,679,000 219,233,000 221,025,000 204,581,000 166,217,000 280,616,000 220,777,000 220,749,000 215,503,000 204,268,000 211,520,000 191,213,000 193,860,000 181,340,000 238,532,000 153,531,000 150,481,000 138,926,000 403,050,000 138,193,000 134,170,000 454,018,000 297,620,000 142,107,000 432,460,000 290,649,000 140,586,000 135,668,000 127,864,000 128,321,000 125,146,000 119,898,000 115,397,000 113,687,000 110,150,000 101,907,000 97,978,000 94,144,000 90,435,000 81,239,000 77,357,000 67,391,000 57,945,000 51,884,000 43,018,000 51,813,000 59,055,000 43,829,000 70,924,000 65,842,000 66,357,000 61,863,000 57,244,000 58,013,000 50,900,000 47,837,000 47,371,000 46,468,000 40,258,000 37,994,000 35,428,000 35,182,000 32,039,000 31,360,000 29,020,000 27,667,000 24,664,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to total operating activities:
                                                                                             
          depreciation and amortization
        105,658,000 103,078,000 107,701,000 106,367,000 95,878,000 90,368,000 98,681,000 98,000,000 91,923,000 81,778,000 81,556,000 82,379,000 88,459,000 75,750,000 77,097,000 78,121,000 77,618,000 74,680,000 75,197,000 64,617,000 64,877,000 62,994,000 61,337,000 66,067,000 64,107,000 55,262,000 57,173,000 57,500,000 53,583,000 48,130,000 48,943,000 48,834,000 52,222,000 44,621,000 43,843,000 42,541,000 122,968,000 40,851,000 40,086,000 110,031,000 72,317,000 35,260,000 102,800,000 66,179,000 33,250,000 31,716,000 29,545,000 28,558,000 28,838,000 27,626,000 27,110,000 25,746,000 24,989,000 24,005,000 21,267,000 21,406,000 19,854,000 20,783,000 18,453,000 16,873,000 16,787,000 17,184,000 16,639,000 15,036,000 16,641,000 16,979,000 16,206,000 15,912,000 14,164,000 15,039,000 13,269,000 12,204,000 12,153,000 11,558,000 11,966,000 11,400,000 11,005,000 11,169,000 9,551,000 9,451,000 9,257,000  9,720,000 9,339,000 9,354,000 
          deferred income taxes
        -4,168,000 -27,479,000 -37,741,000 -1,328,000 16,027,000 -7,024,000 -18,972,000 -2,974,000 -24,378,000 -29,381,000 -20,557,000 -17,587,000 -34,929,000 -13,430,000 -18,962,000 -497,000 -22,553,000 -34,691,000 19,387,000 8,095,000 6,371,000 -1,556,000 1,066,000 -4,042,000 5,983,000 6,050,000 -5,392,000 12,739,000 -68,108,000 160,000 -12,495,000 6,761,000 -111,697,000 21,126,000 -5,401,000 4,767,000 -2,638,000 -681,000 5,063,000 -5,200,000 3,153,000 -1,267,000 -346,000 -1,030,000 -698,000 3,070,000 -2,761,000 -211,000 1,316,000 4,966,000                     10,672,000 -4,692,000 -1,310,000 -910,000 267,000 1,090,000 -971,000 5,613,000 2,251,000 1,455,000 1,449,000  -1,740,000 2,604,000 1,946,000 
          share-based compensation expense
        12,538,000 12,916,000 12,849,000 9,464,000 12,956,000 12,743,000 13,223,000 8,941,000 10,426,000 12,913,000 12,581,000 10,279,000 12,788,000 12,060,000 12,956,000 9,571,000 11,082,000 11,428,000 12,153,000 11,440,000 11,687,000 10,825,000 11,205,000 7,848,000 11,390,000 13,558,000 8,325,000 7,121,000 7,215,000 7,145,000 7,384,000 5,571,000 5,402,000 5,576,000 8,785,000 5,328,000 16,393,000 5,956,000 5,079,000 17,679,000 12,079,000 4,862,000 15,055,000 10,308,000 4,166,000 5,065,000 5,018,000 4,738,000 6,770,000 4,809,000 4,362,000 6,155,000 4,058,000 3,791,000 4,081,000 9,943,000 4,332,000 4,249,000 4,351,000 4,395,000 3,601,000 3,695,000 3,534,000 3,558,000 2,715,000 2,865,000 3,028,000 11,130,000 3,163,000  4,293,000 3,416,000 4,636,000  3,129,000 3,116,000 2,926,000         
          gain on sale of facilities
          -995,000     -7,054,000      -2,931,000 -4,592,000  -3,794,000 -735,000                                                          
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
                                                                                             
          decrease in receivables
                                                                                             
          decrease in inventories and other current assets
                                                                                             
          increase in payables, accruals and income taxes
                                                                                             
          increase in other long-term liabilities
                                                                                             
          pension contributions
        -3,932,000 -1,508,000 -1,559,000 -1,462,000 -4,261,000 -1,509,000 -1,464,000 -1,460,000 -4,744,000 -1,047,000 -1,465,000 -1,415,000 -3,715,000 -1,360,000 -1,747,000 -2,137,000 -3,863,000 -2,320,000 -2,056,000 -2,038,000 -4,417,000 -1,901,000 -1,704,000 -1,505,000 -3,104,000 -971,000 -819,000 -715,000 -2,869,000 -790,000 -706,000 -698,000                                                      
          other
        -2,337,000 -140,000 -1,532,000 -5,058,000 -3,839,000 -9,468,000 -5,756,000 -3,044,000 9,166,000 -10,670,000 -4,600,000 2,285,000 -17,507,000 13,397,000 -8,760,000 -10,213,000 2,372,000 9,359,000 -4,102,000 -3,665,000 -5,284,000 6,448,000 2,221,000 -3,819,000 6,223,000 10,696,000 -1,946,000 246,000 -1,688,000 -6,694,000 3,491,000 -2,217,000 -6,508,000 225,000 225,000 225,000 175,000 -275,000 225,000 537,000 312,000 225,000 2,392,000 2,246,000 2,364,000 -6,503,000 405,000 510,000 3,922,000 4,007,000 1,000 -3,643,000 4,291,000 6,574,000 809,000   920,000 193,000   12,335,000 193,000   -16,256,000 5,355,000   6,100,000 -4,828,000   2,899,000 845,000 2,707,000 -2,208,000 5,367,000 4,780,000 -4,734,000 1,264,000 10,381,000 -7,143,000 800,000 6,060,000 
          total operating activities
        584,264,000 440,865,000 359,089,000 417,545,000 550,016,000 487,170,000 381,435,000 410,227,000 540,657,000 472,856,000 335,247,000 386,536,000 385,015,000 327,121,000 235,896,000 201,341,000 281,897,000 307,117,000 287,036,000 284,407,000 385,882,000 309,730,000 314,616,000 270,752,000 342,208,000 329,636,000 246,321,000 196,257,000 296,163,000 248,813,000 203,140,000 177,402,000 252,865,000 238,986,000 198,964,000 142,444,000 509,517,000 188,940,000 151,619,000 473,142,000 285,388,000 121,926,000 512,654,000 316,039,000 160,961,000 209,552,000 166,131,000 128,158,000 156,818,000 193,290,000 162,540,000 115,749,000 140,885,000 152,726,000 137,044,000 115,155,000 103,640,000 128,339,000 114,292,000 88,519,000 91,863,000 108,724,000 71,699,000 73,858,000 110,390,000 42,677,000 62,786,000 65,299,000 76,503,000 96,638,000 61,956,000 65,082,000 54,847,000 65,340,000 58,907,000 63,033,000 38,687,000 49,769,000 47,709,000 46,604,000 21,782,000 61,070,000 23,064,000 35,967,000 41,179,000 
          investing activities:
                                                                                             
          additions to property, plant and equipment
        -56,997,000 -20,913,000 -29,269,000 -23,069,000 -51,725,000 -26,282,000 -21,416,000 -27,652,000 -59,743,000 -28,671,000 -27,829,000 -20,006,000 -58,176,000 -28,289,000 -26,151,000 -26,389,000 -43,442,000 -26,224,000 -23,468,000 -17,537,000 -37,035,000 -10,147,000 -10,086,000 -16,931,000 -40,821,000 -18,247,000 -21,861,000 -21,417,000 -34,588,000 -18,923,000 -16,295,000 -12,270,000 -29,444,000 -17,966,000 -14,279,000 -13,385,000 -40,497,000 -14,136,000 -11,115,000 -45,293,000 -25,987,000 -14,372,000 -47,279,000 -29,288,000 -14,460,000 -26,167,000 -15,534,000 -10,692,000 -10,921,000 -24,171,000 -12,741,000 -12,117,000 -8,398,000 -18,406,000 -11,851,000 -10,188,000 -10,371,000 -16,737,000 -9,758,000 -6,877,000 -5,811,000 -11,593,000 -6,282,000 -9,081,000 -6,106,000 -13,183,000 -11,121,000 -10,936,000 -8,975,000 -13,133,000 -7,337,000 -8,654,000 -8,496,000 -10,945,000 -5,411,000 -7,335,000 -5,465,000 -8,187,000 -5,522,000 -5,064,000 -4,488,000 -6,609,000 -5,447,000 -4,486,000 -4,483,000 
          purchases of businesses, net of cash acquired
        -829,132,000 -945,000 -103,165,000     -1,991,254,000 -147,390,000 -99,266,000 -239,393,000    -119,554,000 1,181,000 -1,576,897,000 -263,948,000 96,000 -116,605,000 -939,796,000    -753,057,000 -1,604,000 -132,563,000 -242,081,000 -38,000,000 -184,091,000 -334,543,000 -359,976,000 1,143,000 -294,611,000 -356,466,000 -198,806,000  -573,647,000 -458,683,000 -161,489,000 -250,337,000    -249,890,000 -318,429,000 -179,356,000 -291,935,000   -164,932,000 -281,000,000   -31,725,000 -2,785,000   -64,008,000 -120,694,000                   
          proceeds from sale of facilities
          4,246,000     11,754,000     4,045,000 5,463,000 3,043,000    1,853,000           421,000                                              
          total investing activities
        -56,998,000 -850,045,000 -30,014,000 -125,713,000 -175,284,000 -25,975,000 -22,137,000 -21,412,000 -2,050,119,000 -176,324,000 -27,827,000 -122,160,000 -297,222,000 -214,505,000 -26,152,000 -14,881,000 -160,658,000 -13,042,000 -1,597,640,000 -284,502,000 -37,059,000 -6,102,000 -10,766,000 115,557,000 -977,573,000 -133,741,000 -21,861,000 -17,750,000 -785,791,000 -22,525,000 -148,154,000 -253,574,000 -63,392,000 -15,728,000 -198,445,000 -348,252,000 -399,973,000 -12,493,000 -305,726,000 -401,896,000 -224,798,000 -14,372,000 -617,584,000 -485,725,000 -173,585,000 -276,844,000 -166,308,000 -10,182,000 -6,999,000 -273,339,000 -12,740,000 -334,189,000 -183,463,000 -309,387,000 -11,042,000 -192,487,000 -13,537,000 -174,490,000 -291,012,000 -92,285,000 -9,036,000 -42,131,000 -9,323,000 -10,571,000 -44,319,000 -77,161,000 -126,460,000 -211,527,000 -81,474,000 -120,645,000 -96,503,000 -109,096,000 -8,417,000 -65,605,000 -13,431,000 -107,239,000 -19,750,000 -175,123,000 -81,843,000 -104,336,000 -489,000 415,000 -51,383,000 -98,788,000 -4,706,000 
          financing activities:
                                                                                             
          net change in short-term borrowings
        93,659,000 630,337,000 -17,560,000 -185,093,000 -191,638,000 -57,488,000 -277,559,000 -363,052,000 1,112,837,000 -945,000 -64,105,000 -155,505,000 -47,376,000 -82,805,000 36,513,000 19,977,000 -42,511,000 -283,823,000 602,899,000 -32,950,000 -438,000,000 484,768,000 -397,022,000 22,251,000 388,916,000 2,591,000 -4,516,000 -256,286,000 257,428,000 965,000   -15,000 -2,785,000 -65,710,000 58,894,000 237,100,000 -61,432,000 283,333,000 160,231,000 -96,890,000 -24,704,000 -262,943,000 181,142,000 -6,516,000 110,022,000 39,268,000 -82,008,000 -112,468,000 77,608,000 -146,731,000 161,964,000 86,585,000 98,067,000 -87,078,000 125,060,000 -94,499,000 65,305,000 30,008,000 -2,152,000 -797,000 343,000 -1,353,000 -4,671,000 -7,332,000 -112,686,000 -2,672,000 185,028,000 23,000 -228,547,000 44,551,000 56,862,000 -35,455,000 -2,234,000 -18,459,000 40,513,000 -15,772,000 129,930,000 18,583,000 -22,102,000 -20,703,000 -28,761,000 31,502,000 -28,197,000 -30,147,000 
          repayments of long-term borrowings
        -275,000,000 -189,942,000                         -65,000,000                                                         
          repurchases of common stock
        -270,425,000 -145,501,000 -111,000 -18,011,000 -144,032,000 -60,400,000 -680,000 -6,915,000 -1,194,000 -54,000 -22,000 -6,502,000 -1,397,000 -45,000 -174,655,000 -156,724,000 -1,648,000 -185,000 -4,881,000 -7,997,000 -116,000 -73,000 -4,395,000 -101,000 -5,311,000 -291,000 -6,185,000 -137,000 -363,644,000 -27,000 -3,889,000 -118,000 -137,000 -1,256,000 -5,302,000 -172,000 -236,078,000 -18,636,000 -116,659,000 -306,525,000 -57,227,000 -25,660,000 -1,885,000 -1,736,000 -9,000 -15,000 -802,000 -7,650,000 -743,000   -42,952,000 -5,040,000   -11,264,000 -67,345,000     -13,907,000 -43,537,000 -2,556,000 -2,881,000 -15,608,000           
          cash dividends paid
        -70,975,000 -71,410,000 -71,505,000 -71,455,000 -64,714,000 -64,657,000 -64,747,000 -64,664,000 -57,636,000 -57,622,000 -57,579,000 -57,492,000 -50,534,000 -50,438,000 -50,419,000 -50,778,000 -46,250,000 -46,178,000 -46,134,000 -46,033,000 -41,345,000 -41,291,000 -41,234,000 -41,165,000 -31,998,000 -31,883,000 -31,849,000 -31,766,000 -31,884,000 -32,374,000 -32,351,000 -32,302,000 -20,732,000 -20,703,000 -20,677,000 -20,623,000 -62,705,000 -20,950,000 -21,006,000 -64,661,000 -43,343,000 -21,642,000 -58,726,000 -36,686,000 -14,662,000 -14,646,000 -14,604,000 -14,588,000 -14,567,000 -14,527,000 -14,501,000 -14,467,000 -9,588,000 -9,566,000 -9,635,000 -9,606,000 -9,559,000 -9,551,000 -6,331,000 -6,324,000 -6,348,000 -6,417,000 -6,398,000 -6,358,000 -6,406,000 -6,636,000 -6,330,000 -6,400,000 -6,319,000 -6,540,000 -6,417,000 -6,409,000 -6,382,000 -6,230,000 -4,174,000 -4,241,000 -4,187,000 -4,405,000 -4,148,000 -4,136,000 -4,125,000 -4,097,000 -4,083,000 -4,063,000 -4,034,000 
          proceeds from stock option exercises
        14,782,000 9,257,000 7,674,000 4,669,000 27,140,000 5,204,000 10,911,000 23,613,000 10,730,000 11,065,000 18,636,000 10,419,000 26,696,000 5,414,000 9,565,000 8,262,000 17,996,000 11,189,000 24,187,000 6,925,000 25,023,000 19,204,000 13,699,000 6,977,000 30,743,000 13,815,000 20,901,000 24,929,000 1,360,000 10,397,000 8,670,000 9,594,000                                                      
          total financing activities
        -509,656,000 232,742,000 -131,715,000 -277,693,000 -374,044,000 -476,760,000 -334,101,000 -417,549,000 1,062,057,000 -47,683,000 -102,125,000 -214,966,000 -74,510,000 -130,796,000 -182,950,000 -187,443,000 -131,864,000 -320,395,000 575,602,000 -84,006,000 -454,718,000 -141,114,000 -430,253,000 486,649,000 280,839,000 -16,404,000 -25,657,000 -165,865,000 330,268,000 -261,680,000 -28,493,000 -27,055,000 -286,182,000 -19,795,000 -75,078,000 51,884,000 -41,388,000 -93,131,000 149,638,000 -101,119,000 -98,205,000 -53,245,000 193,935,000 158,131,000 -14,914,000 104,399,000 39,394,000 -87,830,000 -126,247,000 73,096,000 -153,826,000 168,076,000 87,193,000 110,071,000 -93,868,000 117,054,000 -101,399,000 74,426,000 74,913,000 -16,290,000 -70,420,000 -20,747,000 -423,000 -67,297,000 -14,052,000 -41,229,000 95,959,000 172,914,000 -54,181,000 121,469,000 28,992,000 62,163,000 -38,526,000 -3,051,000 -38,940,000 47,989,000 -15,952,000 121,387,000 20,967,000 74,068,000 -19,609,000 -48,350,000 25,321,000 71,702,000 -33,128,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
        1,104,000 -4,037,000 23,351,000 10,863,000 -22,955,000 15,258,000 -2,389,000 -7,305,000 15,308,000 -12,535,000 419,000 5,077,000 22,159,000 -20,529,000 -18,445,000 -5,485,000 -1,279,000 -5,648,000 1,986,000 -5,061,000 13,879,000 11,349,000 3,996,000 -12,606,000 12,180,000 -12,027,000 1,044,000 1,448,000 -5,386,000 -3,580,000 -25,576,000 13,703,000 6,594,000 16,469,000 20,809,000 6,898,000 -3,692,000 -14,061,000 10,404,000 -19,708,000 -13,412,000 -25,337,000 -14,595,000 -877,000 -2,330,000 3,218,000 8,047,000 133,000 -4,221,000 2,086,000 3,282,000 -5,345,000 4,297,000 -1,292,000 -10,453,000 1,862,000 3,097,000 -84,000 6,031,000 -4,783,000 -3,131,000 -453,000 1,608,000 5,660,000 -3,247,000 -3,805,000 -7,395,000 214,000 3,721,000 120,000 1,796,000 763,000 409,000 1,299,000 61,000 1,735,000 463,000 -570,000 -101,000 -1,793,000 -459,000     
          increase in cash and cash equivalents
        18,714,000 -180,475,000 220,711,000 25,002,000 -22,267,000 -307,000 22,808,000 -36,039,000 -432,097,000 236,314,000       -11,904,000 -31,968,000 -733,016,000 -89,162,000 -92,016,000 173,863,000 -122,407,000 860,352,000 -342,346,000 167,464,000 199,847,000 14,090,000 -164,746,000    -90,115,000 219,932,000 -53,750,000 -147,026,000 64,464,000 69,255,000 5,935,000 -49,581,000  28,972,000 74,410,000 -12,432,000 -29,868,000 40,325,000 47,264,000 30,279,000 19,351,000 -4,867,000 -744,000 -55,709,000 48,912,000 -47,882,000 21,681,000 41,584,000 -8,199,000 28,191,000 -95,776,000 -24,839,000 9,276,000 45,393,000 63,561,000 1,650,000 48,772,000 -79,518,000 24,890,000 26,900,000 -55,431,000 97,582,000 -3,759,000 18,912,000 8,313,000 -2,017,000 6,597,000 5,518,000 3,448,000 -4,537,000 -13,268,000 14,543,000 1,225,000 14,041,000 -2,998,000 8,881,000 3,345,000 
          cash and cash equivalents:
                                                                                             
          beginning of year
                                                                                             
          end of year
                                                                                             
          net change in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions
         -17,418,000 -78,905,000 -42,196,000  61,819,000 -41,960,000 816,000  78,893,000 -56,510,000 4,883,000  -53,353,000 -107,061,000 -138,897,000  -2,450,000 -45,222,000 -13,275,000  31,270,000 74,274,000 71,199,000  28,086,000 -26,523,000 -84,167,000  9,649,000 -37,337,000 -62,189,000  15,817,000 1,894,000 1,510,000 -27,428,000 5,516,000 -31,847,000 -51,570,000 -48,533,000 -8,491,000 -32,720,000 -46,821,000 -13,734,000  20,453,000 -32,632,000 -1,553,000  19,221,000 -36,806,000 9,343,000  19,481,000 -11,834,000 -13,240,000  13,461,000 1,626,000 10,053,000  9,318,000 19,256,000 34,786,000  -33,229,000 -24,370,000 -3,654,000                 
          beginning of period
         373,999,000  409,804,000  345,386,000  346,772,000  1,212,822,000  393,030,000  353,975,000  646,300,000  717,259,000                                                  
          end of period
         -180,475,000 220,711,000 399,001,000  -307,000 22,808,000 373,765,000  236,314,000 205,714,000 399,873,000  -38,709,000 8,349,000 340,304,000  -31,968,000 -733,016,000 1,123,660,000  173,863,000 -122,407,000 1,253,382,000  167,464,000 199,847,000 368,065,000  -38,972,000 917,000 556,776,000  219,932,000 -53,750,000 570,233,000                                                  
          proceeds from sale of business/investment
                                                                                            
          gain on sale of business/investment
                                                                                            
          decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                   54,487,000    -6,468,000               917,000 -89,524,000         -51,027,000                                             
          gain on sale of business
                           -141,020,000                                                              
          proceeds from sale of business
                           245,311,000                                                              
          proceeds from long-term borrowings
                              500,000,000 100,000,000                                                          
          acquisition contingent consideration
                                                                                             
          loss on sale of facilities
                                                                                             
          excess tax benefits from share-based payments
                                            5,061,000 2,230,000 1,966,000 19,817,000 18,716,000 6,082,000 6,279,000 5,299,000 2,558,000 3,324,000 5,446,000 2,554,000 4,861,000 2,651,000 2,298,000 6,885,000 3,136,000 1,402,000 2,805,000 7,879,000 970,000 5,441,000 962,000 1,003,000 1,584,000 346,000 2,023,000 1,483,000 244,000 -291,000 266,000 4,176,000 739,000 1,923,000 1,304,000 4,316,000 1,921,000 7,910,000 -184,000 -1,543,000 -1,477,000         
          pension contribution
                                        -2,303,000 -777,000 -863,000 -50,853,000 -3,003,000 -620,000 -1,157,000 -52,353,000 -51,560,000 -50,770,000                -1,360,000 -737,000   -1,237,000 -842,000       -3,267,000 -613,000   -3,721,000 -10,000,000 -5,810,000 -5,000,000     
          proceeds from employee stock plans and other
                                        4,702,000 4,949,000 16,611,000 13,785,000 15,234,000 5,657,000 2,004,000 36,909,000          8,668,000    4,821,000    13,231,000 3,354,000 2,447,000 2,486,000 1,834,000 3,839,000 4,265,000 1,390,000                     
          gain on sale of facility
                                                  -869,000                                          
          proceeds from sale of facility
                                                421,000  950,000                                          
          additional long-term borrowings
                                               200,000,000 50,000,000  500,000,000   43,000                 100,000,000          33,551,000 46,755,000     
          reduction in long-term borrowings
                                               -146,890,000 -450,000 -450,000 -533,000 -221,000 -221,000 -131,000 -486,000 -561,000 -760,000 -48,000 -170,000 -682,000 -154,000 -627,000    -16,853,000 -62,016,000 -1,948,000 -230,000 -225,188,000 -535,000 -6,882,000 -17,876,000    974,000 -1,692,000 -16,178,000 -1,290,000 -43,159,000    -18,587,000 -5,594,000   
          as of january 1
                                            381,005,000 381,005,000 377,615,000 377,615,000 377,615,000 295,203,000 295,203,000 295,203,000  157,984,000  170,392,000  163,208,000  246,356,000  86,980,000  170,139,000  49,091,000  35,545,000  37,582,000  14,313,000 
          as of september 30
                                            445,469,000   328,034,000   369,613,000                                           
          weighted-average shares:
                                                                                             
          basic shares
                                            231,894,000 -1,698,000 234,983,000 239,959,000 241,498,000 240,947,000 245,439,000 245,201,000 244,911,000                                         
          equity-based compensation plans
                                            827,000 272,000 1,233,000 1,279,000 2,123,000 1,850,000 2,204,000 2,202,000 2,318,000                                         
          diluted shares
                                            232,721,000 -1,426,000 236,216,000 241,238,000 243,621,000 242,797,000 247,643,000 247,403,000 247,229,000                                         
          balance at the beginning of the period
                                            -271,501,000 33,491,000 -250,593,000 -173,373,000 -221,132,000 -124,912,000 4,668,000 -2,128,000 -1,171,000                                         
          other comprehensive income before reclassifications:
                                                                                             
          translation adjustments
                                            -10,441,000 -59,498,000 21,679,000 -34,410,000 27,714,000 -34,370,000 -39,899,000 10,140,000 -5,781,000                                         
          change in long-term intercompany notes
                                            3,063,000 -23,607,000 13,703,000 -780,000 14,648,000 -54,693,000 -37,018,000 -5,493,000 4,357,000                                         
          net investment hedges
                                            -1,212,000 -7,361,000 -2,910,000 -4,497,000 8,304,000 -11,011,000 -11,021,000 3,305,000 719,000                                         
          gross amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                                                             
          income tax benefit
                                            423,000 2,576,000 1,019,000 1,575,000 -2,907,000 3,854,000 3,857,000 -1,156,000 -252,000                                         
          other comprehensive income, net of tax
                                            -8,167,000 -87,890,000 33,491,000 -38,112,000 47,759,000 -96,220,000 -84,081,000 6,796,000 -957,000                                         
          balance at the end of the period
                                            -279,668,000 -54,399,000 -217,102,000 -211,485,000 -173,373,000 -221,132,000 -79,413,000 4,668,000 -2,128,000                                         
          as of june 30
                                                326,588,000   282,771,000                                          
          as of march 31
                                              386,940,000   406,587,000   265,335,000    177,335,000    219,304,000    155,009,000    255,632,000    135,752,000    114,708,000    57,404,000    38,993,000    38,807,000    17,658,000 
          proceeds from employee stock plans
                                                30,989,000 13,129,000 11,743,000 10,333,000 3,936,000  9,241,000 6,185,000 4,063,000   17,641,000 7,230,000   5,065,000 2,316,000          1,129,000 4,552,000 1,795,000                 
          pension contribution and other
                                                  -3,726,000 -3,246,000 -2,609,000  -2,398,000 -616,000 -3,699,000  -918,000 3,449,000 -5,355,000  -634,000 -630,000 -610,000    -385,000    -343,000  -844,000 -3,073,000 -1,482,000    -1,127,000             
          cash provided by:
                                                                                             
          increase in receivables
                                                                                             
          decrease (increase) in inventories and other current assets
                                                                                             
          deferred income tax expense
                                                               2,126,000 2,869,000 -662,000 1,214,000 -640,000 3,862,000 5,732,000 -161,000   25,228,000 6,701,000 -142,000 -2,045,000                 
          deferred income tax (benefit) expense
                                                            -2,300,000                                 
          decrease in marketable securities
                                                                                             
          purchases of businesses, net of cash acquired and other
                                                                -3,166,000    -3,225,000    -38,213,000    -72,499,000                 
          increase in marketable securities
                                                                                             
          repayment of life insurance policy loans
                                                                                             
          decrease (increase) in receivables
                                                                                             
          deferred debt financing fees
                                                                                             
          deferred income tax benefit
                                                                        -2,464,000                     
          decrease in other long-term liabilities
                                                                                             
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                             
          stock-based compensation expense
                                                                                             
          changes in assets and liabilities
                                                                                             
          increase in payables, accruals, and income taxes
                                                                                             
          purchase of businesses, net of cash acquired
                                                                                             
          net change in assets and liabilities
                                                                              -18,081,000 -5,615,000 -10,405,000  -4,487,000 -205,000 -846,000  -4,301,000 5,250,000 -17,227,000  -6,793,000 -4,443,000 -845,000 
          purchases of businesses and other
                                                                              -89,166,000 -100,442,000 79,000             
          proceeds from stock options
                                                                              3,034,000 7,394,000 4,271,000  809,000 2,312,000 3,820,000  2,647,000 2,822,000 5,219,000  3,496,000 6,809,000 2,886,000 
          increase in inventories and other current assets
                                                                                             
          purchase of businesses
                                                                                  -10,034,000 -99,703,000 -14,369,000  -77,254,000   -67,000 -49,646,000   
          cash from
                                                                                             
          tax benefit from exercise of stock options
                                                                                             
          proceeds from stock options and other
                                                                                             
          reduction of long-term debt
                                                                                            -1,833,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: