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Balchem Corporation
(NASDAQ:BCPC) 

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Balchem Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets specialty performance ingredients and products for the nutritional, food, pharmaceutical, animal health, medical device sterilization, plant nutrition, and industrial markets in the United States and internationally. It operates through three s...

Founded: 1967
Full Time Employees: 1,341
Sector: Basic Materials
Industry: Specialty Chemicals

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      net sales
    270,709,000 263,617,000 267,558,000 255,467,000 250,519,000 240,004,000 239,940,000 234,081,000 239,659,000 228,699,000 229,948,000 231,252,000 232,540,000 232,531,000 244,267,000 236,693,000 228,867,000 213,133,000 197,869,000 202,365,000 185,656,000 180,713,000 175,140,000 173,355,000 174,436,000 166,527,000 158,595,000 161,554,000 157,029,000 163,539,000 155,043,000 163,687,000 161,410,000 159,264,000 150,716,000 147,082,000 137,728,000 140,760,000 138,509,000 138,794,000 135,141,000 132,729,000 140,128,000 134,773,000 144,862,000 162,668,000 160,490,000 132,230,000 85,995,000 81,633,000 87,593,000 83,296,000 84,651,000 80,060,000 75,116,000 79,014,000 76,203,000 69,733,000 74,439,000 74,687,000 73,008,000 69,800,000 63,910,000 61,458,000 59,903,000  62,901,000 56,861,000   
      yoy
    8.06% 9.84% 11.51% 9.14% 4.53% 4.94% 4.35% 1.22% 3.06% -1.65% -5.86% -2.30% 1.60% 9.10% 23.45% 16.96% 23.27% 17.94% 12.98% 16.73% 6.43% 8.52% 10.43% 7.30% 11.09% 1.83% 2.29% -1.30% -2.71% 2.68% 2.87% 11.29% 17.19% 13.15% 8.81% 5.97% 1.91% 6.05% -1.16% 2.98% -6.71% -18.40% -12.69% 1.92% 68.45% 99.27% 83.22% 58.75% 1.59% 1.96% 16.61% 5.42% 11.09% 14.81% 0.91% 5.79% 4.38% -0.10% 16.47% 21.53% 21.88%  1.60% 8.08%       
      qoq
    2.69% -1.47% 4.73% 1.98% 4.38% 0.03% 2.50% -2.33% 4.79% -0.54% -0.56% -0.55% 0.00% -4.80% 3.20% 3.42% 7.38% 7.71% -2.22% 9.00% 2.74% 3.18% 1.03% -0.62% 4.75% 5.00% -1.83% 2.88% -3.98% 5.48% -5.28% 1.41% 1.35% 5.67% 2.47% 6.79% -2.15% 1.63% -0.21% 2.70% 1.82% -5.28% 3.97% -6.96% -10.95% 1.36% 21.37% 53.76% 5.34% -6.80% 5.16% -1.60% 5.73% 6.58% -4.93% 3.69% 9.28% -6.32% -0.33% 2.30% 4.60% 9.22% 3.99% 2.60%   10.62%    
      cost of sales
    169,625,000 169,718,000 172,105,000 162,354,000 162,351,000 153,667,000 154,579,000 151,087,000 158,145,000 153,706,000 153,404,000 153,903,000 159,370,000 163,892,000 175,837,000 164,817,000 157,361,000 149,067,000 136,935,000 142,918,000 126,929,000 123,895,000 118,772,000 117,975,000 119,105,000 112,181,000 104,587,000 107,636,000 107,934,000 112,214,000 107,041,000 110,221,000 109,951,000 107,626,000 104,535,000 100,321,000 93,299,000 93,828,000 93,853,000 92,345,000 92,317,000 92,803,000 96,954,000 92,906,000 101,732,000 118,533,000 116,003,000 99,895,000 62,780,000 57,851,000 63,071,000 58,411,000 60,419,000 57,661,000 51,718,000 56,430,000 55,045,000 48,890,000 51,822,000 52,926,000 52,228,000 48,526,000 43,677,000 42,342,000 42,489,000  49,950,000 43,378,000   
      gross margin
    101,084,000 93,899,000 95,453,000 93,113,000 88,168,000 86,337,000 85,361,000 82,994,000 81,514,000 74,993,000 76,544,000 77,349,000 73,170,000 68,639,000 68,430,000 71,876,000 71,506,000 64,066,000 60,934,000 59,447,000 58,727,000 56,818,000 56,368,000 55,380,000 55,331,000 54,346,000 54,008,000 53,918,000 49,095,000 51,325,000 48,002,000 53,466,000 51,459,000 51,638,000 46,181,000 46,761,000 44,429,000 46,932,000 44,656,000 46,449,000 42,824,000 39,926,000 43,174,000 41,867,000 43,130,000 44,135,000 44,487,000 32,335,000 23,215,000 23,782,000 24,522,000 24,885,000 24,232,000 22,399,000 23,398,000 22,584,000 21,158,000 20,843,000 22,617,000 21,761,000 20,780,000 21,274,000 20,233,000 19,116,000 17,414,000  12,951,000 13,483,000   
      yoy
    14.65% 8.76% 11.82% 12.19% 8.16% 15.13% 11.52% 7.30% 11.40% 9.26% 11.86% 7.61% 2.33% 7.14% 12.30% 20.91% 21.76% 12.76% 8.10% 7.34% 6.14% 4.55% 4.37% 2.71% 12.70% 5.89% 12.51% 0.85% -4.59% -0.61% 3.94% 14.34% 15.82% 10.03% 3.41% 0.67% 3.75% 17.55% 3.43% 10.94% -0.71% -9.54% -2.95% 29.48% 85.79% 85.58% 81.42% 29.94% -4.20% 6.17% 4.80% 10.19% 14.53% 7.47% 3.45% 3.78% 1.82% -2.03% 11.78% 13.84% 19.33%  56.23% 41.78%       
      qoq
    7.65% -1.63% 2.51% 5.61% 2.12% 1.14% 2.85% 1.82% 8.70% -2.03% -1.04% 5.71% 6.60% 0.31% -4.79% 0.52% 11.61% 5.14% 2.50% 1.23% 3.36% 0.80% 1.78% 0.09% 1.81% 0.63% 0.17% 9.82% -4.34% 6.92% -10.22% 3.90% -0.35% 11.82% -1.24% 5.25% -5.33% 5.10% -3.86% 8.46% 7.26% -7.52% 3.12% -2.93% -2.28% -0.79% 37.58% 39.28% -2.38% -3.02% -1.46% 2.69% 8.18% -4.27% 3.60% 6.74% 1.51% -7.84% 3.93% 4.72% -2.32% 5.15% 5.84% 9.77%   -3.95%    
      gross margin %
    37.34% 35.62% 35.68% 36.45% 35.19% 35.97% 35.58% 35.46% 34.01% 32.79% 33.29% 33.45% 31.47% 29.52% 28.01% 30.37% 31.24% 30.06% 30.80% 29.38% 31.63% 31.44% 32.18% 31.95% 31.72% 32.63% 34.05% 33.37% 31.26% 31.38% 30.96% 32.66% 31.88% 32.42% 30.64% 31.79% 32.26% 33.34% 32.24% 33.47% 31.69% 30.08% 30.81% 31.06% 29.77% 27.13% 27.72% 24.45% 27.00% 29.13% 28.00% 29.88% 28.63% 27.98% 31.15% 28.58% 27.77% 29.89% 30.38% 29.14% 28.46% 30.48% 31.66% 31.10% 29.07% NaN% 20.59% 23.71% NaN% NaN% 
      operating expenses:
                                                                          
      selling expenses
    21,096,000 20,056,000 19,092,000 19,300,000 16,926,000 17,118,000 15,557,000 18,014,000 18,227,000 19,272,000 18,258,000 18,684,000 18,183,000 17,843,000 16,590,000 15,991,000 16,985,000 15,165,000 15,478,000 14,846,000 14,924,000 15,140,000 14,224,000 13,836,000 15,430,000 16,085,000 15,227,000 15,494,000 14,126,000 14,436,000 14,229,000 14,495,000 14,059,000 13,783,000 13,656,000 13,569,000 13,712,000 13,990,000 13,601,000 14,494,000 13,087,000 11,295,000 11,807,000 11,367,000 11,786,000 11,559,000 11,458,000 8,552,000 4,189,000 3,908,000 3,679,000 4,046,000 4,287,000 3,868,000 3,810,000 4,169,000 4,087,000 3,953,000 4,042,000 4,151,000 4,138,000 4,112,000 4,023,000 3,647,000 3,826,000  3,068,000 3,319,000   
      research and development expenses
    5,881,000 5,052,000 4,496,000 4,300,000 4,662,000 4,510,000 4,329,000 3,854,000 4,100,000 3,936,000 3,868,000 3,795,000 3,450,000 3,042,000 2,996,000 2,922,000 3,231,000 4,720,000 3,156,000 2,899,000 2,749,000 2,371,000 2,692,000 2,569,000 2,700,000 2,931,000 2,699,000 2,852,000 2,895,000 3,253,000 2,540,000 3,230,000 2,569,000 2,498,000 2,712,000 2,280,000 1,815,000 1,782,000 1,681,000 1,920,000 1,942,000 1,540,000 1,510,000 1,492,000 1,448,000 1,473,000 1,445,000 1,119,000 773,000 961,000 876,000 947,000 838,000 802,000 897,000 947,000 776,000 633,000 648,000 733,000 876,000 859,000 793,000 670,000 868,000  701,000 782,000   
      general and administrative expenses
    18,481,000 16,501,000 17,286,000 18,071,000 15,565,000 17,265,000 17,483,000 15,329,000 17,511,000 13,450,000 10,804,000 12,034,000 17,129,000 14,449,000 15,219,000 13,043,000 12,954,000 10,360,000 9,787,000 11,109,000 10,479,000 10,383,000 10,424,000 12,058,000 10,923,000 11,689,000 10,052,000 9,170,000 5,594,000 6,381,000 5,768,000 8,122,000 7,419,000 8,691,000 6,758,000 6,081,000 6,199,000 6,569,000 6,428,000 6,702,000 7,827,000 4,869,000 6,935,000 5,234,000 4,858,000 4,108,000 6,300,000 6,155,000 4,898,000 2,768,000 2,991,000 3,276,000 3,242,000 2,692,000 2,451,000 2,643,000 2,620,000 2,564,000 2,752,000 2,818,000 2,468,000 2,486,000 2,399,000 2,358,000 2,226,000  1,942,000 1,978,000   
      operating expenses: - sum
    45,458,000 41,609,000 40,874,000 41,671,000 37,153,000 38,893,000 37,369,000 37,197,000 39,838,000 36,658,000 32,930,000 34,513,000 38,762,000 35,334,000 34,805,000 31,956,000 33,170,000 30,245,000 28,421,000 28,854,000 28,152,000 27,894,000 27,340,000 28,463,000 29,053,000 30,705,000 27,978,000 27,516,000 22,615,000 24,070,000 22,537,000 25,847,000 24,047,000 24,972,000 23,126,000 21,930,000 21,726,000 22,341,000 21,710,000 23,116,000 22,856,000 17,704,000 20,252,000 18,093,000 18,092,000 17,140,000 19,203,000 15,826,000 9,860,000 7,637,000 7,546,000 8,269,000 8,367,000 7,362,000 7,158,000 7,759,000 7,483,000 7,150,000 7,442,000 7,702,000 7,482,000 7,457,000 7,215,000 6,675,000 6,920,000  5,711,000 6,079,000   
      earnings from operations
    55,626,000 52,290,000 54,579,000 51,442,000 51,015,000 47,444,000 47,992,000 45,797,000 41,676,000 38,335,000 43,614,000 42,836,000 34,408,000 33,305,000 33,625,000 39,920,000 38,336,000 33,821,000 32,513,000 30,593,000 30,575,000 28,924,000 29,028,000 26,917,000 26,278,000 23,641,000 26,030,000 26,402,000 26,480,000 27,255,000 25,465,000 27,619,000 27,412,000 26,666,000 23,055,000 24,831,000 22,703,000 24,591,000 22,946,000 23,333,000 19,968,000 22,222,000 22,922,000 23,774,000 25,038,000 26,995,000 25,284,000 16,509,000 13,355,000 16,145,000 16,976,000 16,616,000 15,865,000 15,037,000 16,240,000 14,825,000 13,675,000 13,693,000 15,175,000 14,059,000 13,298,000 13,817,000 13,018,000 12,441,000 10,494,000  7,240,000 7,404,000   
      other expenses, net:
                                                                          
      interest expense
    2,213,000 1,900,000 2,629,000 2,766,000 2,924,000 2,819,000 4,071,000 4,240,000 5,398,000 5,291,000 6,594,000 5,163,000 5,565,000 5,121,000 3,642,000 960,000 545,000 567,000 556,000 608,000 725,000 830,000 953,000 960,000 1,696,000 1,210,000 1,672,000 1,488,000 1,589,000 1,666,000 1,801,000 2,268,000 1,876,000 1,842,000 2,012,000 1,891,000 1,799,000 1,727,000 1,790,000 1,905,000 1,843,000 1,501,000 1,617,000 1,594,000 1,881,000 1,777,000 2,052,000 1,315,000 1,000 19,000 2,000 2,000 1,000 2,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 12,000 32,000 22,000 18,000 27,000 23,000 18,000 22,000  247,000 323,000   
      other expense
    891,000 355,000 -94,000 -335,000 151,000 141,000 28,000 331,000  -223,000 545,000  -276,000   -298,000 161,000 -73,750 -128,000 -34,000 -133,000                                                  
      other expenses, net: - sum
    3,104,000 2,010,250 2,535,000 2,431,000 3,075,000 3,374,000 4,099,000 4,571,000 4,826,000 4,216,000 7,139,000 4,436,000 5,289,000 977,000 2,540,000 662,000                                                       
      earnings before income tax expense
    52,522,000 50,035,000 52,044,000 49,011,000 47,940,000 44,484,000 43,893,000 41,226,000 36,850,000 33,267,000 36,475,000 38,400,000 29,119,000 25,776,000 31,085,000 39,258,000 37,630,000 33,146,000 32,085,000 30,019,000 29,983,000 28,047,000 27,907,000 25,973,000 24,490,000 22,368,000 24,436,000 24,881,000 24,793,000 25,263,000 23,529,000 25,061,000 25,177,000 24,522,000 20,697,000 22,560,000 20,710,000 22,799,000 20,771,000 21,383,000 17,981,000 20,623,000 21,189,000 22,167,000 23,085,000 25,180,000 23,209,000 15,291,000 13,372,000 16,213,000 17,060,000 16,682,000 15,863,000 15,107,000 16,225,000 14,824,000 13,688,000 13,772,000 15,238,000 14,352,000 13,376,000 13,974,000 12,945,000 12,551,000 10,661,000  7,001,000 7,191,000   
      income tax expense
    12,237,000 10,810,000 11,755,000 10,733,000 10,887,000 10,901,000 10,056,000 9,157,000 7,864,000 6,619,000 7,400,000 8,290,000 6,409,000 4,370,000 5,836,000 9,476,000 8,700,000 8,197,000 7,072,000 7,288,000 6,572,000 5,885,000 6,339,000 4,848,000 4,722,000 1,985,000 3,760,000 5,052,000 6,010,000 4,929,000 4,315,000 5,382,000 5,831,000 -17,453,000 4,654,000 6,024,000 5,192,000 6,875,000 6,759,000 7,233,000 6,095,000 4,964,000 7,213,000 7,251,000 7,913,000 6,158,000 8,031,000 5,559,000 4,478,000 5,466,000 5,403,000 5,100,000 4,975,000 5,215,000 5,352,000 4,852,000 4,420,000 4,276,000 4,453,000 4,780,000 4,464,000 4,558,000 4,452,000 4,212,000 3,632,000  2,277,000 2,550,000   
      net earnings
    40,285,000 39,225,000 40,289,000 38,278,000 37,053,000 33,583,000 33,837,000 32,069,000 28,986,000 26,648,000 29,075,000 30,110,000 22,710,000 21,406,000 25,249,000 29,782,000 28,930,000 24,949,000 25,013,000 22,731,000 23,411,000 22,162,000 21,568,000 21,125,000 19,768,000 20,383,000 20,676,000 19,829,000 18,783,000 20,334,000 19,214,000 19,679,000 19,346,000 41,975,000 16,043,000 16,536,000 15,518,000 15,924,000 14,012,000 14,150,000 11,886,000 15,659,000 13,976,000 14,916,000 15,172,000 19,022,000 15,178,000 9,732,000 8,894,000 10,747,000 11,657,000 11,582,000 10,888,000 9,892,000 10,873,000 9,972,000 9,268,000 9,496,000 10,785,000 9,572,000 8,912,000 9,416,000 8,493,000 8,339,000 7,029,000  4,724,000 4,641,000   
      yoy
    8.72% 16.80% 19.07% 19.36% 27.83% 26.02% 16.38% 6.51% 27.64% 24.49% 15.15% 1.10% -21.50% -14.20% 0.94% 31.02% 23.57% 12.58% 15.97% 7.60% 18.43% 8.73% 4.31% 6.54% 5.24% 0.24% 7.61% 0.76% -2.91% -51.56% 19.77% 19.01% 24.67% 163.60% 14.49% 16.86% 30.56% 1.69% 0.26% -5.14% -21.66% -17.68% -7.92% 53.27% 70.59% 77.00% 30.21% -15.97% -18.31% 8.64% 7.21% 16.15% 17.48% 4.17% 0.82% 4.18% 3.99% 0.85% 26.99% 14.79% 26.79%  79.78% 79.68%       
      qoq
    2.70% -2.64% 5.25% 3.31% 10.33% -0.75% 5.51% 10.64% 8.77% -8.35% -3.44% 32.58% 6.09% -15.22% -15.22% 2.95% 15.96% -0.26% 10.04% -2.90% 5.64% 2.75% 2.10% 6.86% -3.02% -1.42% 4.27% 5.57% -7.63% 5.83% -2.36% 1.72% -53.91% 161.64% -2.98% 6.56% -2.55% 13.65% -0.98% 19.05% -24.09% 12.04% -6.30% -1.69% -20.24% 25.33% 55.96% 9.42% -17.24% -7.81% 0.65% 6.37% 10.07% -9.02% 9.04% 7.60% -2.40% -11.95% 12.67% 7.41% -5.35% 10.87% 1.85% 18.64%   1.79%    
      net income margin %
    14.88% 14.88% 15.06% 14.98% 14.79% 13.99% 14.10% 13.70% 12.09% 11.65% 12.64% 13.02% 9.77% 9.21% 10.34% 12.58% 12.64% 11.71% 12.64% 11.23% 12.61% 12.26% 12.31% 12.19% 11.33% 12.24% 13.04% 12.27% 11.96% 12.43% 12.39% 12.02% 11.99% 26.36% 10.64% 11.24% 11.27% 11.31% 10.12% 10.19% 8.80% 11.80% 9.97% 11.07% 10.47% 11.69% 9.46% 7.36% 10.34% 13.17% 13.31% 13.90% 12.86% 12.36% 14.47% 12.62% 12.16% 13.62% 14.49% 12.82% 12.21% 13.49% 13.29% 13.57% 11.73% NaN% 7.51% 8.16% NaN% NaN% 
      net earnings per common share - basic
    1,260 892.5 1,250 1,180 1,140 735 1,050 990 900 637.5 910 940 710 655 790 930 900 552.5 780 710 730 485 670 660 620 460 640 620 580 455 600 610 600 377.5 500 520 490 317.5 440 450 380 355 450 480 490 280 500 320 300 290 390 390 370 260 370 340 320 257.5 380 340 310 215 300 300 250  260 260   
      net earnings per common share - diluted
    1,250 885 1,240 1,170 1,130 725 1,030 980 890 630 900 930 700 647.5 780 920 890 545 770 700 720 480 660 650 610 455 640 610 580 447.5 590 610 600 372.5 500 510 480 315 440 440 370 350 440 470 480 272.5 490 310 290 277.5 380 380 360 247.5 360 330 310 242.5 360 320 300 202.5 290 280 240  250 250   
      other income
            -572,000   -727,000  -309,750 -1,102,000                                                        
      other expenses:
                                                                          
      other expenses: - sum
                    706,000 675,000 428,000 574,000 592,000 877,000 1,121,000 944,000 1,788,000 1,273,000 1,594,000 1,521,000 1,687,000                                          
      other
                         47,000 168,000 -16,000 92,000 63,000 -78,000 33,000 98,000 317,000 139,000 293,000 361,000 309,000 348,000 382,000 196,000 67,000 387,000 47,000 147,000 100,000 119,000 16,000 74,000 40,000 26,000 -84,000 28,000 12,000 -21,000 -7,000 53,000 -71,000 14,000 -1,000 -9,000 -86,000 -56,000 -246,000 -24,000 -107,000 122,000 -59,000 -119,000  16,000 -85,000   
      other expenses
                                                                          
      interest income
                                 -2,250 -4,000 -3,000 -2,000 -7,000 -2,000 -2,000 -2,000 -2,000 -2,000 -2,000 -3,000 -2,000 -3,000 -3,000 -2,000 -2,000 -3,000 -13,000 -46,000 -99,000 -65,000 -61,000 -52,000 -1,000 -2,000 -1,000 -7,000 -5,000 -39,000 -69,000 -72,000 -77,000 -72,000 -69,000 -70,000  -24,000 -25,000   
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        current assets:
                                                                           
        cash and cash equivalents
      72,873,000 74,570,000 65,093,000 65,427,000 49,901,000 49,515,000 73,694,000 63,738,000 60,349,000 64,447,000 76,952,000 66,856,000 60,199,000 66,560,000 56,489,000 76,183,000 64,466,000 103,239,000 90,013,000 79,902,000 88,535,000 84,571,000 78,967,000 76,407,000 73,959,000 65,672,000 59,404,000 41,674,000 39,004,000 54,268,000 42,671,000 62,476,000 42,679,000 40,416,000 34,741,000 43,599,000 36,997,000 38,643,000 32,533,000 33,421,000 39,172,000 84,795,000 81,556,000 72,243,000 56,613,000 50,287,000 25,404,000 59,714,000 207,330,000 208,747,000 190,179,000 171,220,000 149,090,000 144,737,000 147,182,000 138,060,000 121,291,000 114,781,000 104,872,000 89,742,000 82,052,000 77,253,000 65,447,000 50,374,000 51,361,000 46,432,000 2,642,000 3,922,000 2,307,000 
        accounts receivable
      154,232,000 143,596,000 131,542,000 135,982,000 130,447,000 119,662,000 120,537,000 123,400,000 139,881,000 125,284,000 129,009,000 125,109,000 131,369,000 131,578,000 140,812,000 138,579,000 136,974,000 117,408,000 110,711,000 113,782,000 106,806,000 98,214,000 98,709,000 97,107,000 105,867,000 93,444,000 93,995,000 101,595,000 99,834,000 99,545,000 101,205,000 98,595,000 96,001,000 91,226,000 86,715,000 84,791,000 79,171,000 83,252,000 68,841,000 67,072,000 69,365,000 60,485,000 64,220,000 63,498,000 64,088,000 71,982,000 72,607,000 74,459,000 43,812,000 39,386,000 40,510,000 39,679,000 45,678,000 41,999,000 36,931,000 36,847,000 37,977,000 34,433,000 36,415,000 38,527,000 36,312,000  29,310,000 30,367,000 30,692,000  35,500,000 29,838,000  
        inventories
      146,743,000 131,449,000 132,435,000 148,150,000 144,926,000 130,802,000 118,510,000 117,099,000 110,381,000 109,521,000 116,346,000 124,949,000 124,768,000 119,668,000 139,464,000 140,840,000 108,411,000 91,058,000 81,925,000 78,333,000 77,022,000 70,620,000 77,430,000 81,546,000 83,196,000 83,893,000 73,830,000 68,430,000 66,764,000 67,187,000 71,778,000 70,071,000 66,270,000 60,696,000 59,624,000 62,129,000 62,867,000 57,245,000 56,675,000 57,839,000 60,444,000 46,085,000 50,697,000 47,882,000 50,451,000 49,623,000 58,189,000 57,034,000 24,860,000 24,824,000 24,748,000 24,714,000 23,805,000 20,693,000 20,311,000 20,095,000 20,057,000 18,637,000 18,431,000 18,887,000 18,441,000 15,720,000 15,130,000 16,931,000 15,845,000 13,965,000 19,398,000 18,841,000 15,680,000 
        prepaid expenses
      8,955,000 9,778,000 8,904,000 9,487,000 8,132,000 8,054,000 7,828,000 9,963,000 7,122,000 7,798,000 7,236,000 8,829,000 7,425,000 4,903,000 6,944,000 8,467,000 5,383,000 6,116,000 9,604,000 8,140,000 4,995,000 6,598,000 5,021,000 5,927,000 4,134,000 4,385,000 4,107,000 5,344,000 3,510,000 3,830,000 3,769,000 4,923,000 3,958,000 4,774,000 3,230,000 4,950,000 3,339,000 4,110,000 2,814,000 4,232,000 2,979,000 3,208,000 2,475,000 3,246,000 3,370,000 4,545,000 2,488,000 3,850,000 2,127,000 2,580,000 1,580,000 1,954,000 2,222,000 3,048,000 1,869,000 2,025,000 2,172,000 2,793,000 1,608,000 1,808,000 2,553,000 2,328,000 1,733,000 1,373,000 1,608,000 2,046,000 1,465,000 1,727,000 2,456,000 
        other current assets
      6,138,000 6,221,000 5,741,000 5,809,000 6,833,000 5,737,000 5,419,000 5,956,000 7,126,000 7,192,000 6,594,000 7,241,000 7,878,000 7,101,000 5,908,000 5,796,000 4,570,000 4,411,000 3,907,000 4,586,000 3,846,000 3,438,000 2,810,000 2,875,000 2,998,000 2,454,000 3,165,000 1,552,000 806,000 1,484,000 1,500,000 2,235,000 2,223,000 2,224,000 3,924,000 3,509,000 4,582,000 4,480,000 3,042,000 1,100,000 3,306,000 3,446,000 3,363,000 3,296,000 3,233,000 3,475,000 3,167,000 3,205,000 5,866,000 445,000 321,000 433,000 447,000 513,000 580,000 633,000 762,000 398,000 315,000 129,000 483,000 550,000 213,000 236,000 294,000 529,000 1,779,000 1,652,000 1,871,000 
        total current assets
      388,941,000 365,614,000 343,715,000 364,855,000 340,239,000 313,770,000 325,988,000 320,156,000 324,859,000 314,242,000 341,222,000 336,534,000 335,603,000 335,803,000 368,111,000 377,141,000 319,804,000 322,232,000 300,275,000 287,263,000 281,204,000 266,888,000 270,122,000 263,862,000 270,681,000 254,946,000 239,949,000 231,885,000 221,666,000 226,314,000 225,706,000 241,137,000 211,808,000 199,336,000 193,609,000 201,795,000 186,956,000 188,442,000 172,785,000 169,005,000 177,458,000 198,829,000 204,130,000 193,477,000 179,127,000 181,302,000 163,795,000 199,271,000 284,882,000 277,774,000 258,462,000 238,801,000 221,936,000 211,909,000 207,452,000 198,259,000 182,846,000 175,740,000 162,886,000 151,460,000 140,359,000 129,652,000 112,508,000 100,036,000 100,675,000 93,012,000 61,332,000 56,600,000 52,469,000 
        property, plant and equipment
      303,070,000 306,648,000 297,842,000 290,088,000 283,753,000 282,154,000 277,429,000 272,539,000 274,033,000 276,039,000 268,834,000 271,471,000 276,103,000 271,355,000 260,008,000 252,145,000 240,419,000 237,517,000 229,798,000 228,289,000 226,513,000 228,096,000 219,554,000 217,003,000 215,279,000 216,859,000 200,805,000 204,019,000 188,036,000 194,339,000 194,081,000 184,767,000 187,935,000 189,793,000 184,246,000 182,721,000 164,626,000 165,754,000 166,680,000 172,793,000 173,068,000 158,515,000 149,169,000 139,749,000 133,494,000 131,588,000 128,237,000 129,897,000 54,394,000 54,916,000 54,784,000 54,512,000 54,181,000 52,725,000 47,468,000 44,329,000 44,569,000 44,282,000 44,484,000 44,894,000 44,627,000 43,388,000 43,671,000 42,165,000 41,811,000 41,579,000 43,630,000 43,065,000 42,080,000 
        goodwill
      811,452,000 816,375,000 816,494,000 816,391,000 793,087,000 780,030,000 781,109,000 770,026,000 771,538,000 778,907,000 766,545,000 773,913,000 774,361,000 769,509,000 749,035,000 731,772,000 522,587,000 523,949,000 525,419,000 527,148,000 526,246,000 529,463,000 526,257,000 522,929,000 522,785,000 523,998,000 504,094,000 506,852,000 446,453,000 447,995,000 449,015,000 441,554,000 441,361,000 441,361,000 441,259,000 440,215,000 439,811,000 439,811,000 444,083,000 445,390,000 441,668,000 383,906,000 383,906,000 383,906,000 383,906,000 383,646,000 385,646,000 385,646,000 28,515,000 28,515,000 28,515,000 28,515,000 28,515,000 28,515,000 28,515,000 28,515,000 28,515,000 28,515,000 28,515,000 28,515,000 28,515,000 28,515,000 28,728,000 28,705,000 26,658,000 26,658,000 26,398,000 26,376,000 26,363,000 
        customer relationships and lists
      127,678,000 132,994,000 136,129,000 139,347,000                                                                  
        other intangible assets with finite lives
      28,784,000 30,295,000 31,330,000 32,518,000                                                                  
        right of use assets - operating leases
      13,661,000 14,672,000 15,916,000 15,655,000 15,598,000 15,320,000 15,547,000 16,469,000 16,973,000 17,763,000 16,066,000 16,119,000 15,232,000 17,094,000 11,617,000 10,718,000 6,901,000 6,929,000                                                    
        right of use assets - finance lease
      1,469,000 1,520,000 1,573,000 1,626,000 1,678,000 1,730,000 1,783,000 1,976,000 2,037,000 2,101,000 2,155,000 2,221,000 2,281,000 2,338,000 2,202,000 2,255,000 2,308,000 2,359,000                                                    
        other non-current assets
      18,687,000 18,134,000 18,032,000 17,767,000 17,235,000 17,317,000 17,563,000 17,698,000 17,216,000 16,947,000                                                            
        total assets
      1,693,742,000 1,686,252,000 1,661,031,000 1,678,247,000 1,617,555,000 1,575,371,000 1,596,944,000 1,574,966,000 1,588,700,000 1,597,211,000 1,603,484,000 1,619,231,000 1,628,765,000 1,624,512,000 1,633,008,000 1,606,674,000 1,194,908,000 1,199,325,000 1,179,349,000 1,173,606,000 1,169,215,000 1,165,843,000 1,161,341,000 1,151,256,000 1,162,112,000 1,155,682,000 1,096,628,000 1,098,320,000 971,888,000 981,355,000 986,076,000 989,467,000 967,989,000 963,636,000 958,838,000 970,679,000 941,385,000 948,626,000 946,832,000 954,292,000 970,226,000 881,223,000 882,594,000 868,980,000 854,842,000 861,271,000 848,800,000 892,924,000 382,450,000 376,872,000 358,405,000 339,450,000 323,063,000 312,545,000 303,656,000 292,311,000 278,121,000 271,717,000 260,002,000 249,962,000 239,582,000 228,624,000 213,389,000 200,399,000 194,785,000 187,813,000 163,136,000 158,668,000 154,424,000 
        liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                                           
        current liabilities:
                                                                           
        trade accounts payable
      70,729,000 60,425,000 46,979,000 67,864,000 65,975,000 54,745,000 46,461,000 54,501,000 59,798,000 55,503,000 49,698,000 56,323,000 53,419,000 57,322,000 73,121,000 66,363,000 46,819,000 56,243,000 37,942,000 44,804,000 33,765,000 23,742,000 23,329,000 22,630,000 23,630,000 37,267,000 36,739,000 29,439,000 26,342,000 33,789,000 32,891,000 30,079,000 26,674,000 28,451,000 24,952,000 24,939,000 21,543,000 32,514,000 16,165,000 18,163,000 23,313,000 14,708,000 18,780,000 19,091,000 20,041,000 24,352,000 20,648,000 21,799,000 13,236,000 12,395,000 9,338,000 10,315,000 12,201,000 14,276,000 11,906,000 12,397,000 13,140,000 11,526,000 7,144,000 9,063,000 10,905,000 9,755,000 8,539,000 11,380,000 9,908,000 10,876,000 13,439,000 10,073,000 11,190,000 
        accrued expenses
      51,820,000 49,288,000 48,592,000 47,955,000 44,172,000 43,750,000 40,019,000 36,993,000 37,774,000 40,855,000 42,528,000 41,159,000 42,754,000 36,745,000 49,980,000 58,649,000 53,957,000 43,411,000 44,452,000 39,576,000 37,400,000 29,655,000 28,991,000 30,818,000 35,848,000 24,604,000 22,693,000 22,979,000 20,922,000 22,025,000 20,590,000 21,206,000 23,390,000 22,930,000 23,286,000 18,900,000 19,555,000 14,758,000 17,324,000 16,082,000 15,523,000 12,829,000 17,049,000 14,863,000 16,555,000 15,614,000 17,951,000 18,122,000 12,605,000 10,732,000 12,177,000 11,460,000 11,977,000 11,820,000 11,218,000 11,568,000 9,334,000 8,395,000 12,838,000 13,268,000 11,021,000 9,250,000 7,386,000 5,245,000 7,772,000 5,613,000 10,949,000 11,737,000 1,832,000 
        accrued compensation and other benefits
      12,698,000 27,896,000 20,089,000 17,752,000 11,631,000 22,886,000 17,551,000 14,500,000 10,902,000 17,228,000 11,771,000 12,627,000 9,223,000 16,544,000 14,959,000 14,973,000 10,325,000 19,567,000 19,889,000 13,887,000 11,474,000 19,753,000 14,083,000 10,103,000 9,826,000 11,057,000 10,295,000 6,749,000 6,255,000 11,022,000 12,431,000 9,308,000 7,876,000 8,531,000 6,529,000 5,768,000 4,170,000 6,648,000 5,305,000 5,724,000 4,783,000 5,128,000 6,222,000 5,066,000 4,735,000 9,137,000 6,774,000 5,614,000 2,273,000 4,770,000 3,613,000 3,234,000 2,065,000 4,138,000 3,129,000 2,720,000 1,853,000 4,328,000 3,224,000 2,865,000 2,571,000 4,710,000 3,791,000 2,737,000 2,555,000 4,399,000   8,684,000 
        dividends payable
      169,000 31,044,000 113,000 124,000 126,000 28,510,000 50,000 53,000 66,000 25,717,000 183,000 186,000 189,000 23,129,000 125,000 127,000 129,000 20,886,000 200,000 203,000 203,000 18,941,000 136,000 136,000 137,000 16,855,000 78,000 78,000 78,000 15,220,000 39,000 39,000 45,000 13,484,000 19,000 19,000 19,000 12,088,000    10,727,000    9,251,000    7,856,000        5,237,000    4,311,000    3,091,000   1,975,000 
        income taxes payable
      13,473,000  6,451,000 571,000 13,728,000  1,955,000 3,437,000 11,831,000    7,878,000   863,000 9,936,000    3,639,000            5,092,000    4,505,000     2,728,000   1,789,000 2,168,000  1,418,000 225,000   460,000 123,000  2,081,000 2,587,000 638,000  579,000 163,000 2,912,000     3,053,000 1,799,000   
        operating lease liabilities - current
      3,444,000 3,614,000 3,943,000 3,672,000 3,726,000 3,134,000 3,211,000 3,589,000 3,794,000 3,949,000 3,584,000 3,859,000 2,831,000 3,796,000 3,727,000 2,997,000 2,194,000 2,194,000                                                    
        finance lease liabilities - current
      207,000 205,000 202,000 199,000 197,000 194,000 192,000 249,000 260,000 272,000 274,000 232,000 229,000 226,000 173,000 171,000 169,000 167,000                                                    
        total current liabilities
      152,540,000 176,384,000 126,369,000 138,137,000 139,555,000 157,685,000 109,439,000 113,322,000 124,425,000 148,491,000 108,038,000 114,386,000 116,523,000 140,042,000 142,085,000 144,143,000 123,529,000 143,802,000 104,926,000 100,759,000 88,763,000 94,428,000 68,413,000 67,960,000 71,720,000 92,258,000 72,023,000 62,091,000 63,810,000 82,056,000 65,951,000 60,632,000 98,115,000 108,396,000 89,786,000 84,626,000 84,792,000 101,008,000 73,794,000 74,969,000 78,619,000 81,120,000 77,051,000 74,020,000 78,120,000 95,522,000 80,373,000 82,453,000 28,339,000 35,753,000 25,363,000 25,469,000 26,366,000 30,234,000 28,334,000 29,968,000 26,061,000 30,913,000 25,252,000 26,924,000 28,962,000 29,508,000 22,731,000 22,906,000 32,689,000 33,815,000 38,450,000 36,895,000 36,330,000 
        revolving loan
      169,000,000 164,000,000 154,000,000 190,000,000 190,000,000 190,000,000 227,000,000 266,569,000 301,569,000 309,569,000 380,569,000 405,569,000 431,569,000 440,569,000 462,569,000 433,569,000 128,569,000 108,569,000 108,569,000 123,569,000 153,569,000 163,569,000 193,569,000 218,569,000 253,569,000 248,569,000 218,569,000 228,569,000 140,000,000  178,000,000 210,750,000                                      
        deferred income taxes
      53,376,000 54,143,000 47,602,000 47,773,000 45,217,000 43,722,000 50,460,000 49,956,000 51,006,000 52,046,000 59,014,000 61,849,000 62,919,000 62,784,000 76,771,000 77,574,000 47,033,000 46,455,000 51,332,000 51,883,000 51,865,000 51,359,000 57,082,000 57,237,000 57,095,000 56,431,000 57,008,000 57,386,000 44,311,000 44,309,000 49,461,000 48,547,000 48,534,000 48,548,000 77,096,000 77,704,000 73,495,000 712,000 814,000 811,000 819,000 810,000 1,392,000 1,413,000 1,372,000 1,390,000 991,000 1,009,000 887,000 893,000 1,020,000 801,000 694,000 593,000 579,000 599,000 587,000 556,000 604,000 635,000 518,000 552,000 675,000 755,000 875,000 891,000 548,000 620,000 515,000 
        operating lease liabilities - non-current
      10,571,000 11,324,000 12,257,000 12,158,000 12,445,000 12,967,000 13,089,000 13,666,000 13,971,000 14,601,000 13,244,000 13,088,000 13,091,000 13,806,000 8,069,000 7,725,000 4,730,000 4,811,000                                                    
        finance lease liabilities - non-current
      1,492,000 1,544,000 1,596,000 1,648,000 1,698,000 1,749,000 1,798,000 1,847,000 1,895,000 1,943,000 1,995,000 2,097,000 2,156,000 2,213,000 2,172,000 2,216,000 2,260,000 2,303,000                                                    
        other long-term obligations
      21,647,000 21,444,000 21,343,000 20,618,000 19,939,000 19,335,000 17,932,000 17,242,000 17,043,000 16,577,000 15,357,000 15,339,000 29,091,000 26,814,000 14,873,000 15,284,000 15,105,000 13,712,000 13,511,000 12,696,000 12,345,000 10,517,000 9,804,000 8,939,000 8,678,000 7,827,000 8,600,000 8,439,000 7,699,000 7,372,000 7,462,000 6,318,000 6,127,000 5,847,000 5,417,000 5,231,000 6,933,000 6,896,000 7,347,000 7,178,000 6,939,000 6,683,000 6,345,000 6,073,000 6,047,000 5,950,000 6,033,000 5,806,000 3,977,000 3,877,000 3,776,000 3,307,000 3,310,000 3,431,000 3,187,000 2,889,000 2,842,000 2,788,000 3,340,000 2,817,000 2,707,000 2,575,000 2,705,000 2,581,000 1,925,000 1,825,000 1,579,000 1,569,000 1,529,000 
        total liabilities
      408,626,000 428,839,000 363,167,000 410,334,000 408,854,000 425,458,000 419,718,000 462,602,000 509,909,000 543,227,000 578,217,000 612,328,000 655,349,000 686,228,000 737,086,000 705,304,000 321,226,000 322,310,000 290,271,000 303,964,000 319,723,000 337,610,000 341,898,000 358,733,000 395,841,000 412,015,000 363,042,000 365,975,000 261,379,000 289,737,000 300,874,000 326,247,000 328,099,000 346,755,000 372,899,000 408,295,000 399,084,000 427,593,000 430,410,000 458,138,000 489,975,000 417,518,000 425,277,000 430,762,000 443,618,000 469,373,000 472,163,000 536,704,000 38,247,000 45,514,000 35,524,000 34,058,000 34,992,000 39,533,000 36,374,000 38,131,000 34,671,000 39,708,000 36,005,000 37,483,000 39,922,000 41,157,000 34,524,000 34,928,000 38,980,000 40,670,000 57,681,000 59,549,000 61,344,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                           
        stockholders' equity:
                                                                           
        preferred stock, 25 par value. authorized 2,000,000 shares; none issued and outstanding
                                                                           
        common stock
      2,143,000 2,139,000 2,160,000 2,165,000 2,175,000 2,170,000 2,169,000 2,164,000 2,163,000 2,152,000 2,151,000 2,151,000 2,150,000 2,145,000 2,144,000 2,143,000 2,142,000 2,154,000 2,165,000 2,165,000 2,165,000 2,164,000 2,164,000 2,164,000 2,164,000 2,161,000 2,160,000 2,157,000 2,156,000 2,151,000 2,150,000 2,148,000 2,140,000 2,135,000 2,133,000 2,127,000 2,125,000 2,117,000 2,115,000 2,108,000 2,105,000 2,102,000 2,101,000 2,096,000 2,071,000 2,058,000 2,047,000 2,033,000 2,025,000 2,016,000 2,004,000 1,990,000 1,977,000 1,964,000 1,957,000 1,953,000 1,951,000 1,944,000 1,931,000 1,929,000 1,923,000 1,917,000 1,899,000       
        additional paid-in capital
      89,543,000 92,331,000 140,995,000 151,412,000 174,243,000 173,997,000 168,174,000 158,791,000 154,026,000 145,653,000 140,966,000 137,254,000 132,210,000 128,806,000 124,558,000 120,811,000 116,771,000 147,716,000 172,676,000 172,635,000 170,837,000 173,029,000 175,160,000 174,073,000 173,581,000 174,218,000 173,760,000 169,743,000 166,762,000 165,098,000 163,870,000 161,005,000 154,030,000 151,749,000 149,699,000 143,704,000 142,867,000 137,676,000 134,745,000 128,809,000 125,926,000 122,594,000 120,571,000 115,619,000 104,113,000 97,289,000 90,901,000 83,934,000 81,479,000 77,517,000 72,417,000 67,349,000 61,822,000 57,198,000 55,178,000 53,275,000 51,724,000 49,933,000 45,665,000 44,257,000 41,233,000 38,557,000 34,560,000 30,517,000 28,545,000 26,541,000 17,265,000 15,672,000 14,286,000 
        retained earnings
      1,161,681,000 1,121,396,000 1,113,113,000 1,072,824,000 1,034,546,000 997,493,000 992,380,000 958,543,000 926,474,000 897,488,000 896,382,000 867,307,000 837,197,000 814,487,000 816,089,000 790,840,000 761,058,000 732,138,000 727,895,000 702,882,000 680,151,000 656,740,000 653,382,000 631,814,000 610,689,000 590,921,000 587,315,000 566,639,000 546,810,000 528,027,000 522,879,000 503,665,000 483,986,000 464,639,000 436,185,000 420,143,000 403,607,000 388,089,000 384,247,000 370,233,000 356,083,000 344,197,000 339,266,000 325,290,000 310,374,000 295,202,000 285,431,000 270,253,000 260,521,000 251,627,000 248,736,000 237,079,000 225,543,000 214,609,000 211,184,000 200,311,000 190,338,000 181,070,000 176,812,000 166,027,000 156,454,000 147,542,000 142,437,000 133,943,000 125,605,000 118,576,000 87,205,000 82,481,000 77,840,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      31,749,000 41,547,000 41,596,000 41,512,000 -2,263,000 -23,747,000 14,503,000 -7,134,000 -3,872,000 8,691,000  191,000 1,859,000   -12,424,000  -4,993,000 -2,578,000 432,000 -1,451,000 4,173,000                    -5,114,000    -2,651,000 -1,742,000  178,000 198,000         -411,000 266,000 50,000 -549,000 -31,000 -873,000 -224,000 153,000 168,000 154,000 150,000 
        total stockholders' equity
      1,285,116,000  1,297,864,000 1,267,913,000 1,208,701,000  1,177,226,000 1,112,364,000 1,078,791,000  1,025,267,000 1,006,903,000 973,416,000  895,922,000 901,370,000 873,682,000  889,078,000 869,642,000 849,492,000  819,443,000 792,523,000 766,271,000  733,586,000 732,345,000 710,509,000  685,202,000 663,220,000 639,890,000  585,939,000 562,384,000 542,301,000 521,033,000 516,422,000 496,154,000 480,251,000 463,705,000 457,317,000 438,218,000 411,224,000 391,898,000 376,637,000 356,220,000 344,203,000 331,358,000 322,881,000 305,392,000 288,071,000 273,012,000 267,282,000 254,180,000 243,450,000 232,009,000 223,997,000 212,479,000 199,660,000 187,467,000 178,865,000 165,471,000 155,805,000 147,143,000 105,455,000 99,119,000 93,080,000 
        total liabilities and stockholders' equity
      1,693,742,000  1,661,031,000 1,678,247,000 1,617,555,000  1,596,944,000 1,574,966,000 1,588,700,000  1,603,484,000 1,619,231,000 1,628,765,000  1,633,008,000 1,606,674,000 1,194,908,000  1,179,349,000 1,173,606,000 1,169,215,000  1,161,341,000 1,151,256,000 1,162,112,000  1,096,628,000 1,098,320,000 971,888,000  986,076,000 989,467,000 967,989,000  958,838,000 970,679,000 941,385,000 948,626,000 946,832,000 954,292,000 970,226,000 881,223,000 882,594,000 868,980,000 854,842,000 861,271,000 848,800,000 892,924,000 382,450,000 376,872,000 358,405,000 339,450,000 323,063,000 312,545,000 303,656,000 292,311,000 278,121,000 271,717,000 260,002,000 249,962,000 239,582,000 228,624,000 213,389,000 200,399,000 194,785,000 187,813,000 163,136,000 158,668,000 154,424,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                           
        income tax payable
       3,912,000    4,466,000    4,967,000    2,280,000    1,334,000      2,279,000     6,989,000                                  1,493,000 2,197,000 6,447,000   4,432,000 2,019,000 
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                           
        total stockholders’ equity
       1,257,413,000    1,149,913,000    1,053,984,000    938,284,000    877,015,000    828,233,000    743,667,000    691,618,000    616,881,000                                    
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
       1,686,252,000    1,575,371,000    1,597,211,000    1,624,512,000    1,199,325,000    1,165,843,000    1,155,682,000    981,355,000    963,636,000                                    
        intangible assets with finite lives
          165,965,000 165,050,000 177,525,000 176,102,000 182,044,000 191,212,000 192,168,000 202,984,000 209,470,000 213,295,000 227,323,000 218,802,000 88,525,000 94,665,000 101,283,000 108,253,000 113,659,000 121,660,000 126,182,000 130,866,000 136,515,000 143,924,000 134,397,000 139,769,000 100,088,000 105,985,000 111,142,000 115,873,000 121,945,000 128,073,000 134,511,000 140,577,000 140,541,000 147,484,000 154,842,000 162,752,000 173,769,000 134,911,000 141,216,000 147,752,000 154,135,000 160,394,000 167,291,000 174,224,000 14,158,000 15,126,000 16,104,000 17,084,000 17,894,000 18,858,000 19,747,000 20,735,000 21,715,000 22,706,000 23,695,000 24,668,000 25,657,000 26,649,000 28,425,000 29,442,000 25,585,000 26,504,000 31,710,000 32,561,000 33,451,000 
        derivative assets
                  3,964,000 5,993,000 14,540,000 7,276,000 882,000          2,171,000                                           
        prepaid income taxes
                5,085,000 3,550,000   3,954,000    4,115,000 2,520,000  3,447,000 7,185,000  527,000 5,098,000 5,448,000 977,000   4,546,000 2,600,000   5,375,000 2,817,000   8,066,000 4,530,000 1,373,000  427,000 1,899,000   949,000   899,000 104,000   326,000    4,142,000 641,000 1,732,000  1,199,000        
        other assets
                16,494,000 15,989,000 15,715,000 15,118,000 14,712,000 13,841,000 13,482,000 11,674,000 13,294,000 13,078,000 12,885,000 11,326,000 11,038,000 10,437,000 9,940,000 8,617,000 8,611,000 8,592,000 7,609,000 6,722,000 6,132,000 6,136,000 4,940,000 5,073,000 5,213,000 5,371,000 9,451,000 7,135,000 8,442,000 4,352,000 4,263,000 5,062,000 4,173,000 4,096,000 4,180,000 4,341,000 3,831,000 3,886,000 501,000 541,000 540,000 538,000 537,000 538,000 474,000 473,000 476,000 474,000 422,000 425,000 424,000 420,000 57,000 51,000 56,000 60,000 66,000 66,000 61,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
                -14,232,000   -7,154,000 -46,869,000  -6,289,000      -1,217,000 -5,894,000 -8,469,000 -5,564,000 -9,055,000 -6,194,000 -4,686,000 -3,602,000 -3,697,000 -3,161,000 -266,000 -1,642,000 -2,078,000 -3,590,000 -6,298,000 -6,849,000 -4,685,000 -4,996,000 -3,863,000  -4,414,000 -4,787,000 -5,334,000      -276,000 -1,026,000 -1,271,000 -759,000 -1,037,000 -1,359,000 -563,000 -938,000            
        derivative liabilities
                       2,658,000 4,944,000 7,662,000 6,758,000 11,658,000 7,004,000 2,168,000 443,000 2,103,000 2,475,000 4,617,000                                          
        contingent consideration liabilities
                    30,547,000                                                       
        contingent consideration liability
                     24,793,000                                                      
        right of use assets
                        9,280,000 9,575,000 8,708,000 8,410,000 8,188,000 6,159,000 6,912,000 7,338,000 6,601,000 7,203,000 8,036,000                                         
        lease liabilities - current
                        2,443,000 2,289,000 2,282,000 2,337,000 1,874,000 1,994,000 2,279,000 2,475,000 2,218,000 2,316,000 2,467,000                                         
        lease liabilities - non-current
                        6,989,000 7,395,000 6,423,000 6,079,000 6,026,000 3,860,000 4,336,000 4,827,000 4,367,000 4,873,000 5,559,000                                         
        treasury stock
                        -11,080,000 -8,472,000 -2,210,000 -7,873,000 -10,046,000 -9,634,000 -11,694,000 -18,069,000 -20,594,000  -533,000 -56,000  -437,000          -74,000 -207,000                           
        assets held for sale
                                 12,313,000 11,748,000  237,000 237,000 677,000                                     
        liabilities held for sale
                                 530,000 757,000                                         
        current portion of long-term debt
                                      35,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000        696,000 1,096,000 1,387,000 1,467,000 1,565,000 1,553,000 1,482,000    6,783,000 7,493,000 7,493,000 7,379,000 
        long-term debt
                                      175,323,000 183,964,000 200,600,000 209,234,000 217,864,000 226,490,000 235,112,000 243,732,000 252,350,000 262,500,000 271,250,000 280,000,000 288,750,000 297,500,000 306,250,000 315,000,000        89,000 89,000 23,000 2,428,000 2,955,000 3,273,000 3,432,000 3,904,000 3,815,000   11,773,000 15,146,000 17,398,000 
        revolver loan - long-term
                                   156,000,000        19,000,000                                
        customer deposits
                                      38,000                                     
        revolving loan - long-term
                                         31,500,000 16,000,000  28,000,000 45,000,000 65,000,000                             
        preferred stock, 25 par value. authorized 2,000,000shares; none issued and outstanding
                                                                           
        customer deposits and other deferred revenue
                                                     500,000   235,000       40,000      39,000     42,000 
        line of credit - long-term
                                                     50,000,000                      
        assets
                                                                           
        december 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively
                                                                   32,050,000        
        current debt
                                                                    1,522,000 1,308,000 6,007,000     
        preferred stock, 25 par value. authorized 2,000,000
                                                                           
        shares; none issued and outstanding
                                                                           
        and outstanding at june 30, 2010 and 28,097,279 shares issued and outstanding at
                                                                           
        december 31, 2009
                                                                     1,884,000 1,879,000     
        see accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
                                                                           
        and outstanding at march 31, 2010 and 28,097,279 shares issued and outstanding at
                                                                           
        december 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
                                                                       29,149,000    
        revolver borrowings
                                                                        4,770,000 3,160,000 3,209,000 
        shares issued and outstanding at december 31, 2009 and 27,374,020 shares
                                                                           
        issued and outstanding at december 31, 2008
                                                                       1,873,000    
        and outstanding at june 30, 2008 and 17,979,353 shares issued and outstanding at
                                                                           
        december 31, 2007
                                                                        817,000 812,000  
        and outstanding at march 31, 2008 and 17,979,353 shares issued and outstanding at
                                                                           
        december 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively
                                                                          29,640,000 
        shares issued and outstanding at december 31, 2007 and 17,733,849 shares
                                                                           
        issued and outstanding at december 31, 2006
                                                                          804,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 
                                                                           
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                           
          net earnings
        40,285,000 39,225,000 40,289,000 38,278,000 37,053,000 33,583,000 33,837,000 32,069,000 28,986,000 26,648,000 29,075,000 30,110,000 22,710,000 21,406,000 25,249,000 29,782,000 28,930,000 24,949,000 25,013,000 22,731,000 23,411,000 22,162,000 21,568,000 21,125,000 19,768,000 20,383,000 20,676,000 19,829,000 18,783,000 20,334,000 19,214,000 19,679,000 19,346,000 41,975,000 16,043,000 16,535,000 15,518,000 15,924,000 14,012,000 14,150,000 11,886,000 15,659,000 13,975,000 14,916,000 15,172,000 19,022,000 15,178,000 9,732,000 8,894,000 10,747,000 11,657,000 11,582,000 10,888,000 9,892,000 10,873,000 9,972,000 9,268,000 9,496,000 10,785,000 9,572,000 8,912,000 9,416,000 8,493,000 8,339,000 7,029,000 4,724,000 4,641,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                           
          depreciation and amortization
        12,491,000 11,721,000 11,552,000 11,403,000 11,014,000 10,896,000 10,903,000 12,506,000 13,668,000 14,057,000 13,804,000 13,428,000 13,646,000 13,890,000 14,097,000 11,933,000 11,928,000 12,257,000 12,159,000 12,099,000 12,364,000 12,932,000 13,055,000 12,745,000 12,549,000 12,377,000 11,753,000 10,896,000 10,836,000 11,206,000 11,034,000 11,299,000 11,127,000 11,209,000 11,087,000 10,748,000 11,335,000 11,819,000 11,717,000 11,650,000 11,016,000 10,148,000 9,925,000 9,865,000 10,026,000 10,334,000 10,326,000 7,233,000 2,631,000 2,636,000 2,607,000 2,610,000 2,621,000 2,428,000 2,407,000 2,386,000 2,420,000 2,419,000 2,380,000 2,260,000 2,232,000 2,225,000 2,190,000 2,086,000 2,058,000 1,931,000 1,901,000 
          stock compensation expense
        5,356,000 3,759,000 4,650,000 5,838,000 3,810,000 3,888,000 4,151,000 3,886,000 4,750,000 3,785,000 3,749,000 3,748,000 4,770,000 3,386,000 2,949,000 3,812,000 3,077,000 1,993,000 2,895,000 3,292,000 2,622,000 1,548,000 2,254,000 2,320,000 2,181,000 1,879,000 2,095,000 1,991,000 1,631,000 1,205,000 1,749,000 1,666,000 1,793,000 1,916,000 1,463,000 1,045,000 1,840,000 1,378,000 1,697,000 1,752,000 2,197,000 1,173,000 2,972,000 1,510,000 1,174,000 1,108,000 1,101,000 1,360,000 988,000 930,000 906,000 905,000 1,076,000 973,000 987,000 972,000 974,000 852,000 906,000 905,000 1,029,000 1,005,000 1,035,000 973,000 979,000 622,000 622,000 
          deferred income taxes
        -187,000 6,535,000 -149,000 -9,000 -115,000 -4,861,000 -802,000 -814,000 -302,000 -8,392,000 -1,849,000 -370,000 -203,000 -9,875,000 -265,000   -5,138,000 -860,000   -5,159,000 146,000 251,000 135,000 -3,365,000 126,000 -359,000 35,000 -5,263,000 39,000 -141,000 -38,000 -28,718,000 -48,000 -7,000 -4,000 -7,537,000 439,000   -2,884,000 -28,000 51,000 4,000 -7,471,000 -3,863,000 20,000 55,000              -392,000 -379,000 -631,000 14,000 -244,000 
          provision for (recovery of) credit losses
        289,000                                                                   
          unrealized loss on foreign currency transactions and deferred compensation
        717,000    24,000            37,000                                                   
          loss on disposal of assets and asset impairment
        151,000  23,000                                                                 
          changes in assets and liabilities
                                                                           
          accounts receivable
        -11,409,000 -11,953,000 4,362,000 -3,193,000 -10,069,000 362,000 4,012,000 16,218,000 -15,010,000 4,363,000 -4,015,000 6,218,000 403,000 11,060,000 828,000 4,899,000 -20,405,000 -6,612,000 2,273,000 -6,751,000 -9,610,000 1,380,000 -815,000 9,352,000 -13,516,000 3,283,000 7,777,000 1,475,000 -912,000 1,453,000 -1,666,000 -3,220,000 -4,340,000 -4,391,000 -1,432,000 -2,211,000 4,128,000 -15,137,000 -1,578,000 2,105,000 -1,049,000 3,532,000 -685,000 837,000 7,125,000 244,000 758,000 -5,010,000 -4,387,000 1,248,000 -434,000 6,127,000 -3,983,000 -4,883,000 25,000 465,000 -3,249,000 1,573,000 1,513,000 -1,996,000 -3,787,000 -2,906,000 1,891,000 49,000 -1,778,000 -5,619,000 421,000 
          inventories
        -16,216,000 1,013,000 15,696,000 -177,000 -12,897,000 -14,053,000 -393,000 -6,887,000 -1,458,000 7,985,000 7,877,000 -187,000 -5,145,000 22,566,000 2,771,000 -15,543,000 -17,598,000 -9,287,000 -3,787,000 -1,247,000 -6,702,000 7,121,000 4,463,000 1,811,000 528,000 -5,384,000 -5,336,000 -542,000 -139,000 4,522,000 -973,000 -4,123,000 -5,442,000 -1,001,000 2,672,000 3,584,000 -5,574,000 -757,000 1,510,000 2,735,000 1,257,000 4,518,000 -2,770,000 2,664,000 -1,286,000 8,396,000 -1,442,000 -206,000 -50,000 23,000 138,000 -843,000 -3,260,000 -267,000 -175,000 -222,000 -1,315,000 -357,000 321,000 -397,000 -2,576,000 -633,000 2,031,000 -1,275,000 -1,986,000 -567,000 -2,891,000 
          prepaid expenses and other current assets
        763,000 -1,356,000 642,000 241,000 -859,000 -974,000 2,359,000 -1,724,000 564,000 -837,000 2,686,000 -2,642,000 -2,747,000 2,560,000 1,043,000 -2,220,000 487,000 2,912,000 -934,000 -3,859,000 1,000,000 -2,012,000 1,126,000 -1,621,000 -349,000 1,261,000 278,000 -2,034,000 972,000 202,000 2,039,000 -1,069,000 345,000 -41,000 1,334,000 -1,728,000 -4,000 -1,756,000 701,000 909,000 386,000 -835,000 672,000 74,000 1,322,000 -2,379,000 1,316,000 -311,000 526,000 -1,069,000 499,000 283,000 782,000 -1,122,000 220,000 225,000 290,000 -1,299,000 5,000 1,110,000 -155,000 -549,000 -324,000 267,000 649,000 160,000 1,058,000 
          accounts payable and accrued expenses
        -1,554,000 20,316,000 -17,706,000 9,419,000 -737,000 18,799,000 -2,859,000 -2,291,000 -4,584,000 9,981,000 -978,000 -339,000 -5,112,000 -29,901,000 -717,000 22,783,000 -7,708,000 16,600,000 4,594,000 15,529,000 10,344,000 5,986,000 2,213,000 -6,093,000 -3,098,000 1,279,000 10,894,000 1,350,000 -12,389,000 562,000 4,672,000 3,027,000 -2,273,000 5,010,000 4,076,000 1,491,000 -9,066,000 15,437,000 -1,223,000 -3,438,000 7,065,000 -9,155,000 3,223,000 -2,776,000 -7,010,000 4,066,000 419,000 2,862,000 400,000 2,577,000 -250,000 -1,382,000 -3,715,000 3,708,000 -565,000 2,994,000 -362,000 1,539,000 -1,441,000 477,000 164,000 3,709,000 -590,000 -299,000 -175,000 2,557,000 -673,000 
          income taxes
        9,487,000 -2,510,000 5,850,000 -13,533,000 9,123,000 2,527,000 -1,669,000 -8,370,000 6,929,000 9,936,000 -1,449,000 -11,833,000 5,540,000 6,028,000 -4,953,000 -9,301,000 8,522,000 5,468,000 -1,579,000 -6,145,000 7,043,000 3,816,000 -9,361,000 2,881,000 4,523,000 291,000 -5,346,000 -7,184,000 6,575,000 5,024,000 -1,945,000 -7,591,000 5,633,000 4,822,000 -1,745,000 -7,876,000 5,248,000 7,353,000 -3,545,000 -3,130,000 -3,443,000 3,231,000 1,448,000 -3,878,000 -168,000 3,156,000 -2,338,000 1,429,000 1,123,000 -875,000 -593,000 298,000 550,000 -2,347,000 -516,000 1,977,000 4,776,000 -4,081,000 1,511,000 -4,479,000 4,125,000 -2,707,000 -735,000 -4,093,000 3,444,000 -2,642,000 2,364,000 
          other
        -112,000 -59,000 737,000 63,000 124,000 1,274,000 877,000 -258,000 492,000 1,026,000 -629,000 -754,000 662,000 -1,747,000 2,013,000 -141,000 -548,000 181,000 840,000 363,000 296,000 174,000 647,000 32,000 -655,000 -1,080,000 91,000 303,000 -442,000 240,000 135,000 409,000 368,000 305,000 303,000 838,000 -724,000 1,031,000 -167,000 -353,000 -180,000 -434,000 62,000 59,000 125,000 -932,000 295,000 250,000 24,000 201,000 463,000 -4,000 -31,000 -96,000 203,000 33,000 69,000 -814,000 530,000 106,000 121,000 8,000 104,000 104,000 104,000   
          net cash from operating activities
        40,061,000 67,275,000 65,572,000 47,252,000 36,457,000 52,317,000 51,302,000 44,992,000 33,388,000 67,406,000 46,526,000 34,991,000 34,838,000 41,655,000 41,620,000 48,240,000 7,021,000 44,491,000 39,634,000 35,782,000 40,607,000 47,954,000 35,360,000 44,615,000 22,565,000 32,967,000 42,682,000 26,329,000 22,483,000 39,512,000 32,489,000 21,217,000 25,479,000 31,164,000 33,762,000 22,890,000 22,802,000 27,795,000 23,859,000 26,635,000 29,323,000 24,976,000 28,984,000 23,268,000 26,598,000 36,109,000 21,638,000 17,363,000 10,240,000 15,820,000 16,088,000 19,431,000 4,353,000 9,420,000 13,138,000 18,568,000 12,655,000 10,822,000 16,963,000 7,446,000 9,671,000 9,699,000 13,784,000 5,850,000 9,697,000 1,307,000 7,232,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                           
          capital expenditures and intangible assets acquired
        -6,252,000 -16,214,000 -14,903,000 -6,813,000 -5,559,000 -12,725,000 -9,148,000 -6,878,000 -6,910,000 -11,575,000 -8,365,000 -8,232,000 -9,720,000 -14,497,000 -14,994,000 -10,543,000 -10,256,000 -15,058,000 -8,631,000 -7,448,000 -6,312,000 -13,276,000 -7,287,000 -7,871,000 -5,394,000 -6,744,000                                          
          cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
         -323,000     -911,000 -341,000                   -634,000                                 
          proceeds from sale of assets
        2,000 7,000   87,000 59,000 213,000     13,000 184,000   154,000 86,000                                             
          investment in affiliates
        -42,000 -209,000 -39,000 -75,000 -30,000 -157,000 -33,000 -38,000 -42,000                                                          
          net cash from investing activities
        -6,292,000 -16,416,000 -14,942,000 -6,621,000 -5,912,000 -36,959,000 -9,181,000 -6,857,000 -6,739,000 -11,865,000 -9,276,000 -3,611,000 -10,061,000 -14,489,000 -85,113,000 -306,340,000 -10,072,000 -14,181,000 -7,599,000 -7,294,000 -6,226,000 -13,211,000 -7,787,000 -8,199,000 -5,394,000 -53,116,000 4,566,000 -101,895,000 -5,780,000 -5,642,000 -20,519,000 -3,566,000 -2,264,000 -9,219,000 -7,569,000 -21,658,000 -4,250,000 -4,427,000 -3,244,000 -4,509,000 -121,414,000 -13,467,000 -12,894,000 -9,161,000 -6,755,000 68,208,000 -2,480,000 -563,487,000 -6,665,000 -1,555,000 -1,435,000 -1,954,000 -3,433,000 -6,500,000 -4,296,000 -1,807,000 -1,401,000 -1,763,000 -1,661,000 -1,399,000 -1,786,000 -377,000 -1,570,000 -7,087,000 -2,015,000 -1,691,000 -1,267,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                           
          proceeds from revolving loan
        52,000,000 18,000,000 7,000,000 34,000,000 29,000,000 26,000,000 5,000,000 13,000,000 70,000,000 345,000,000 20,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 45,000,000 15,000,000     3,000,000 20,000,000 2,000,000 7,500,000 65,000,000                         
          principal payments on revolving loan
        -47,000,000  -43,000,000 -34,000,000 -29,000,000  -39,569,000 -35,000,000 -34,000,000  -30,000,000 -26,000,000 -22,000,000 -22,000,000 -41,000,000   -15,000,000 -30,000,000 -15,000,000 -30,000,000 -25,000,000 -35,000,000 -5,000,000 -15,000,000 -25,000,000 -20,000,000 -16,000,000 -22,000,000    -3,000,000 -31,500,000 -4,500,000 -5,000,000 -16,500,000 -17,000,000                            
          principal payments on finance leases
        -51,000  -48,000 -48,000 -49,000                                                               
          proceeds from stock options exercised
        6,727,000 2,440,000 645,000 4,554,000 1,668,000 2,144,000 5,402,000 891,000 8,791,000 1,354,000 62,000 1,373,000 2,453,000 1,040,000 844,000 830,000 498,000 592,000 2,465,000 1,484,000 2,402,000 5,976,000 1,377,000 2,367,000 4,435,000 1,105,000 1,925,000 1,521,000 288,000 139,000 1,555,000 5,317,000 1,261,000 208,000 4,631,000 924,000 3,969,000 1,207,000 2,953,000 1,687,000 1,345,000 704,000 1,981,000 6,745,000 3,175,000 2,498,000 3,727,000 1,554,000 1,327,000  1,654,000 2,991,000 2,097,000          1,450,000 529,000 507,000   
          dividends paid
        -30,769,000 -11,000 -11,000 -2,000 -28,263,000 -4,000 -4,000 -13,000 -25,555,000 -3,000 -2,000 -22,867,000 -5,000 -4,000 -1,000 -20,703,000 -19,000 -4,000 -18,700,000 -1,000 -16,704,000 -15,135,000 -4,000 -7,000 -13,421,000 -12,069,000 7,000 -10,727,000 -9,251,000 -7,856,000     -6,466,000 -5,237,000 -1,000 1,000 -4,311,000 -3,091,000 -1,975,000 
          repurchases of common stock
        -15,690,000 -53,628,000 -15,419,000 -33,264,000 -5,325,000 -306,000 -163,000 -11,000 -5,202,000                                                           
          net cash from financing activities
        -34,783,000 -41,248,000 -50,833,000 -28,760,000 -31,969,000 -35,213,000 -34,392,000 -34,187,000 -30,023,000 -70,146,000 -25,098,000 -24,759,000 -33,318,000 -21,401,000 28,386,000 274,539,000 -34,845,000 -15,945,000 -20,506,000 -37,794,000 -27,933,000 -31,545,000 -26,692,000 -34,767,000 -8,160,000  -28,669,000 77,868,000 -31,574,000  -31,465,000 3,750,000 -21,696,000  -35,711,000 4,160,000 -20,461,000 -16,035,000 -21,654,000 -27,617,000 45,852,000 -7,799,000 -6,976,000 1,271,000 -12,338,000 -79,009,000 -52,919,000 398,560,000 -4,962,000 4,183,000 4,175,000 4,635,000 3,472,000 -5,423,000 239,000 125,000 -4,784,000 976,000 4,000 1,607,000 -3,219,000 2,549,000 2,677,000 554,000 -2,596,000 -893,000 -4,461,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
        -683,000 -134,000 -131,000 3,655,000 1,810,000 -4,324,000 2,227,000 -559,000 -724,000 2,100,000 -2,056,000 36,000 2,180,000 4,306,000 -4,587,000 -4,722,000 -877,000 -1,139,000 -1,418,000 673,000 -2,484,000 2,406,000 1,679,000 799,000 -724,000 657,000 -849,000 368,000 -393,000 -237,000 -310,000 -1,604,000 744,000 344,000 660,000 1,210,000 263,000 -1,223,000 151,000 -260,000 616,000 -471,000 199,000 252,000 -1,179,000 -425,000 -549,000 -52,000 -30,000 120,000 131,000 18,000 -39,000 58,000 41,000 -117,000 40,000 -126,000 -176,000 36,000 133,000 -65,000 182,000 -304,000 -157,000 -3,000 111,000 
          increase in cash and cash equivalents
        -1,697,000 9,477,000 -334,000 15,526,000 386,000  9,956,000   -12,505,000 10,096,000   10,071,000   -38,773,000 13,226,000 10,111,000 -8,633,000 3,964,000 5,604,000 2,560,000 2,448,000 8,287,000 6,268,000 17,730,000 2,670,000 -15,264,000 11,597,000 -19,805,000 19,797,000 2,263,000     6,110,000 -888,000 -5,751,000 -45,623,000 3,239,000 9,313,000 15,630,000 6,326,000 24,883,000 -34,310,000 -147,616,000 -1,417,000 18,568,000 18,959,000 22,130,000 4,353,000 -2,445,000 9,122,000 16,769,000 6,510,000 9,909,000 15,130,000 7,690,000 4,799,000 11,806,000 15,073,000 -987,000 4,929,000   
          cash and cash equivalents beginning of period
        74,570,000 49,515,000 64,447,000 66,560,000 103,239,000 84,571,000 65,672,000 54,268,000 40,416,000 38,643,000 84,795,000 50,287,000 208,747,000 144,737,000 114,781,000      46,432,000 2,307,000 
          cash and cash equivalents end of period
        72,873,000 9,477,000 -334,000 15,526,000 49,901,000 -24,179,000 9,956,000 3,389,000 60,349,000 -12,505,000 10,096,000 6,657,000 60,199,000 10,071,000 -19,694,000 11,717,000 64,466,000 13,226,000 10,111,000 -8,633,000 88,535,000 5,604,000 2,560,000 2,448,000 73,959,000 6,268,000 17,730,000 2,670,000 39,004,000 11,597,000 -19,805,000 19,797,000 42,679,000 5,675,000 -8,858,000 6,602,000 36,997,000 6,110,000 -888,000 -5,751,000 39,172,000 3,239,000 9,313,000 15,630,000 56,613,000 24,883,000 -34,310,000 -147,616,000 207,330,000 18,568,000 18,959,000 22,130,000 149,090,000 -2,445,000 9,122,000 16,769,000 121,291,000      15,073,000 -987,000 51,361,000 -1,280,000 3,922,000 
          (recovery of) provision for credit losses
                                                                           
          unrealized gain on foreign currency transactions and deferred compensation
         527,000 -364,000    -223,000 219,000 -726,000            -230,000                                               
          asset impairment charge and loss on disposal of assets
                                                                           
          change in fair value of contingent consideration liability
               -1,400,000 -3,500,000 -8,000,000 1,600,000                                                       
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquired balances
                                                                           
          proceeds from settlement of net investment hedge
                                                                         
          principal payments on revolving debt
                                                                           
          principal payments on finance lease
             -47,000 -58,000 -54,000 -57,000 -56,000 -56,000 -55,000 -55,000 -52,000 -42,000 -42,000 -41,000 -41,000 -40,000 -39,000 -39,000 -39,000                                              
          provision for credit losses
          -10,000                                                                 
          provision for doubtful accounts
            -79,000  -57,000 72,000 223,000 36,000 -132,000 102,000 31,000 22,000 -1,000 52,000 328,000 75,000 130,000 -94,000 69,000 -110,000 -79,000 -193,000 522,000       19,000 -69,000 27,000 -128,000 91,000 79,000 98,000 37,000 74,000 49,000 9,000 44,000 -90,000 -16,000 -1,000 171,000                     
          loss on disposal of assets
            65,000         84,000 56,000   -732,000 -977,000   96,000 20,000       -151,000 -2,542,000   15,000 51,000 263,000 -75,000 1,000 231,000 -1,000 89,000 115,000 80,000 21,000 85,000                       
          principal payments on acquired debt
                      -134,000                                                    
          cash paid for financing costs
                                    -251,000               -50,000                     
          decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                -4,098,000    -6,361,000                        -1,646,000                               
          asset impairment and loss on disposal of assets
              1,166,000    1,655,000                                                         
          gain on disposal of assets
                -144,000    -968,000    -29,000          -503,000 2,000 -2,719,000    -1,093,000                                   
          proceeds from insurance
                                 2,727,000 2,575,000 1,590,000 792,000                                
          principal payment on acquired debt
                                                                      
          purchase of common stock
                  -101,000 -75,000 -3,849,000  -46,000                                                     
          unrealized (gains) loss on foreign currency transactions and deferred compensation
                    -349,000                                                       
          asset impairment charge
                             1,026,000 114,000 130,000 692,000 908,000 71,000                                   
          purchase of convertible notes
                                                                          
          unrealized gain on foreign currency transaction and deferred compensation
                                                                           
          proceeds from insurance and sale of assets
                                                                           
          unrealized loss on foreign currency transaction and deferred compensation
                          -133,000                                                 
          cash paid for acquisition, net of cash acquired
                                           -1,169,000 -110,601,000     75,550,000                     
          repurchase of common stock
                        -34,599,000                                                   
          proceeds from sale of business and assets
                                                                          
          purchase of convertible note
                                                                         
          purchase of treasury stock
                          -7,927,000 -9,239,000 -1,596,000 -7,481,000 -2,957,000 -2,134,000 -891,000 -20,594,000 -727,000 -171,000 -437,000 -786,000 -72,000 -92,000 -1,130,000 -611,000 -110,000 -863,000 -615,000 -74,000 -1,110,000   -801,000 -234,000 -33,000 -1,839,000 -30,000 -29,000 -27,000 -735,000 -964,000 -1,000         
          principal payments on long-term debt
                                     -210,750,000 -8,750,000 -16,750,000 -8,750,000 -8,750,000 -8,750,000 -8,750,000 -8,750,000 -7,866,000 -9,634,000 -8,750,000 -8,750,000 -8,750,000 -8,750,000 -8,750,000        -9,000 -682,000 -344,000 -351,000 -2,375,000 -392,000 -405,000 -385,000 -480,000 -265,000 -342,000 -371,000 -3,369,000 -2,851,000 
          foreign currency transaction loss
                              123,000 53,000 -23,000 51,000 -53,000 24,000 50,000 -7,000 3,000 -188,000 51,000 36,000 86,000 117,000 101,000 -59,000 28,000 -35,000 50,000 -101,000 66,000 26,000 34,000 21,000 77,000 -29,000 36,000 23,000 6,000 15,000 48,000 14,000 6,000 127,000 -59,000 17,000 88,000 7,000 85,000 5,000 24,000 -33,000 -21,000 7,000 -88,000 
          net cash from by financing activities
                                                                           
          provision for (recovery of) doubtful accounts
                                  230,000 578,000 88,000                                       
          capital expenditures
        -6,200,000 -8,488,000 -5,917,000 -5,553,000 -3,965,000 -3,735,000 -9,850,000 -6,857,000 -7,885,000 -2,934,000 -4,233,000 -4,065,000 -4,076,000 -10,660,000 -13,183,000 -12,818,000 -8,931,000 -6,368,000 -7,265,000 -2,430,000 -2,366,000 -1,138,000 -1,543,000 -1,473,000 -1,771,000 -3,400,000 -6,390,000 -4,295,000 -1,797,000 -1,401,000 -1,761,000 -1,641,000 -1,424,000 -1,786,000 -1,553,000 -1,535,000 -2,454,000 -2,015,000 -1,609,000 -1,236,000 
          free cash flows
        40,061,000 67,275,000 65,572,000 47,252,000 36,457,000 52,317,000 51,302,000 44,992,000 33,388,000 67,406,000 46,526,000 34,991,000 34,838,000 41,655,000 41,620,000 48,240,000 7,021,000 44,491,000 39,634,000 35,782,000 40,607,000 47,954,000 35,360,000 44,615,000 22,565,000 32,967,000 42,682,000 20,129,000 13,995,000 33,595,000 26,936,000 17,252,000 21,744,000 21,314,000 26,905,000 15,005,000 19,868,000 23,562,000 19,794,000 22,559,000 18,663,000 11,793,000 16,166,000 14,337,000 20,230,000 28,844,000 19,208,000 14,997,000 9,102,000 14,277,000 14,615,000 17,660,000 953,000 3,030,000 8,843,000 16,771,000 11,254,000 9,061,000 15,322,000 6,022,000 7,885,000 8,146,000 12,249,000 3,396,000 7,682,000 -302,000 5,996,000 
          intangible assets acquired
                                   -7,000 -19,000 -115,000 -142,000 -177,000 -119,000 -183,000 -78,000 -183,000 -147,000 -198,000 -179,000 -433,000 -153,000 -318,000 -76,000 -230,000 -387,000 -78,000 -50,000 -14,000 -27,000 -12,000 -2,000 -183,000 -33,000  -1,000    -20,000       -57,000 -17,000 
          proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
                                                                        
          excess tax benefits from stock compensation
                                             611,000 1,143,000 309,000 483,000 321,000 903,000 3,297,000 2,488,000 3,594,000 2,154,000 -217,000 1,689,000 3,682,000 2,551,000 1,673,000 1,491,000 1,194,000 486,000 96,000 1,086,000 1,502,000 110,000 784,000 498,000 2,012,000 1,492,000 367,000 359,000 364,000 217,000 
          (recovery of)/provision for doubtful accounts
                                                                           
          proceeds from long-term debt
                                                           178,000           
          repayments of short-term obligations
                                                     -89,000 -89,000               
          customer deposits and other deferred revenue
                                                    11,000  -500,000                   -42,000 
          deposit held in escrow
                                                        -5,500,000                   
          shares issued under employee benefit plans
                                                             113,000 197,000 77,000 105,000 117,000 176,000 78,000 80,000 108,000 165,000 112,000 140,000 
          supplemental cash flow information - see note 15
                                                                           
          loss on sale of assets
                                                                           
          supplemental cash flow information - see note 11
                                                                           
          loss on impairment of assets
                                                                 2,000 -2,000         
          proceeds from stock options exercised and restricted shares purchased
                                                             593,000 435,000 373,000 504,000 1,851,000 286,000 1,335,000 979,000       
          supplemental cash flow information - see note 12
                                                                           
          deferred income tax expense
                                                          856,000 -160,000 -623,000 1,063,000 -327,000 -474,000 -354,000 1,023,000 260,000 -321,000 -655,000       
          supplemental cash flow information - see note 9
                                                                           
          gain on sale of a product line
                                                                           
          proceeds from sale of a product line
                                                                           
          acquisition of a business
                                                                     -28,000     
          intangible assets (acquired) disposed
                                                                           
          (recovery of) provision for doubtful accounts
                                                                 -20,000   -65,000 16,000 -36,000 -140,000   
          proceeds from short-term obligations
                                                                           
          cash and cash equivalents beginning of year
                                                                 77,253,000       
          cash and cash equivalents end of year
                                                                 9,909,000 15,130,000 7,690,000 82,052,000       
          adjustments to reconcile net earnings to
                                                                           
          net cash from operating activities:
                                                                           
          intangible assets disposed
                                                                           
          changes in assets and liabilities:
                                                                           
          revolver borrowings
                                                                         1,610,000 735,000 
          revolver payments
                                                                           
          acquisition of assets
                                                                         -25,000 -14,000 
          other long-term obligations
                                                                         8,000 23,000 
          proceeds from stock options exercised and restricted share purchases
                                                                           
          increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                          1,615,000 
          gain on sale of equipment
                                                                           
          changes in assets and liabilities net of effects of acquisition:
                                                                           
          proceeds from long-term borrowings
                                                                           
          proceeds from short-term borrowings
                                                                           
          revolver repayments
                                                                         -1,000,000 
          proceeds from stock options & warrants exercised
                                                                          413,000 
          income tax benefit from stock options exercised
                                                                           
          foreign currency transaction gain
                                                                           
          gain on sale of assets
                                                                           
          prepaid expenses
                                                                           
          cash paid for intangible assets acquired
                                                                           
          cash paid for acquisitions
                                                                           
          repayment of short-term obligations
                                                                           
          other financing activities