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Donaldson Company, Inc
(NYSE:DCI) 

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Donaldson Company, Inc. manufactures and sells filtration systems and replacement parts worldwide. It operates through two segments, Engine Products and Industrial Products. The Engine Products segment offers replacement filters for air and liquid filtration applications, air filtration systems, liq...

Founded: 1915
Full Time Employees: 12,400
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Specialty Industrial Machinery

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      net sales
    995,100,000 896,300,000 935,400,000 980,700,000 940,100,000 870,000,000 900,100,000 935,400,000 927,900,000 876,700,000 846,300,000 879,500,000 875,700,000 828,300,000 847,300,000 890,000,000 853,200,000 802,500,000 760,900,000 773,100,000 765,000,000 679,100,000 636,600,000 617,400,000 629,700,000 662,000,000 672,700,000 727,000,000 712,800,000 703,700,000 701,400,000 724,700,000 700,000,000 664,700,000 644,800,000 660,100,000 608,200,000 550,600,000 553,000,000 593,800,000 571,300,000 517,200,000 538,000,000 609,746,000 568,013,000 596,944,000 596,510,000 668,226,000 624,234,000 581,622,000 599,384,000 632,594,000 619,371,000 596,036,000 588,947,000 656,833,000 647,237,000 580,883,000 608,295,000 625,450,000 594,565,000 537,105,000 536,909,000 515,243,000 497,619,000 436,122,000 428,080,000     
      yoy
    5.85% 3.02% 3.92% 4.84% 1.31% -0.76% 6.36% 6.36% 5.96% 5.84% -0.12% -1.18% 2.64% 3.21% 11.35% 15.12% 11.53% 18.17% 19.53% 25.22% 21.49% 2.58% -5.37% -15.08% -11.66% -5.93% -4.09% 0.32% 1.83% 5.87% 8.78% 9.79% 15.09% 20.72% 16.60% 11.17% 6.46% 6.46% 2.79% -2.62% 0.58% -13.36% -9.81% -8.75% -9.01% 2.63% -0.48% 5.63% 0.79% -2.42% 1.77% -3.69% -4.31% 2.61% -3.18% 5.02% 8.86% 8.15% 13.30% 21.39% 19.48% 23.15% 25.42%         
      qoq
    11.02% -4.18% -4.62% 4.32% 8.06% -3.34% -3.77% 0.81% 5.84% 3.59% -3.77% 0.43% 5.72% -2.24% -4.80% 4.31% 6.32% 5.47% -1.58% 1.06% 12.65% 6.68% 3.11% -1.95% -4.88% -1.59% -7.47% 1.99% 1.29% 0.33% -3.22% 3.53% 5.31% 3.09% -2.32% 8.53% 10.46% -0.43% -6.87% 3.94% 10.46% -3.87% -11.77% 7.35% -4.85% 0.07% -10.73% 7.05% 7.33% -2.96% -5.25% 2.13% 3.92% 1.20% -10.34% 1.48% 11.42% -4.51% -2.74% 5.19% 10.70% 0.04% 4.21% 3.54% 14.10% 1.88%      
      cost of sales
    661,700,000 596,500,000 606,600,000 641,900,000 618,200,000 564,100,000 580,500,000 600,600,000 597,800,000 568,100,000 545,400,000 579,400,000 586,900,000 543,900,000 560,100,000 598,400,000 584,200,000 552,700,000 503,900,000 507,400,000 507,000,000 453,800,000 413,900,000 409,500,000 420,500,000 438,800,000 441,400,000 483,200,000 472,100,000 478,300,000 463,000,000 472,000,000 460,400,000 445,800,000 420,500,000 430,600,000 396,700,000 362,700,000 358,800,000 384,500,000 374,700,000 346,400,000 359,900,000 407,662,000 376,040,000 391,469,000 387,458,000 429,903,000 400,773,000 379,974,000 384,990,000 404,238,000 397,870,000 397,059,000 390,654,000 427,050,000 419,008,000 380,066,000 393,361,000 398,445,000 385,407,000 347,562,000 348,819,000 328,213,000 320,248,000 290,175,000 279,680,000     
      gross profit
    333,400,000 299,800,000 328,800,000 338,800,000 321,900,000 305,900,000 319,600,000 334,800,000 330,100,000 308,600,000 300,900,000 300,100,000 288,800,000 284,400,000 287,200,000 291,600,000 269,000,000 249,800,000 257,000,000 265,700,000 258,000,000 225,300,000 222,700,000 207,900,000 209,200,000 223,200,000 231,300,000 243,800,000 240,700,000 225,400,000 238,400,000 252,700,000 239,600,000 218,900,000 224,300,000 229,500,000 211,500,000 187,900,000 194,200,000 209,300,000 196,600,000 170,800,000 178,100,000 202,084,000 191,973,000 205,475,000 209,052,000 238,323,000 223,461,000 201,648,000 214,394,000                     
      yoy
    3.57% -1.99% 2.88% 1.19% -2.48% -0.87% 6.21% 11.56% 14.30% 8.51% 4.77% 2.91% 7.36% 13.85% 11.75% 9.75% 4.26% 10.87% 15.40% 27.80% 23.33% 0.94% -3.72% -14.73% -13.09% -0.98% -2.98% -3.52% 0.46% 2.97% 6.29% 10.11% 13.29% 16.50% 15.50% 9.65% 7.58% 10.01% 9.04% 3.57% 2.41% -16.88% -14.81% -15.21% -14.09% 1.90% -2.49%                         
      qoq
    11.21% -8.82% -2.95% 5.25% 5.23% -4.29% -4.54% 1.42% 6.97% 2.56% 0.27% 3.91% 1.55% -0.97% -1.51% 8.40% 7.69% -2.80% -3.27% 2.98% 14.51% 1.17% 7.12% -0.62% -6.27% -3.50% -5.13% 1.29% 6.79% -5.45% -5.66% 5.47% 9.46% -2.41% -2.27% 8.51% 12.56% -3.24% -7.21% 6.46% 15.11% -4.10% -11.87% 5.27% -6.57% -1.71% -12.28% 6.65% 10.82% -5.95%                      
      gross margin %
    33.50% 33.45% 35.15% 34.55% 34.24% 35.16% 35.51% 35.79% 35.57% 35.20% 35.55% 34.12% 32.98% 34.34% 33.90% 32.76% 31.53% 31.13% 33.78% 34.37% 33.73% 33.18% 34.98% 33.67% 33.22% 33.72% 34.38% 33.54% 33.77% 32.03% 33.99% 34.87% 34.23% 32.93% 34.79% 34.77% 34.77% 34.13% 35.12% 35.25% 34.41% 33.02% 33.10% 33.14% 33.80% 34.42% 35.05% 35.67% 35.80% 34.67% 35.77% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% NaN% NaN% NaN%  
      selling, general and administrative
    158,900,000 162,500,000 169,600,000 164,600,000 151,100,000 159,200,000 166,100,000 163,200,000 161,700,000 156,800,000 155,000,000 157,600,000 145,800,000 149,600,000 149,200,000                                                         
      loss on impairment of intangible assets
        62,000,000                                                                   
      gain on sale of fixed assets
      -9,300,000                                                                     
      research and development
    19,200,000 18,600,000 19,200,000 22,500,000 21,400,000 21,200,000 22,700,000 25,400,000 24,800,000 22,100,000 21,300,000 21,900,000 19,000,000 18,500,000 18,700,000                                                         
      operating expenses
    178,100,000 181,100,000 179,500,000 187,100,000 234,500,000 180,400,000 188,800,000 188,600,000 186,500,000 178,900,000 176,300,000 179,500,000 164,800,000 168,100,000 167,900,000 162,300,000 158,000,000 154,100,000 149,500,000 153,700,000 148,600,000 149,200,000 135,500,000 101,525,000 124,700,000 138,700,000 142,600,000 105,175,000 140,700,000 140,300,000 139,700,000 102,400,000 138,700,000 137,300,000 133,600,000 89,825,000 123,000,000 118,500,000 117,800,000 90,350,000 121,700,000 117,100,000 122,600,000 99,078,250 126,984,000 137,249,000 132,080,000 95,728,500 130,727,000 129,540,000 122,647,000 93,863,750 122,914,000 127,785,000 124,756,000 95,112,000 129,792,000 126,049,000 124,607,000 90,378,750 125,826,000 122,102,000 113,587,000 77,035,000 105,288,000 106,896,000 95,956,000     
      operating income
    155,300,000 118,700,000 149,300,000 151,700,000 87,400,000 125,500,000 130,800,000 146,200,000 143,600,000 129,700,000 124,600,000 120,600,000 124,000,000 116,300,000 119,300,000 129,300,000 111,000,000 95,700,000 107,500,000 112,000,000 109,400,000 76,100,000 87,200,000 82,500,000 84,500,000 84,500,000 88,700,000 104,400,000 100,000,000 85,100,000 98,700,000 106,800,000 100,900,000 81,600,000 90,700,000 94,300,000 88,500,000 69,400,000 76,400,000 90,100,000 74,900,000 53,700,000 55,500,000 78,123,000 64,989,000 68,226,000 76,972,000 99,150,000 92,734,000 72,108,000 91,747,000 100,013,000 98,587,000 71,192,000 73,537,000 99,484,000 98,437,000 74,768,000 90,327,000 90,007,000 83,332,000 67,441,000 74,503,000 74,666,000 72,083,000 39,051,000 52,444,000     
      yoy
    77.69% -5.42% 14.14% 3.76% -39.14% -3.24% 4.98% 21.23% 15.81% 11.52% 4.44% -6.73% 11.71% 21.53% 10.98% 15.45% 1.46% 25.76% 23.28% 35.76% 29.47% -9.94% -1.69% -20.98% -15.50% -0.71% -10.13% -2.25% -0.89% 4.29% 8.82% 13.26% 14.01% 17.58% 18.72% 4.66% 18.16% 29.24% 37.66% 15.33% 15.25% -21.29% -27.90% -21.21% -29.92% -5.38% -16.10% -0.86% -5.94% 1.29% 24.76% 0.53% 0.15% -4.78% -18.59% 10.53% 18.13% 10.86% 21.24% 20.55% 15.61% 72.70% 42.06%         
      qoq
    30.83% -20.50% -1.58% 73.57% -30.36% -4.05% -10.53% 1.81% 10.72% 4.09% 3.32% -2.74% 6.62% -2.51% -7.73% 16.49% 15.99% -10.98% -4.02% 2.38% 43.76% -12.73% 5.70% -2.37% 0.00% -4.74% -15.04% 4.40% 17.51% -13.78% -7.58% 5.85% 23.65% -10.03% -3.82% 6.55% 27.52% -9.16% -15.21% 20.29% 39.48% -3.24% -28.96% 20.21% -4.74% -11.36% -22.37% 6.92% 28.60% -21.41% -8.26% 1.45% 38.48% -3.19% -26.08% 1.06% 31.66% -17.23% 0.36% 8.01% 23.56% -9.48% -0.22% 3.58% 84.59% -25.54%      
      operating margin %
    15.61% 13.24% 15.96% 15.47% 9.30% 14.43% 14.53% 15.63% 15.48% 14.79% 14.72% 13.71% 14.16% 14.04% 14.08% 14.53% 13.01% 11.93% 14.13% 14.49% 14.30% 11.21% 13.70% 13.36% 13.42% 12.76% 13.19% 14.36% 14.03% 12.09% 14.07% 14.74% 14.41% 12.28% 14.07% 14.29% 14.55% 12.60% 13.82% 15.17% 13.11% 10.38% 10.32% 12.81% 11.44% 11.43% 12.90% 14.84% 14.86% 12.40% 15.31% 15.81% 15.92% 11.94% 12.49% 15.15% 15.21% 12.87% 14.85% 14.39% 14.02% 12.56% 13.88% 14.49% 14.49% 8.95% 12.25% NaN% NaN% NaN%  
      interest expense
    6,500,000 7,700,000 7,100,000 7,100,000 5,700,000 5,900,000 5,500,000 5,300,000 5,000,000 5,600,000 5,500,000 4,900,000 5,100,000 4,600,000 4,500,000 4,100,000 3,800,000 3,600,000 3,400,000 3,100,000 3,200,000 3,300,000 3,500,000 3,900,000 4,400,000 4,500,000 4,700,000 5,200,000 5,200,000 5,300,000 4,200,000 5,600,000 5,400,000 5,100,000 5,200,000 5,100,000 4,800,000 4,800,000 4,800,000 4,900,000 5,300,000 5,500,000 5,000,000 4,001,000 3,914,000 3,728,000 3,514,000 3,213,000 2,374,000 1,999,000 2,614,000 2,635,000 2,719,000 2,885,000 2,671,000 2,633,000 2,787,000 2,899,000 3,170,000 3,039,000 2,897,000 2,936,000 3,653,000 3,274,000 2,956,000 2,795,000 2,950,000     
      other income
    -6,000,000 -5,600,000 -5,300,000 -5,100,000 -5,300,000 -5,400,000 -5,200,000 1,500,000 -5,400,000 -4,900,000 -3,800,000 -1,600,000 -2,600,000 -1,600,000 -1,800,000 -3,400,000 -4,100,000   -5,100,000 -4,700,000   -2,700,000 -4,300,000           -2,600,000 -600,000 -1,700,000 -8,100,000 2,700,000 -2,500,000 -1,200,000 -2,900,000 -3,665,000 -4,647,000 -3,313,000 -3,825,000 -4,915,000 -3,822,000 -4,773,000 -1,654,000 -3,800,000 -3,608,000 -2,542,000 -5,812,000 -5,503,000 -4,340,000 -4,550,000 -4,860,000 -3,515,000 -1,381,000 -3,502,000 -1,107,000 -1,164,000 -942,000 -1,281,000 -520,000     
      earnings before income taxes
    154,800,000 116,600,000 147,500,000 149,700,000 87,000,000 125,000,000 130,500,000 139,400,000 144,000,000 129,000,000 122,900,000 117,300,000 121,500,000 113,300,000 116,600,000 128,600,000 111,300,000 94,500,000 104,100,000 114,000,000 110,900,000 73,900,000 82,200,000 81,300,000 84,400,000 82,800,000 86,600,000 98,800,000 99,500,000 80,500,000 96,400,000 103,500,000 99,000,000 76,400,000 84,700,000 91,700,000 84,300,000 66,300,000 79,700,000 82,500,000 72,100,000 49,400,000 53,400,000 77,787,000 65,722,000 67,811,000 77,283,000 100,852,000 94,182,000 74,882,000 90,787,000 101,178,000 99,476,000 70,849,000 76,678,000 102,354,000 99,990,000 76,419,000 92,017,000 90,483,000 81,816,000 68,007,000 71,957,000 72,556,000 70,069,000 37,537,000 50,014,000     
      income taxes
    36,700,000 24,100,000 33,600,000 35,400,000 29,200,000 29,100,000 31,500,000 29,700,000 30,500,000 30,300,000 30,800,000 25,400,000 27,800,000 27,300,000 29,400,000 27,600,000 28,300,000 22,700,000 27,000,000 29,700,000 26,500,000 17,700,000 20,300,000 17,200,000 21,000,000 18,400,000 21,600,000 40,700,000 24,300,000 20,400,000 22,600,000 1,100,000 29,100,000 129,300,000 23,800,000 23,500,000 24,200,000 19,800,000 21,700,000 23,000,000 17,300,000 11,400,000 14,900,000 21,525,000 19,350,000 18,281,000 21,336,000 27,896,000 26,846,000 16,542,000 29,195,000 28,569,000 29,634,000 20,036,000 22,565,000 31,373,000 29,044,000 22,598,000 23,464,000 24,716,000 20,005,000 23,428,000 18,823,000 21,386,000 20,611,000 6,571,000 15,445,000     
      net earnings
    118,100,000 92,500,000 113,900,000 114,300,000 57,800,000 95,900,000 99,000,000 109,700,000 113,500,000 98,700,000 92,100,000 91,900,000 93,700,000 86,000,000 87,200,000 101,000,000 83,000,000 71,800,000 77,100,000 84,300,000 84,400,000 56,200,000 61,900,000 64,100,000 63,400,000 64,400,000 65,000,000 58,100,000 75,200,000 60,100,000 73,800,000 102,400,000 69,900,000 -52,900,000 60,900,000 68,200,000 60,100,000 46,500,000 58,000,000 59,500,000 54,800,000 38,000,000 38,500,000 56,262,000 46,372,000 49,530,000 55,947,000 72,956,000 67,336,000 58,340,000 61,592,000 72,609,000 69,842,000 50,813,000 54,113,000 70,981,000 70,946,000 53,821,000 68,553,000 65,767,000 61,811,000 44,579,000 53,134,000 51,170,000 49,458,000 30,966,000 34,569,000     
      yoy
    104.33% -3.55% 15.05% 4.19% -49.07% -2.84% 7.49% 19.37% 21.13% 14.77% 5.62% -9.01% 12.89% 19.78% 13.10% 19.81% -1.66% 27.76% 24.56% 31.51% 33.12% -12.73% -4.77% 10.33% -15.69% 7.15% -11.92% -43.26% 7.58% -213.61% 21.18% 50.15% 16.31% -213.76% 5.00% 14.62% 9.67% 22.37% 50.65% 5.76% 18.17% -23.28% -31.18% -22.88% -31.13% -15.10% -9.17% 0.48% -3.59% 14.81% 13.82% 2.29% -1.56% -5.59% -21.06% 7.93% 14.78% 20.73% 29.02% 28.53% 24.98% 43.96% 53.70%         
      qoq
    27.68% -18.79% -0.35% 97.75% -39.73% -3.13% -9.75% -3.35% 14.99% 7.17% 0.22% -1.92% 8.95% -1.38% -13.66% 21.69% 15.60% -6.87% -8.54% -0.12% 50.18% -9.21% -3.43% 1.10% -1.55% -0.92% 11.88% -22.74% 25.12% -18.56% -27.93% 46.49% -232.14% -186.86% -10.70% 13.48% 29.25% -19.83% -2.52% 8.58% 44.21% -1.30% -31.57% 21.33% -6.38% -11.47% -23.31% 8.35% 15.42% -5.28% -15.17% 3.96% 37.45% -6.10% -23.76% 0.05% 31.82% -21.49% 4.24% 6.40% 38.65% -16.10% 3.84% 3.46% 59.72% -10.42%      
      net income margin %
    11.87% 10.32% 12.18% 11.65% 6.15% 11.02% 11.00% 11.73% 12.23% 11.26% 10.88% 10.45% 10.70% 10.38% 10.29% 11.35% 9.73% 8.95% 10.13% 10.90% 11.03% 8.28% 9.72% 10.38% 10.07% 9.73% 9.66% 7.99% 10.55% 8.54% 10.52% 14.13% 9.99% -7.96% 9.44% 10.33% 9.88% 8.45% 10.49% 10.02% 9.59% 7.35% 7.16% 9.23% 8.16% 8.30% 9.38% 10.92% 10.79% 10.03% 10.28% 11.48% 11.28% 8.53% 9.19% 10.81% 10.96% 9.27% 11.27% 10.52% 10.40% 8.30% 9.90% 9.93% 9.94% 7.10% 8.08% NaN% NaN% NaN%  
      weighted-average shares – basic
    115,900,000 115,600,000 115,900,000 118,700,000 118,800,000 119,600,000 119,900,000 120,700,000 120,800,000 120,500,000 120,900,000 121,800,000 121,600,000 121,700,000 122,600,000 123,700,000 123,400,000 123,900,000 124,400,000 126,400,000 126,400,000 126,600,000 126,800,000 126,900,000 126,900,000 127,100,000 126,900,000 128,300,000 128,200,000 128,300,000 128,800,000 130,300,000 130,100,000 130,600,000 130,800,000 132,600,000    133,800,000    137,750,158,000  137,954,594,000                          
      weighted-average shares – diluted
    118,100,000 117,900,000 117,800,000 120,400,000 120,300,000 121,400,000 121,900,000 122,600,000 122,900,000 122,100,000 122,600,000 123,600,000 123,500,000 123,300,000 123,900,000 125,200,000 124,600,000 125,600,000 126,300,000 128,200,000 128,300,000 128,200,000 128,000,000 128,300,000 127,700,000 128,900,000 128,600,000 130,300,000 130,000,000 130,000,000 131,000,000 132,200,000 131,900,000 130,600,000 132,700,000 134,100,000    134,800,000    139,381,940,000  139,661,287,000                          
      net earnings per share – basic
    1.02 0.8 0.98 0.97 0.49 0.8 0.83 0.91 0.94 0.82 0.76 0.76 0.77 0.71 0.71 0.82 0.67 0.58 0.62 0.67 0.67 0.44 0.49 0.51 0.5 0.51 0.51 0.45 0.59 0.47 0.57 0.78 0.54 -0.4 0.47           0.36                          
      net earnings per share – diluted
    0.78 0.97 0.96 0.48 0.79 0.81 0.9 0.92 0.81 0.75 0.74 0.76 0.7 0.7 0.81 0.67 0.57 0.61 0.66 0.66 0.44 0.48 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.51 0.45 0.58 0.46 0.56 0.77 0.53 -0.4 0.46           0.35                          
      other expense
                     -2,400,000    -1,100,000 1,500,000           100,000 800,000                                     
      dividends paid per share
                               0.143 0.19 0.19 0.19        0.175 0.128 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.124 0.165 0.165 0.165 0.103 0.14 0.14 0.13 0.07 0.1 0.09 0.09 0.058 0.08 0.15 0.15 0.096 0.13 0.13 0.125 0.088 0.12 0.115 0.115     
      cash dividends paid per share
                                   0.135 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.175 0.175 0.175                                  
      weighted-average shares - basic
                                        132,500,000 132,900,000 133,400,000  133,900,000 133,700,000 133,866,834,000,000  137,246,854,000  139,581,380,000  145,310,710,000  147,323,138,000 148,273,904,000 148,136,620,000 147,951,535,000 149,149,429,000 150,286,403,000 150,536,631,000 75,052,805,000 75,256,946,000 77,196,370,000 77,325,611,000 77,580,064,000 77,169,260,000 77,848,528,000        
      weighted-average shares - diluted
                                        134,100,000 134,400,000 134,600,000  134,700,000 134,400,000 134,856,268,000,000  138,787,914,000  141,480,267,000    149,360,875,000 150,455,193,000 150,234,445,000 149,988,832,000 151,524,125,000 152,940,605,000 153,207,471,000 76,412,785,000 76,523,599,000 78,598,459,000 78,704,047,000 78,977,509,000 78,484,455,000 79,177,772,000        
      net earnings per share - basic
                                       0.31 0.45 0.35 0.43 0.245 0.41 0.28 0.29 0.275 0.34  0.4 0.51 0.46 0.4 0.42 0.49 0.47 0.34 0.36 0.47 0.47 0.72 0.91 0.86 0.8 0.57 0.69         
      net earnings per share - diluted
                                       0.308 0.45 0.35 0.43 0.243 0.41 0.28 0.29 0.27 0.33  0.4 0.5 0.46 0.39 0.41 0.48 0.46 0.34 0.36 0.47 0.46 0.7 0.9 0.84 0.79 0.56 0.68         
      weighted average shares - diluted
                                                   147,641,113,000 147,339,425,000 149,021,755,000                      
      weighted average shares - basic
                                                   145,594,300,000  146,957,131,000                      
      gross margin
                                                       154,692,750 221,501,000 198,977,000 198,293,000 229,783,000 228,229,000 200,817,000 214,934,000 227,005,000 209,158,000 189,543,000 188,090,000 187,030,000 177,371,000 145,947,000 148,400,000     
      weighted-average shares outstanding
                                                                    77,872,665,000 78,087,356,000 78,046,174,000     
      diluted shares outstanding
                                                                   19,833,311,500 79,222,705,000 79,406,326,000 79,295,101,000     
      basic earnings per share
                                                                   0.368 0.64 0.4 0.44     
      diluted earnings per share
                                                                   0.363 0.62 0.39 0.44     
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        assets
                                                                        
        current assets:
                                                                        
        cash and cash equivalents
      204,100,000 194,400,000 210,700,000 180,400,000 178,500,000 189,100,000 221,200,000 232,700,000 223,700,000 193,800,000 217,800,000 187,100,000 186,000,000 179,400,000 161,000,000 193,300,000 168,700,000 170,400,000 200,800,000 222,800,000 215,300,000 207,300,000 270,000,000 236,600,000 326,500,000 211,100,000 210,000,000 177,800,000 203,800,000 191,200,000 199,900,000 204,700,000 317,300,000 362,200,000 349,600,000 308,400,000 295,900,000 296,300,000 262,200,000 243,200,000 247,400,000 222,100,000 197,900,000 189,898,000 222,338,000  296,418,000 238,222,000 259,119,000 247,530,000 224,138,000 263,988,000 216,608,000 204,770,000 225,789,000 189,020,000 302,213,000 273,494,000 263,493,000 219,635,000 267,601,000 232,000,000 208,361,000 180,606,000 188,189,000 143,687,000 
        accounts receivable, less allowances
      702,100,000 647,900,000 655,600,000 662,200,000 665,600,000 597,600,000 631,300,000 629,700,000 638,400,000 599,300,000 582,500,000 599,700,000 626,300,000 574,500,000 584,200,000 616,600,000 585,500,000 553,400,000 545,100,000 552,700,000 541,300,000 492,900,000 465,100,000                                            
        inventories
      535,900,000 555,800,000 533,300,000 513,600,000 529,400,000 540,800,000 520,000,000 476,700,000 444,700,000 433,400,000 429,600,000 418,100,000 449,700,000 501,300,000 490,100,000 502,400,000 510,700,000 480,700,000 444,700,000 384,500,000 360,100,000 347,600,000 329,500,000 322,700,000 346,500,000 350,100,000 361,500,000 332,800,000 359,500,000 365,600,000 360,500,000 334,100,000 344,200,000 344,900,000 319,600,000 293,500,000 272,800,000 260,400,000 249,200,000 234,100,000 269,400,000 274,800,000 285,800,000 264,955,000 285,678,000  253,351,000 254,213,000 241,133,000 242,918,000 234,820,000 240,476,000 261,932,000 272,396,000 256,116,000 265,461,000 274,172,000 271,476,000 257,886,000 230,709,000 223,046,000 203,631,000 191,313,000 190,285,000 189,184,000 180,238,000 
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      130,700,000 128,900,000 114,800,000 105,500,000 102,000,000 95,000,000 106,900,000 99,000,000 93,900,000 90,700,000 83,200,000 81,100,000 90,600,000 93,900,000 100,100,000 94,200,000 102,400,000 109,700,000 105,200,000 84,000,000 82,000,000 78,500,000 79,000,000 82,100,000 87,000,000 84,200,000 86,100,000 82,500,000 76,000,000 85,600,000 67,600,000 52,300,000 57,100,000 62,900,000 52,100,000                                
        total current assets
      1,572,800,000 1,527,000,000 1,514,400,000 1,461,700,000 1,475,500,000 1,422,500,000 1,479,400,000 1,438,100,000 1,400,700,000 1,317,200,000 1,313,100,000 1,286,000,000 1,352,600,000 1,349,100,000 1,335,400,000 1,406,500,000 1,367,300,000 1,314,200,000 1,295,800,000 1,244,000,000 1,198,700,000 1,126,300,000 1,143,600,000 1,096,700,000 1,220,500,000 1,121,200,000 1,159,100,000 1,122,600,000 1,173,600,000 1,157,700,000 1,170,400,000 1,125,700,000 1,249,200,000 1,279,900,000 1,204,300,000 1,151,000,000 1,084,000,000 1,025,200,000 993,000,000 1,009,700,000 1,028,900,000 1,006,700,000 1,013,400,000 1,030,716,000 1,052,702,000  1,225,277,000 1,167,595,000 1,072,226,000 1,120,926,000 1,055,662,000 1,073,330,000 1,032,840,000 1,048,413,000 1,085,662,000 1,099,776,000 1,090,751,000 1,066,582,000 1,082,296,000 958,370,000 937,450,000 860,215,000 786,799,000 727,216,000 725,102,000 676,767,000 
        property, plant and equipment
      637,200,000 645,300,000 638,900,000 644,500,000 648,300,000 637,800,000 647,400,000 645,500,000 642,800,000 647,000,000 642,300,000 652,900,000 640,900,000 625,800,000 590,800,000 594,400,000 591,100,000 601,000,000 609,700,000 617,800,000 626,300,000 624,300,000 617,100,000 631,600,000 614,300,000 623,100,000 606,200,000 588,900,000 569,800,000 552,500,000 517,900,000 509,300,000 511,100,000 507,700,000 483,800,000 484,600,000    469,800,000               384,909,000 390,785,000 384,106,000 391,502,000 390,372,000 371,230,000 374,307,000 365,892,000 361,894,000 371,075,000 381,015,000 381,068,000 
        goodwill
      499,400,000 504,100,000 494,800,000 493,600,000 489,800,000 469,300,000 479,900,000 478,400,000 475,300,000 475,900,000 469,300,000 481,100,000 380,300,000 350,200,000 340,100,000 345,800,000 336,600,000 344,300,000 320,600,000 322,500,000 322,900,000 322,100,000 315,000,000 316,800,000 303,800,000 308,500,000 307,900,000 303,100,000 308,800,000 310,500,000 305,400,000 238,400,000 240,000,000 242,000,000 238,200,000 238,100,000 229,600,000 228,700,000 228,700,000 229,300,000 230,900,000 228,500,000 228,600,000 223,732,000 218,255,000  166,406,000 168,144,000 166,426,000 167,077,000 165,568,000 165,511,000 167,270,000 165,458,000 162,949,000 166,603,000 168,944,000 171,741,000 172,841,000 168,214,000 168,861,000 165,315,000 165,849,000 168,108,000 170,975,000 169,027,000 
        intangible assets
      92,300,000 95,000,000 96,400,000 97,400,000 101,700,000 160,800,000 168,300,000 171,900,000 174,600,000 179,400,000 181,700,000 188,100,000 138,800,000 96,400,000 95,200,000 99,800,000 73,800,000 79,400,000 59,200,000 61,600,000    67,300,000 65,300,000 69,700,000 71,200,000 70,900,000 74,900,000 77,500,000 81,300,000 35,600,000 37,100,000 38,200,000 39,200,000 40,600,000 38,500,000 40,100,000 41,800,000 38,500,000 40,100,000 41,700,000 43,300,000 37,870,000 36,002,000  36,045,000 37,508,000 38,622,000 39,916,000 41,307,000 42,596,000 44,229,000 45,243,000 46,200,000 48,252,000 51,637,000 53,496,000 55,357,000 55,939,000 57,574,000 58,292,000 59,995,000 62,080,000 64,416,000 65,386,000 
        other long-term assets
      285,800,000 289,000,000 282,300,000 280,000,000 281,200,000 270,900,000 268,600,000 180,400,000 172,700,000 164,000,000 162,200,000 162,400,000 162,900,000 157,100,000 150,500,000 153,800,000 150,400,000 152,400,000 153,200,000 154,300,000 206,700,000 198,400,000 193,700,000 41,700,000 47,800,000 48,300,000 45,600,000 42,900,000 64,100,000 52,700,000 50,000,000 48,400,000 43,100,000 38,600,000 36,300,000 35,100,000 30,300,000 29,800,000 30,900,000 41,300,000    46,605,000   63,018,000                    
        total assets
      3,087,500,000 3,060,400,000 3,026,800,000 2,977,200,000 2,996,500,000 2,961,300,000 3,043,600,000 2,914,300,000 2,866,100,000 2,783,500,000 2,768,600,000 2,770,500,000 2,675,500,000 2,578,600,000 2,512,000,000 2,600,300,000 2,519,200,000 2,491,300,000 2,438,500,000 2,400,200,000 2,354,600,000 2,271,100,000 2,269,400,000 2,244,600,000 2,338,500,000 2,262,200,000 2,283,300,000 2,142,600,000 2,205,900,000 2,166,300,000 2,144,000,000 1,976,600,000 2,095,000,000 2,131,300,000 2,032,400,000 1,979,700,000 1,880,300,000 1,817,700,000 1,794,100,000 1,788,600,000 1,824,700,000 1,788,900,000 1,800,100,000 1,809,534,000 1,845,832,000  1,942,411,000 1,898,001,000 1,773,543,000 1,819,925,000 1,743,556,000 1,757,608,000 1,718,668,000 1,712,498,000 1,730,082,000 1,754,273,000 1,746,171,000 1,726,093,000 1,741,807,000 1,595,107,000 1,590,486,000 1,499,506,000 1,424,188,000 1,374,454,000 1,386,328,000 1,333,996,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                        
        current liabilities:
                                                                        
        short-term borrowings
      10,300,000  2,500,000 31,200,000 83,600,000 37,700,000 78,200,000 28,300,000 49,400,000 50,400,000 74,600,000 34,100,000 26,600,000 4,000,000 200,000 3,700,000 31,300,000 63,900,000 41,200,000 48,500,000 25,100,000 16,700,000 1,000,000 3,800,000 8,100,000 34,700,000 60,900,000 2,100,000 50,300,000 50,400,000 59,000,000 28,200,000 4,100,000 17,700,000 13,800,000 23,300,000 206,300,000 176,400,000 169,100,000 165,500,000 213,200,000 261,400,000 244,900,000 187,320,000 286,440,000  185,303,000 65,557,000 105,138,000 5,084,000 9,190,000 30,000,000 59,335,000 67,506,000 95,147,000 83,623,000 92,132,000 13,129,000 56,698,000 29,330,000 33,072,000 50,000,000 19,406,000 25,651,000 28,774,000 29,558,000 
        current maturities of long-term debt
      6,400,000 6,500,000 6,500,000 6,700,000  25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 211,700,000 210,200,000 125,000,000 125,000,000        19,400,000 5,700,000 5,700,000 5,700,000 50,000,000 50,000,000 50,000,000 50,200,000 300,000 15,600,000 15,000,000 15,300,000 400,000 400,000 25,400,000 50,600,000 100,600,000 100,700,000 75,900,000 51,200,000 1,400,000 1,200,000 1,700,000 1,849,000 1,841,000  1,738,000 17,729,000 17,802,000 98,088,000 98,664,000 82,002,000 82,467,000 2,361,000 2,346,000 2,311,000 47,536,000 47,871,000 46,845,000 46,710,000 2,116,000 5,536,000 5,471,000 5,505,000 5,507,000 5,496,000 
        accounts payable
      353,400,000 348,800,000 372,900,000 368,600,000 362,000,000 375,200,000 373,500,000 379,400,000 370,000,000 325,800,000 324,900,000 304,900,000 311,100,000 302,100,000 320,700,000 338,500,000 335,800,000 324,500,000 310,000,000 293,900,000 268,100,000 228,100,000                                             
        accrued employee compensation and related taxes
      139,500,000 122,900,000 124,100,000 144,300,000 134,800,000 112,300,000 135,300,000 140,900,000 123,200,000 110,300,000 110,200,000 119,400,000 105,800,000 96,400,000 98,500,000 113,800,000 106,700,000 89,600,000 108,600,000 126,800,000 119,800,000 99,400,000  71,200,000    87,800,000    103,500,000    100,000,000    61,000,000    66,536,000   84,944,000    68,954,000    80,550,000   86,974,000    73,632,000    54,662,000 
        income taxes payable
      14,000,000 13,300,000 54,000,000 43,900,000 42,500,000 57,200,000 60,500,000 42,600,000 37,900,000 37,100,000 45,500,000 32,300,000 29,600,000 36,200,000 43,600,000 31,800,000 25,400,000 28,900,000                                                 
        other current liabilities
      144,900,000 174,400,000 143,900,000 162,500,000 113,800,000 99,000,000 103,300,000 114,100,000 103,900,000 98,400,000 91,200,000 85,000,000 82,700,000 82,600,000 106,300,000 113,500,000 107,300,000 104,300,000 122,100,000 91,700,000 96,200,000 131,300,000 175,800,000  148,000,000 177,500,000 166,300,000 73,100,000 157,100,000 200,400,000 183,000,000 86,600,000 191,700,000 216,900,000 185,300,000 85,100,000 169,000,000 180,600,000 157,700,000 85,300,000 154,400,000 174,800,000 175,200,000 82,915,000 168,600,000  80,147,000 183,155,000 179,375,000 186,420,000 74,640,000 167,802,000 171,328,000 189,341,000 72,056,000 185,228,000 200,921,000 68,344,000 189,289,000 162,911,000 171,379,000 53,635,000 150,009,000 132,240,000 142,604,000 47,681,000 
        total current liabilities
      668,500,000 665,900,000 703,900,000 757,200,000 760,100,000 765,800,000 800,600,000 782,500,000 735,200,000 893,500,000 882,600,000 756,400,000 712,000,000 580,100,000 569,300,000 629,600,000 606,500,000 638,500,000 581,900,000 606,600,000 548,800,000 499,500,000 419,400,000 406,800,000 432,800,000 498,200,000 531,100,000 482,900,000 446,400,000 493,100,000 487,600,000 469,400,000 397,700,000 435,000,000 415,100,000 484,100,000 654,900,000 615,500,000 563,400,000 543,800,000 523,700,000 587,500,000 584,900,000 560,647,000 643,941,000  609,580,000 459,072,000 468,099,000 472,147,000 476,435,000 457,832,000 485,011,000 444,929,000 498,523,000 475,653,000 544,034,000 496,244,000 494,148,000 417,877,000 387,805,000 389,256,000 315,920,000 293,687,000 307,816,000 300,084,000 
        long-term debt
      591,600,000 674,300,000 671,500,000 630,400,000 638,800,000 514,700,000 538,600,000 483,400,000 481,800,000 352,000,000 366,600,000 496,600,000 470,500,000 624,800,000 600,700,000 644,300,000 607,200,000 553,900,000 548,100,000 461,000,000 454,600,000 495,100,000 576,300,000 617,400,000 735,100,000 595,800,000 596,800,000 584,400,000 644,400,000 632,500,000 630,600,000 499,600,000 687,500,000 667,700,000 631,700,000 537,300,000 298,100,000 297,800,000 324,700,000 351,800,000 391,800,000 389,000,000 389,300,000 389,218,000 265,192,000  243,726,000 227,751,000 103,157,000 102,500,000 102,774,000 119,079,000 120,375,000 202,473,000 203,483,000 203,646,000 204,881,000 205,748,000 204,689,000 211,965,000 257,183,000 256,192,000 251,603,000 251,747,000 251,777,000 253,674,000 
        non-current income taxes payable
      20,300,000 19,700,000 19,800,000 19,000,000 20,100,000 18,700,000 40,400,000 39,800,000 42,000,000 40,100,000 56,800,000 56,500,000 58,500,000 57,600,000 69,600,000 69,400,000 74,700,000 74,400,000 81,100,000 80,700,000 79,500,000   87,400,000 104,000,000 102,100,000 111,400,000 110,900,000 98,600,000 101,300,000 106,400,000 105,300,000                                   
        deferred income taxes
      10,200,000 10,900,000 10,600,000 10,500,000 11,100,000 13,300,000 15,300,000 16,100,000 17,500,000 21,900,000 27,400,000 32,300,000 32,700,000 25,600,000 29,000,000 32,700,000 30,900,000 30,600,000 26,500,000 26,600,000    16,800,000 15,400,000 15,400,000 14,000,000 14,200,000 14,700,000 15,400,000 19,000,000 19,200,000 14,500,000 24,900,000 30,600,000  35,400,000 34,200,000 33,600,000 29,000,000 9,100,000 3,300,000 10,800,000 28,177,000 21,773,000  27,886,000 31,876,000 29,920,000 25,039,000 26,464,000 5,326,000 5,078,000 4,692,000 25,158,000 13,139,000 7,581,000 29,805,000 7,707,000 6,752,000 7,154,000 22,054,000 8,712,000 10,111,000 9,806,000 21,501,000 
        other long-term liabilities
      101,600,000 114,500,000 104,400,000 106,600,000 102,200,000 104,400,000 105,700,000 103,400,000 105,600,000 100,200,000 99,100,000 108,000,000 103,100,000 96,300,000 88,600,000 91,100,000 76,300,000 77,100,000 85,000,000 88,200,000 118,300,000 202,100,000 210,200,000 64,400,000 45,800,000 45,300,000 44,900,000 48,500,000 39,700,000 38,900,000 39,200,000 40,300,000 168,400,000 197,000,000 100,300,000 100,200,000 122,100,000 120,500,000 118,100,000 118,500,000 96,500,000 103,300,000 75,500,000 68,525,000 67,400,000  64,236,000 53,139,000 50,197,000 56,895,000 55,556,000 93,838,000 104,024,000 105,222,000 113,451,000 63,923,000 101,480,000 78,194,000 80,046,000 81,910,000 101,723,000 100,349,000 76,641,000 75,608,000 82,896,000 82,204,000 
        total liabilities
      1,392,200,000 1,485,300,000 1,510,200,000 1,523,700,000 1,532,300,000 1,416,900,000 1,500,600,000 1,425,200,000 1,382,100,000 1,407,700,000 1,432,500,000 1,449,800,000 1,376,800,000 1,384,400,000 1,357,200,000 1,467,100,000 1,395,600,000 1,374,500,000 1,322,600,000 1,263,100,000 1,201,200,000 1,196,700,000 1,205,900,000 1,240,800,000 1,383,700,000 1,311,000,000 1,355,600,000 1,239,900,000 1,248,100,000 1,280,600,000 1,276,700,000 1,118,800,000 1,258,600,000 1,304,400,000 1,151,400,000 1,125,200,000 1,078,300,000 1,037,000,000 1,009,400,000 1,017,200,000 1,021,100,000 1,083,100,000 1,060,500,000 1,030,883,000 998,306,000  939,928,000 771,838,000 651,373,000 656,581,000 658,369,000 676,075,000 714,488,000 757,316,000 820,068,000 756,361,000 857,976,000 791,382,000 786,590,000 718,504,000 753,865,000 752,873,000 652,876,000 631,153,000 652,295,000 645,378,000 
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                        
        preferred stock, 1.00 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, none issued
                                                                        
        common stock
      758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000 758,200,000   758,216,000   758,216,000 758,216,000 758,216,000 758,216,000  758,216,000 758,216,000 758,216,000 758,216,000 758,216,000 443,216,000 443,216,000 443,216,000 443,216,000 443,216,000 443,216,000 443,216,000 443,216,000 443,216,000 443,216,000 
        additional paid-in capital
      40,500,000 38,100,000 37,000,000 35,800,000 34,200,000 33,300,000 32,600,000 26,800,000 23,700,000 24,000,000 25,600,000 24,800,000 22,000,000 20,200,000 22,200,000 13,700,000 12,900,000 12,000,000 12,300,000 5,800,000 5,400,000 5,100,000 2,700,000            800,000                                
        retained earnings
      2,865,300,000 2,747,200,000 2,724,100,000 2,610,100,000 2,565,600,000 2,507,800,000 2,476,400,000 2,377,500,000 2,332,500,000 2,219,000,000 2,180,200,000 2,087,800,000 2,056,500,000 1,962,800,000 1,932,800,000 1,830,400,000 1,785,600,000 1,702,500,000 1,685,900,000 1,608,400,000 1,579,100,000 1,494,400,000 1,491,900,000 1,430,000,000 1,418,800,000 1,354,100,000 1,346,000,000 1,281,500,000 1,276,000,000 1,202,700,000 1,192,600,000 1,122,100,000 1,089,100,000 1,016,400,000 1,102,200,000 1,041,200,000 1,020,500,000 961,800,000 961,000,000 905,100,000 895,300,000 843,500,000 852,900,000 815,166,000 805,197,000  702,435,000 675,386,000 608,282,000 589,574,000 532,307,000 499,808,000 430,547,000 409,865,000 366,788,000 323,216,000 994,701,000 925,542,000 882,969,000 820,930,000 793,920,000 744,247,000 711,438,000 672,546,000 649,721,000 615,817,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -151,600,000 -143,800,000 -172,700,000 -180,700,000 -175,800,000 -223,000,000 -193,000,000 -198,900,000 -200,100,000 -189,200,000 -208,300,000 -172,500,000 -179,500,000 -180,200,000 -239,900,000 -205,600,000 -182,300,000 -140,100,000 -125,400,000 -118,200,000 -123,600,000 -143,000,000 -182,800,000 -184,000,000 -212,100,000            -210,600,000 -222,000,000 -214,600,000  -170,200,000 -209,400,000 -174,200,000  -129,665,000   -5,360,000 -35,375,000 -21,225,000  -40,926,000 -43,590,000 -68,734,000      -7,048,000 -5,110,000 -40,486,000 -18,212,000 -11,244,000   
        treasury stock
      -1,817,100,000 -1,824,600,000 -1,830,000,000 -1,769,900,000 -1,718,000,000 -1,531,900,000 -1,531,200,000 -1,474,500,000 -1,430,300,000 -1,436,200,000 -1,419,600,000 -1,377,600,000 -1,358,500,000 -1,366,800,000 -1,318,500,000 -1,282,100,000 -1,267,800,000 -1,231,300,000 -1,229,600,000 -1,129,900,000 -1,077,800,000 -1,053,500,000 -1,036,200,000 -1,033,000,000 -1,040,100,000            -785,800,000 -737,000,000 -740,500,000 -707,000,000 -700,400,000   -654,475,000   -431,959,000 -321,273,000 -228,470,000 -183,603,000 -189,608,000   -166,863,000 -138,050,000  -565,394,000 -498,810,000 -437,816,000 -403,717,000 -418,898,000 -422,670,000 -387,094,000 -382,173,000 -385,370,000 -380,632,000 
        total stockholders’ equity
      1,695,300,000 1,575,100,000 1,516,600,000 1,453,500,000 1,464,200,000 1,544,400,000 1,543,000,000 1,489,100,000 1,484,000,000 1,375,800,000 1,336,100,000 1,320,700,000 1,298,700,000 1,194,200,000 1,154,800,000 1,133,200,000 1,123,600,000 1,116,800,000 1,115,900,000 1,137,100,000                                               
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
      3,087,500,000 3,060,400,000 3,026,800,000 2,977,200,000 2,996,500,000 2,961,300,000 3,043,600,000 2,914,300,000 2,866,100,000 2,783,500,000 2,768,600,000 2,770,500,000 2,675,500,000 2,578,600,000 2,512,000,000 2,600,300,000 2,519,200,000 2,491,300,000 2,438,500,000 2,400,200,000                                               
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                        
        deferred revenue
          23,400,000 27,100,000 24,800,000 19,700,000 25,800,000 29,700,000 26,000,000 25,300,000 31,200,000 30,900,000                                                     
        dividends payable
           32,300,000    30,100,000                                                         
        dividend payable
             32,500,000    30,400,000  27,900,000  28,300,000  27,300,000  27,600,000                                               
        stock-based compensation plans
                     18,600,000 17,000,000 15,500,000 14,500,000 12,800,000 12,100,000 13,200,000                                             
        current lease liabilities
                         18,100,000    25,700,000 24,000,000 25,900,000 24,800,000                                        
        redeemable non-controlling interest
                            10,900,000 10,900,000 10,300,000 10,800,000 10,700,000 10,000,000 12,900,000 13,100,000 12,900,000                                    
        non-controlling interest
                            5,800,000 5,800,000 5,700,000 5,600,000 5,400,000 5,400,000 5,200,000 5,200,000 4,800,000 4,800,000    4,400,000 4,300,000 4,200,000 4,100,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 3,882,000                       
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                        
        current income taxes
                          20,200,000 18,300,000 27,500,000                                            
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                                        
        total shareholders’ equity
                          1,153,400,000 1,074,400,000 1,052,600,000 992,900,000 944,500,000 940,400,000 917,000,000 892,700,000    857,800,000    854,500,000    771,400,000    778,651,000   1,002,483,000 1,126,163,000 1,122,170,000 1,163,344,000 1,085,187,000 1,081,533,000 1,004,180,000 955,182,000 910,014,000 997,912,000 888,195,000 934,711,000 955,217,000 876,603,000 836,621,000 746,633,000 771,312,000 743,301,000 734,033,000 688,618,000 
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                          2,354,600,000 2,271,100,000 2,269,400,000 2,244,600,000 2,338,500,000 2,262,200,000 2,283,300,000 2,142,600,000    1,976,600,000    1,979,700,000    1,788,600,000    1,809,534,000   1,942,411,000 1,898,001,000 1,773,543,000 1,819,925,000 1,743,556,000 1,757,608,000 1,718,668,000 1,712,498,000 1,730,082,000 1,754,273,000 1,746,171,000 1,726,093,000 1,741,807,000 1,595,107,000 1,590,486,000 1,499,506,000 1,424,188,000 1,374,454,000 1,386,328,000 1,333,996,000 
        trade accounts payable
                            209,400,000 187,700,000 202,700,000 210,100,000 229,100,000 237,500,000 238,700,000 226,700,000 230,600,000 201,300,000 201,500,000 200,000,000 190,600,000 194,000,000 179,000,000 157,800,000 160,700,000 143,300,000 154,700,000 150,100,000 163,100,000 179,174,000 187,060,000  216,603,000 192,631,000 165,784,000 182,555,000 186,460,000 178,028,000 171,881,000 185,721,000 199,182,000 204,491,000 203,445,000 215,918,000 201,316,000 178,926,000 181,238,000 165,907,000 141,034,000 130,291,000 130,931,000 123,063,000 
        stock-compensation plans
                            13,000,000  14,000,000 14,500,000 15,100,000  22,300,000 21,100,000 21,200,000                                    
        accounts receivables
                             455,300,000 460,500,000 475,800,000 501,500,000 529,500,000 534,300,000 515,300,000 542,400,000 534,600,000 530,600,000 509,900,000 483,000,000 497,700,000 459,200,000 408,400,000 415,000,000 452,400,000 426,000,000 402,700,000 429,200,000 460,027,000 422,801,000  474,157,000 453,151,000 395,342,000 420,883,000 430,766,000 437,414,000 407,528,000 415,059,000 438,796,000 453,488,000 439,571,000 445,700,000 421,751,000 376,321,000 380,131,000 358,917,000 324,673,000 287,978,000 283,502,000 280,187,000 
        right-of-use lease assets
                             73,700,000 71,400,000 76,000,000 79,300,000                                        
        accrued and other current liabilities
                             112,700,000                                           
        long-term lease liabilities
                             48,100,000 47,400,000 50,100,000 54,400,000                                        
        stock compensation plans
                             15,900,000    21,700,000    21,300,000   18,000,000 15,700,000 15,400,000 15,500,000 16,500,000 16,700,000 16,700,000 16,700,000 16,900,000 17,852,000 17,678,000  19,601,000 19,194,000 19,517,000 20,382,000 21,745,000 21,401,000 22,015,000 22,698,000 24,948,000 24,566,000 24,414,000 24,736,000 24,074,000 23,222,000 23,493,000 22,326,000 21,964,000 20,956,000 20,175,000 19,894,000 
        accrued liabilities
                                 32,200,000    34,500,000    31,100,000    37,500,000    42,853,000   40,845,000    38,527,000    49,242,000   64,008,000    40,546,000    39,624,000 
        liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                                        
        shareholders' equity:
                                                                        
        total shareholders' equity
                                  944,900,000 872,600,000 854,400,000  836,400,000 826,900,000 881,000,000  802,000,000 780,700,000 784,700,000  803,600,000 705,800,000 739,600,000  847,526,000                      
        total liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                  2,205,900,000 2,166,300,000 2,144,000,000  2,095,000,000 2,131,300,000 2,032,400,000  1,880,300,000 1,817,700,000 1,794,100,000  1,824,700,000 1,788,900,000 1,800,100,000  1,845,832,000                      
        non-controlling interests
                                      4,700,000 4,600,000 4,700,000                                
        prepaids and other current assets
                                         51,400,000 56,100,000 60,100,000 66,600,000 51,000,000 86,100,000 97,300,000 90,600,000 60,189,000 93,823,000  46,264,000 69,465,000 75,479,000 73,696,000 39,724,000 65,752,000 78,897,000 71,948,000 47,441,000 72,781,000 74,795,000 46,107,000 67,338,000 65,211,000 66,672,000 43,613,000 62,452,000 68,347,000 64,227,000 51,154,000 
        current assets
                                                                        
        property, plant, and equipment, at cost
                                          1,184,200,000 1,160,400,000 1,156,500,000  1,177,000,000 1,149,400,000 1,141,200,000  1,125,459,000   1,091,111,000 1,057,544,000 1,049,549,000  1,020,391,000 1,013,383,000 984,039,000             
        less accumulated depreciation
                                          -721,700,000 -700,700,000 -690,400,000  -696,300,000 -677,600,000 -667,000,000  -656,648,000   -650,114,000 -630,191,000 -621,878,000  -607,570,000 -600,655,000 -585,141,000  -573,960,000 -556,292,000  -567,559,000 -542,271,000 -532,278,000  -508,318,000 -514,519,000 -518,865,000  
        property, plant, and equipment
                                          462,500,000 459,700,000 466,100,000  480,700,000 471,800,000 474,200,000 470,611,000 468,811,000  451,665,000 440,997,000 427,353,000 427,671,000 419,280,000 412,822,000 412,728,000 398,898,000             
        current liabilities
                                                                        
        shareholders' equity
                                                                        
        short-term investments
                                               9,800,000 9,900,000 27,470,000 28,062,000  127,201,000 152,544,000 101,153,000 135,899,000 99,750,000 65,700,000 67,875,000 84,240,000 92,362,000 119,026,000   71,828,000 66,494,000       
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                             -205,600,000    -161,990,000   -45,810,000    -37,473,000    -101,888,000 -13,937,000 -8,742,000 40,027,000 42,774,000      6,291,000 -9,677,000 
        other assets
                                              44,100,000 40,200,000 40,600,000  70,062,000    68,916,000 64,335,000 61,739,000 63,349,000 61,601,000 54,486,000 50,362,000 48,857,000 50,733,000 42,772,000 40,941,000 41,354,000 52,294,000 49,792,000 49,651,000 45,975,000 44,820,000 41,748,000 
        preferred stock, 1.00 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized,
                                                                        
        none issued
                                                                        
        151,643,194 shares issued
                                               758,200,000 758,200,000  758,216,000                      
        january 31, 2016 and july 31, 2015, respectively
                                               -707,200,000                         
        october 31, 2015 and july 31, 2015, respectively
                                                -718,200,000                        
        shareholders’ equity
                                                                        
        april 30, 2015 and july 31, 2014, respectively
                                                  -603,900,000                      
        net sales
                                                   2,473,466                     
        cost of sales
                                                   1,595,640                     
        gross profit
                                                   877,826                     
        selling, general, and administrative
                                                   460,250                     
        research and development
                                                   61,837                     
        operating income
                                                   355,739                     
        other income
                                                   -15,164                     
        interest expense
                                                   10,200                     
        earnings before income taxes
                                                   360,703                     
        income taxes
                                                   100,479                     
        net earnings
                                                   260,224                     
        weighted-average shares - basic
                                                   145,594,300                     
        weighted-average shares - diluted
                                                   147,641,113                     
        net earnings per share - basic
                                                   1.79                     
        net earnings per share - diluted
                                                   1.76                     
        other assets and deferred taxes
                                                     83,757,000                   
        151,643,194 shares issued in both 2013 and 2012
                                                        758,216,000                
        april 30, 2013 and july 31, 2012, respectively
                                                         -156,967,000               
        january 31, 2013 and july 31, 2012, respectively
                                                          -163,008,000              
        property, plant and equipment, at cost
                                                             964,745,000 940,398,000  957,931,000 913,501,000 906,585,000  870,212,000 885,594,000 899,880,000  
        april 30, 2012 and july 31, 2011, respectively
                                                             -94,149,000           
        preferred stock, 1 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued
                                                                        
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
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          operating activities
                                                                           
          net earnings
        118,100,000 92,500,000 113,900,000 114,300,000 57,800,000 95,900,000 99,000,000 109,700,000 113,500,000 98,700,000 92,100,000 91,900,000 93,700,000 86,000,000 87,200,000 101,000,000 83,000,000 71,700,000 77,100,000 84,300,000 84,500,000 56,200,000 61,900,000  63,400,000 64,500,000 65,000,000 58,100,000 75,200,000 60,100,000 73,800,000 102,400,000 69,900,000 -52,900,000 60,900,000 68,200,000 60,100,000 46,500,000 58,000,000 59,500,000 54,800,000 38,000,000 38,500,000 56,262,000 46,372,000 49,530,000 55,947,000 72,956,000 67,336,000 58,340,000 61,592,000 72,609,000 69,842,000 50,813,000 54,113,000 70,981,000 70,946,000 53,821,000 68,553,000 65,767,000 61,811,000 44,579,000 53,134,000 51,170,000 49,458,000 30,966,000 34,569,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                           
          depreciation and amortization
        24,100,000 24,600,000 24,300,000 24,400,000 24,600,000 25,000,000 25,500,000 24,900,000 24,600,000 24,600,000 24,300,000 25,000,000 22,500,000 22,400,000 22,400,000 22,800,000 23,500,000 23,700,000 23,800,000 24,900,000 23,800,000 23,300,000 23,300,000  21,800,000 21,600,000 21,200,000 21,300,000 20,600,000 19,900,000 19,300,000 19,300,000 19,500,000 19,000,000 18,900,000 19,400,000 18,500,000 18,400,000 18,900,000 19,000,000 19,300,000 18,000,000 18,600,000 18,843,000 18,056,000 19,270,000 18,129,000 16,918,000 17,078,000 16,900,000 16,267,000 15,763,000 15,631,000 16,870,000 16,026,000 14,951,000 15,318,000 15,322,000 15,574,000 15,215,000 14,798,000 15,560,000 14,918,000 14,074,000 14,609,000 15,376,000 15,173,000 
          deferred income taxes
        -1,500,000 500,000 300,000 -4,800,000 -5,900,000 -8,600,000 -4,700,000 -7,700,000 -6,300,000 -5,700,000 -4,600,000 -5,700,000 -2,500,000 -3,700,000 -3,400,000 -4,400,000 1,800,000 400,000 800,000 -500,000 1,600,000 -4,100,000 -2,900,000  -100,000 -600,000 3,100,000 1,400,000 3,900,000   -9,700,000 9,700,000 6,800,000 200,000                                 
          stock-based compensation expense
        4,400,000 4,600,000 11,400,000 3,900,000 3,700,000 4,200,000 12,200,000 3,700,000 3,800,000 4,000,000 10,500,000 3,300,000 3,400,000 4,000,000 9,700,000 3,400,000 3,600,000 4,400,000 9,000,000 2,600,000 1,400,000 3,900,000 6,300,000  1,400,000 3,600,000 6,600,000  3,200,000 3,700,000 6,900,000  3,700,000                                   
          loss on impairment of intangible assets
                                                                          
          gain on sale of fixed assets
        -9,300,000                                                                 
          other
        2,500,000 4,300,000 -3,500,000 4,700,000 -11,200,000 3,000,000 -2,400,000 1,700,000 600,000 1,600,000 -200,000 3,500,000 900,000 -1,600,000 4,500,000 6,300,000 -2,200,000 3,800,000 2,700,000 3,500,000 2,600,000 6,200,000 7,300,000  8,700,000 3,400,000 7,100,000      -31,400,000 97,300,000 800,000 4,300,000 100,000 8,300,000 -7,600,000 1,300,000 300,000 3,200,000 6,900,000 12,426,000 -832,000 9,004,000 4,485,000 6,295,000 369,000 1,798,000 1,579,000 -14,772,000 5,571,000 2,679,000 347,000 -7,909,000 -14,890,000 -4,278,000 2,731,000 5,784,000 1,837,000 -21,214,000 1,602,000 1,721,000 -344,000 -6,488,000 -999,000 
          changes in operating assets and liabilities
        -12,200,000 -93,500,000 -11,700,000  -43,300,000 -29,100,000 -56,700,000  5,300,000 -36,200,000 15,900,000  15,200,000 -4,800,000 -2,200,000  -45,600,000 -67,100,000 -70,500,000  -10,600,000 -12,100,000 33,000,000                          -5,858,000 -20,387,000 20,481,000  18,485,000 -28,741,000 1,910,000  -351,000 -21,553,000 -21,932,000  -4,011,000 -21,167,000 1,220,000  -152,000 -27,774,000 21,078,000 
          net cash from operating activities
        135,400,000 33,000,000 125,400,000 167,800,000 87,700,000 90,400,000 72,900,000 126,000,000 141,500,000 87,000,000 138,000,000 190,800,000 133,200,000 102,300,000 118,200,000 108,900,000 64,100,000 36,900,000 42,900,000 96,300,000 103,300,000 73,400,000 128,900,000  88,400,000 90,700,000 86,100,000 122,600,000 80,400,000 79,500,000 63,300,000 104,200,000 48,900,000 45,900,000 63,900,000 86,200,000 59,800,000 64,600,000 99,700,000 84,200,000 92,600,000 51,400,000 57,900,000 51,476,000 75,958,000 36,079,000 49,330,000 87,733,000 78,501,000 52,686,000 98,919,000 98,534,000 108,209,000 45,117,000 64,063,000 77,311,000 80,203,000 44,512,000 57,686,000 77,512,000 75,483,000 30,297,000 62,763,000 54,238,000 63,496,000 15,211,000 70,060,000 
          capital expenditures
        -23,300,000 -15,000,000 -14,200,000 -20,300,000 -14,700,000 -18,900,000 -25,000,000 -19,800,000 -21,300,000 -21,300,000 -23,200,000 -25,700,000 -35,200,000 -29,500,000 -28,100,000 -28,700,000 -23,300,000 -15,200,000 -18,300,000  
          free cash flows
        112,100,000 18,000,000 111,200,000 147,500,000 73,000,000 71,500,000 47,900,000 106,200,000 120,200,000 65,700,000 114,800,000 165,100,000 98,000,000 72,800,000 90,100,000 80,200,000 40,800,000 21,700,000 24,600,000 96,300,000 103,300,000 73,400,000 128,900,000  88,400,000 90,700,000 86,100,000 122,600,000 80,400,000 79,500,000 63,300,000 104,200,000 48,900,000 45,900,000 63,900,000 86,200,000 59,800,000 64,600,000 99,700,000 84,200,000 92,600,000 51,400,000 57,900,000 51,476,000 75,958,000 36,079,000 49,330,000 87,733,000 78,501,000 52,686,000 98,919,000 98,534,000 108,209,000 45,117,000 64,063,000 77,311,000 80,203,000 44,512,000 57,686,000 77,512,000 75,483,000 30,297,000 62,763,000 54,238,000 63,496,000 15,211,000 70,060,000 
          investing activities
                                                                           
          purchases of property, plant and equipment
        -23,300,000 -15,000,000 -14,200,000 -20,300,000 -14,700,000 -18,900,000 -25,000,000 -19,800,000 -21,300,000 -21,300,000 -23,200,000 -25,700,000 -35,200,000 -29,500,000 -28,100,000 -28,700,000 -23,300,000 -15,200,000 -18,300,000                                                 
          proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
        -500,000 10,800,000                                                                 
          equity investment
           -200,000 -71,000,000                                                             
          net cash from investing activities
        -23,800,000 -15,000,000 -3,400,000 -20,600,000 -14,700,000 -19,100,000 -96,000,000 -19,100,000 -23,300,000 -21,300,000 -23,200,000 -172,200,000 -97,500,000 -29,500,000 -28,100,000 -48,200,000 -23,300,000 -64,200,000 -18,300,000 -18,100,000 -9,800,000 -11,600,000 -18,800,000              -16,200,000 -12,600,000 -23,300,000 -11,300,000 -6,600,000 -21,300,000 -16,400,000 -29,950,000 -21,632,000 18,904,000 -79,050,000 -10,391,000 -71,533,000 11,734,000 -53,932,000 -57,667,000 -18,141,000 -11,967,000 -8,536,000 1,449,000 -48,113,000 -111,313,000 -18,491,000 50,534,000 -19,960,000 -76,884,000 -10,048,000 -15,429,000 -9,109,000 -10,380,000 -7,991,000 
          financing activities
                                                                           
          proceeds from long-term debt
        -1,100,000 40,000,000 198,100,000 135,000,000 55,000,000 84,700,000 35,000,000 109,200,000 40,000,000   40,000,000 75,000,000 49,800,000 124,500,000      140,000,000 -200,000 122,900,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 135,000,000 32,700,000 25,000,000 35,000,000 105,000,000         125,000,000                       
          repayments of long-term debt
           -200,000,000 -45,000,000   -140,100,000 -14,900,000 -73,800,000 -84,600,000 -70,000,000 -25,000,000 -40,000,000 -15,000,000 -40,000,000 -35,000,000 -5,400,000 -40,000,000 -85,000,000 -40,000,000              -200,000 -200,000 -300,000 -300,000 -400,000 -400,000 -300,000 -794,000 -2,063,000 -368,000 -936,000 -312,000 -921,000 -80,353,000 -312,000 -260,000 -206,000 -761,000 -126,000 -121,000 -167,000 -45,768,000 -149,000 -151,000 -7,908,000 -140,000 -5,154,000 -122,000 -131,000 -130,000 -5,125,000 
          change in short-term borrowings
        10,300,000 -2,600,000 -28,500,000 -52,900,000 43,400,000 -39,400,000 50,100,000 -21,600,000 -400,000 -25,200,000 41,500,000 7,300,000 22,800,000 3,600,000 -3,300,000 -27,500,000 -32,300,000 23,200,000 -7,300,000 23,600,000 8,600,000 15,800,000 -2,800,000  -26,500,000 -26,000,000 58,200,000  300,000 -9,500,000 32,100,000     87,800,000 29,400,000 7,600,000 4,400,000 -48,400,000 -48,300,000 15,700,000 57,400,000 -97,779,000 -36,654,000 48,454,000 88,730,000 120,651,000 -42,208,000 100,730,000 -3,829,000 -20,427,000 -28,883,000 -9,070,000 -28,577,000 26,196,000 -8,850,000 457,000 78,912,000 -43,579,000 27,646,000 -3,923,000 -16,747,000 30,737,000 -6,281,000 -3,188,000 -555,000 
          purchase of treasury stock
        -19,700,000 -91,500,000 -59,300,000 -190,600,000 -7,200,000 -74,400,000 -48,900,000 -27,200,000 -33,300,000 -53,300,000 -22,500,000 -4,100,000 -69,500,000 -45,700,000 -16,900,000 -38,100,000 -12,700,000 -102,900,000 -63,500,000 -32,400,000 -30,700,000 -15,600,000              -58,600,000 -10,400,000 -41,400,000 -16,300,000 -68,000,000 -55,100,000 -26,954,000 -39,895,000 -134,318,000 -113,524,000 -99,540,000 -54,199,000 -12,132,000 -41,597,000 -10,244,000 -50,731,000 -47,660,000 -9,015,000 -73,558,000 -65,828,000 -36,610,000 -6,491,000 -42,913,000 -14,896,000 -1,508,000 -7,379,000 
          payment of contingent consideration
           -2,700,000 -1,000,000                                                              
          dividends paid
        -34,700,000 -34,600,000 -34,700,000 -35,000,000 -32,300,000 -32,200,000 -32,400,000 -32,500,000 -30,000,000 -30,100,000 -30,200,000 -30,300,000 -27,900,000 -28,000,000 -28,200,000 -28,300,000 -27,200,000 -27,200,000 -27,400,000 -27,700,000 -26,400,000 -26,500,000 -26,600,000              -23,200,000 -23,100,000 -23,200,000 -23,300,000 -22,700,000 -22,500,000 -22,700,000 -22,978,000 -22,547,000 -22,667,000 -23,028,000 -23,395,000 -20,261,000 -20,414,000 -19,000,000 -19,136,000 -14,689,000 -13,203,000 -13,292,000 -13,407,000 -11,935,000 -11,149,000 -11,193,000 -11,466,000 -10,005,000 -9,989,000 -9,553,000 -9,202,000 -9,248,000 -8,896,000 -8,896,000 
          exercise of stock options and other
        5,500,000 18,500,000 21,600,000  3,600,000 2,300,000 11,500,000  28,900,000 10,700,000 1,900,000  11,900,000 14,900,000 4,400,000                                                     
          net cash from financing activities
        -100,800,000 -38,400,000 -93,100,000 -146,300,000 -86,900,000 -98,300,000 9,800,000 -98,400,000 -85,800,000 -92,800,000 -78,900,000 -18,100,000 -27,300,000 -64,000,000 -112,800,000 -31,400,000 -37,100,000 -200,000 -45,500,000 -67,800,000 -84,900,000 -131,700,000 -78,900,000       -55,300,000 61,300,000      -46,200,000 -16,300,000 -55,200,000 -73,500,000 -67,500,000 -1,700,000 -32,300,000 -48,718,000 -59,818,000 -5,693,000 -64,805,000 -14,516,000 -33,971,000 -47,909,000 -24,405,000 -75,800,000 -39,876,000 -26,669,000 -81,623,000 -33,028,000 -25,291,000 -44,225,000 -856,000 -114,995,000 -24,628,000 -1,377,000 -26,352,000 -14,438,000 -25,227,000 -9,284,000 -20,575,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
        -1,100,000 4,100,000 1,400,000   -5,100,000 1,800,000 500,000 -2,500,000 3,100,000 -5,200,000 600,000   -9,600,000 -4,700,000 -5,400,000 -2,900,000 -1,100,000 -2,900,000 -600,000 7,200,000 2,200,000 6,800,000         -5,000,000   9,900,000 2,200,000 -1,600,000 -2,200,000 -3,600,000 6,800,000 -4,200,000 -1,200,000 -5,248,000 -1,168,000 -12,746,000 -9,439,000 -4,630,000 6,106,000 -4,922,000 2,810,000 -4,917,000 -2,812,000 5,357,000 5,077,000 -8,963,000 1,291,000 -10,257,000 -9,620,000 -3,050,000 12,963,000 -2,000 9,238,000 -732,000 -1,405,000 -3,130,000 3,008,000 
          increase in cash and cash equivalents
        9,700,000 -16,300,000 30,300,000 1,900,000 -10,600,000 -32,100,000 -11,500,000 9,000,000 29,900,000 -24,000,000 30,700,000        -22,000,000 7,500,000 8,000,000 -62,700,000 33,400,000 -89,900,000 115,400,000 1,100,000 32,200,000      -44,900,000 12,600,000 41,200,000 12,500,000 -400,000 34,100,000 19,000,000 -4,200,000 25,300,000 24,200,000 8,000,000 -32,440,000 -6,660,000 36,544,000 -103,964,000 58,196,000 -20,897,000 11,589,000 23,392,000 -39,850,000   -21,019,000    28,719,000 10,001,000 43,858,000 -47,966,000 35,601,000 23,639,000 27,755,000 -7,583,000 44,502,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
        180,400,000  232,700,000  187,100,000  193,300,000  222,800,000  236,600,000  177,800,000  204,700,000                                     
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
        9,700,000 -16,300,000 210,700,000  -10,600,000 -32,100,000 221,200,000  29,900,000 -24,000,000 217,800,000  6,600,000 18,400,000 161,000,000  -1,700,000 -30,400,000 200,800,000  8,000,000 -62,700,000 270,000,000  115,400,000 1,100,000 210,000,000  12,600,000 -8,700,000 199,900,000  -44,900,000 12,600,000 349,600,000  -400,000 34,100,000 262,200,000  25,300,000 24,200,000 197,900,000  -6,660,000 36,544,000 192,454,000  -20,897,000 11,589,000 247,530,000  47,380,000 11,838,000 204,770,000  8,090,000 -121,283,000 302,213,000  43,858,000 -47,966,000 267,601,000     
          supplemental cash flow information
                                                                           
          income taxes paid
        34,000,000 73,700,000 25,900,000 41,300,000 51,400,000 63,400,000 20,100,000 32,700,000 30,000,000 63,200,000 21,900,000 28,200,000 40,400,000 52,500,000 19,800,000 21,900,000 30,100,000 27,200,000 23,200,000 29,400,000 24,600,000 38,700,000 13,200,000                                             
          interest paid
        7,400,000 5,300,000 6,400,000 7,500,000 3,600,000 5,900,000 5,200,000 5,600,000 6,500,000 4,700,000 6,600,000 5,300,000 6,700,000 3,500,000 5,400,000 2,800,000 4,400,000 1,900,000 3,100,000 1,900,000 3,200,000 2,200,000 3,600,000                                             
          supplemental disclosure of non-cash operating and investing transactions
                                                                           
          accrued property, plant and equipment additions
        -5,100,000 5,200,000 9,200,000 -2,300,000 400,000 500,000 12,100,000 2,200,000 -2,500,000 -1,400,000 15,900,000 600,000 -1,300,000 4,500,000 14,700,000 4,300,000 2,900,000 1,300,000 7,800,000 -300,000 1,300,000 1,000,000 5,000,000  -2,600,000 -4,100,000 16,600,000                                         
          leased assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities
        2,300,000 9,300,000 4,000,000 2,400,000 4,500,000 4,300,000 12,800,000 6,400,000 8,100,000 3,800,000 4,400,000 11,700,000 10,300,000 7,900,000 2,400,000 4,100,000 3,600,000 5,000,000 4,300,000 6,200,000 400,000 4,600,000 1,200,000                                             
          equity in earnings of affiliates, net of distributions
                                                                           
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, excluding effect of acquired businesses:
                                                                           
          accounts receivable
                                                                           
          inventories
                                                                           
          prepaid expenses and other current assets
                                                                           
          accounts payable
                                                                           
          income taxes payable
                                                                           
          accrued employee compensation and related taxes and other current liabilities
                                                                           
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                  -146,900,000    -19,900,000               -300,000 800,000  -10,900,000 -12,900,000 -8,985,000 968,000 -97,619,000                     
          tax withholding for stock compensation transactions
                                                                           
          exercise of stock options
                       1,400,000 1,000,000 7,700,000 2,800,000 11,300,000 5,800,000 10,400,000 8,300,000  2,000,000 6,400,000 11,000,000 1,300,000 7,300,000 1,100,000 16,200,000 4,600,000 1,000,000 9,700,000 3,900,000 5,300,000 5,300,000 7,800,000 4,300,000 4,300,000 3,900,000 3,900,000 1,100,000 2,626,000 2,310,000 5,657,000 2,490,000 1,402,000 2,704,000 2,871,000 7,460,000 3,912,000 2,979,000 3,576,000 5,576,000 1,346,000 2,554,000 6,830,000 2,961,000 2,364,000 1,422,000 8,163,000 3,950,000 5,721,000 3,889,000 2,561,000 882,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
                                       308,400,000 243,200,000 189,900,000 296,418,000 224,138,000 225,789,000 273,494,000 232,000,000     
          cash and cash equivalents, end of year
                                                                           
          deferred revenue
                                                                           
          purchase of non-controlling interests
                                                                         
          purchase right exercised in finance lease
                                                                           
          decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                   1,100,000 6,600,000 18,400,000 -32,300,000  -1,700,000                                                   
          transfer of operating lease asset and operating lease liability
                                                                          
          tax withholding payments for stock compensation transactions
                        -500,000 -1,000,000 -200,000  -500,000 -1,300,000 -2,200,000                                             
          recognized financing lease asset and finance lease liability
                                                                           
          accounts payable and other accrued expenses
                                                                           
          net expenditures on property, plant and equipment
                            -9,800,000 -11,600,000 -18,800,000                                             
          supplemental disclosure of non-cash transactions
                                                                           
          net cash provided by:
                                                                           
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, excluding effect of acquired business
                                                                           
          cash paid during the year for:
                                                                           
          income taxes
                                14,200,000 33,900,000 11,400,000                                         
          interest
                                4,800,000 3,800,000 5,600,000                                         
          supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing transactions
                                                                           
          stock-based compensation plan expense
                                                                           
          trade accounts payable and other accrued expenses
                                                                           
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, excluding effect of acquired businesses
                                                                           
          proceeds from sale of short-term investments
                                               10,000,000 18,000,000 27,040,000 41,948,000 45,526,000 20,307,000 13,810,000 34,053,000 13,316,000                 
          stock compensation plan expense
                                          6,700,000 1,600,000 1,700,000 4,300,000 1,500,000 1,300,000 700,000 3,800,000 1,500,000 1,456,000 1,561,000 6,035,000 1,642,000 2,166,000 2,337,000 5,201,000 1,936,000 1,785,000 1,145,000 4,742,000 1,476,000 1,929,000 2,184,000 4,750,000 1,690,000 1,674,000 1,471,000 4,628,000 1,461,000 1,143,000 1,365,000 5,008,000 737,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash from operating activities
                                                                           
          tax benefit of equity plans
                                           9,000,000 -1,100,000 -2,000,000 -1,000,000 -900,000 -1,600,000 -200,000 -307,000 -1,090,000 -3,126,000 -2,257,000 -662,000 -1,255,000 -3,456,000 -3,408,000 -1,708,000 -923,000 -3,033,000 -5,527,000 -618,000 -2,122,000 -5,405,000 -2,171,000 -1,601,000 -827,000 -4,512,000 -2,933,000 -810,000 -1,440,000 -1,877,000 -498,000 
          prepaids and other current assets
                                                                           
          purchases of short-term investments
                                                   1,000    71,000 -62,145,000 -1,000 -46,718,000                 
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, excluding effect of acquisition
                                            -18,300,000 -10,900,000 30,700,000  16,000,000 -9,600,000 -6,500,000    -26,628,000                     
          deferred taxes
                                            -1,200,000 -800,000  1,500,000 -400,000 -900,000  1,588,000 -306,000 -1,988,000  -1,506,000 -5,710,000 -433,000  -1,542,000 1,787,000 -4,282,000  9,118,000 1,855,000 -6,759,000  404,000 12,423,000 -6,639,000     
          net expenditures on property, plant, and equipment
                                            -16,200,000 -12,600,000 -12,400,000  -16,600,000 -21,300,000 -21,500,000  -21,632,000 -24,012,000 -26,957,000  -23,198,000 -22,318,000 -20,530,000  -17,672,000 -30,349,000 -21,404,000             
          loss on sale of business
                                                       905,000                 
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquired businesses
                                                                           
          adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash from
                                                                           
          operating activities:
                                                                           
          adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities
                                                                           
          equity in losses of affiliates, net of distributions
                                                                           
          purchases of property, plant, and equipment
                                                                           
          proceeds from sale of property, plant, and equipment
                                                                           
          acquisitions and divestitures of affiliates
                                                                           
          change in short-term investments
                                                                           
          change in short term investments
                                                             18,382,000 12,868,000             
          increasein cash and cash equivalents
                                                                           
          net expenditures on property and equipment
                                                                -21,638,000 -17,858,000 -18,491,000  -18,349,000 -14,003,000 -10,048,000  -9,109,000 -10,380,000 -7,741,000 
          purchase of short-term investments
                                                                -26,475,000    -1,491,000       
          acquisitions and divestitures
                                                                    -120,000       
          proceeds from settlement of interest rate swap
                                                                    4,710,000     
          acquisitions, investments and divestitures of affiliates
                                                                           
          acquisitions, investments and divestitures
                                                                        -250,000 
          cash and cash equivalents - beginning of year
                                                                        143,687,000 
          cash and cash equivalents - end of period
                                                                        27,755,000 -7,583,000 188,189,000 
          acquisitions, investments, and divestitures of affiliates