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  assets                                                                             
  current assets                                                                             
  cash and cash equivalents299,481,000 394,705,000 377,262,000 404,218,000 272,672,000 374,978,000 393,787,000 342,667,000 220,483,000 198,803,000 197,150,000 141,307,000 152,796,000 154,373,000 192,958,000 160,559,000 190,884,000 242,126,000 257,279,000 152,479,000 143,055,000 163,375,000 199,563,000 156,612,000 189,861,000 267,134,000 358,849,000 398,200,000 357,094,000 369,056,000 326,701,000 299,453,000 395,735,000 401,440,000 379,179,000 256,928,000 237,019,000 220,996,000 364,345,000 312,737,000 289,017,000 279,523,000 204,285,000 205,387,000 330,309,000 256,389,000 248,455,000 340,675,000 307,963,000 300,838,000 321,460,000 337,915,000 341,415,000 382,537,000 373,901,000 376,608,000 405,967,000 346,899,000 300,452,000 312,590,000 268,357,000 237,853,000 223,220,000 147,981,000 94,536,000 145,911,000 125,427,000 106,181,000 142,690,000 92,819,000 166,831,000 179,858,000 169,178,000 170,510,000 198,166,000 190,269,000 174,380,000 
  accounts receivable554,277,000 522,721,000 481,979,000 517,035,000 549,237,000 544,514,000 538,830,000 537,637,000 570,294,000 573,467,000 541,529,000 463,106,000 518,371,000 516,231,000 429,074,000 443,054,000 457,454,000 431,350,000 373,487,000 373,044,000 339,102,000 385,673,000 374,649,000 395,355,000 428,353,000 423,187,000 396,885,000 409,594,000 425,806,000 442,740,000 395,279,000 401,231,000 323,185,000 302,599,000 273,993,000 281,039,000 291,645,000 286,120,000 310,824,000 329,223,000 334,928,000 354,376,000 407,223,000 405,675,000 375,224,000 396,383,000 423,767,000 391,360,000 422,532,000 430,448,000 392,568,000 414,236,000 376,857,000 319,530,000 306,703,000 307,841,000 276,571,000 263,613,000 260,531,000 378,672,000 432,455,000 390,656,000 353,316,000 360,945,000 337,560,000 297,125,000 304,161,000 255,869,000 237,334,000 219,496,000 223,054,000 216,800,000 201,428,000 167,592,000 172,405,000 175,981,000 167,817,000 
  inventories621,440,000 574,329,000 544,037,000 612,412,000 582,730,000 567,279,000 562,864,000 612,338,000 674,754,000 664,599,000 665,451,000 632,376,000 639,393,000 599,781,000 539,919,000 524,433,000 477,677,000 415,901,000 381,258,000 396,214,000 417,525,000 398,248,000 393,748,000 411,120,000 397,752,000 375,737,000 361,829,000 377,431,000 365,634,000 381,530,000 348,667,000 389,722,000 289,635,000 281,250,000 255,406,000                                           
  other current assets250,028,000 237,872,000 242,003,000 223,436,000 208,467,000 192,979,000 197,630,000 179,652,000 180,647,000 173,622,000 153,660,000 158,609,000 154,643,000 157,448,000 127,642,000 107,912,000 111,925,000 106,910,000 100,319,000 104,474,000 108,097,000 112,048,000 107,621,000 119,347,000 111,897,000 127,112,000 120,236,000 121,065,000 123,974,000 115,815,000 123,836,000 108,991,000 199,277,000 162,781,000 135,135,000 97,312,000 100,367,000 102,522,000 85,064,000 125,553,000 138,165,000 238,740,000 126,204,000 110,329,000 107,253,000 113,821,000 115,178,000 116,648,000 105,283,000 103,342,000 109,310,000 101,837,000 107,979,000 102,589,000 107,286,000 107,620,000 100,016,000 81,632,000 66,937,000 76,644,000 78,737,000 60,887,000 51,111,000 49,474,000 52,738,000 50,197,000 50,864,000 37,187,000 33,511,000 34,716,000 34,977,000 33,268,000 26,016,000 24,811,000 23,205,000 18,875,000 18,975,000 
  total current assets1,725,226,000 1,729,627,000 1,645,281,000 1,757,101,000 1,613,106,000 1,679,750,000 1,693,111,000 1,672,294,000 1,646,178,000 1,610,491,000 1,557,790,000 1,395,398,000 1,465,203,000 1,427,833,000 1,289,593,000 1,235,958,000 1,237,940,000 1,196,287,000 1,112,343,000 1,026,211,000 1,007,779,000 1,059,344,000 1,075,581,000 1,082,434,000 1,127,863,000 1,193,170,000 1,237,799,000 1,405,572,000 1,411,567,000 1,445,845,000 1,373,608,000 1,378,681,000 1,207,832,000 1,148,070,000 1,043,713,000 920,478,000 921,618,000 902,347,000 1,068,858,000 1,089,236,000 1,095,002,000 1,209,836,000 1,105,739,000 1,084,945,000 1,182,649,000 1,134,224,000 1,164,660,000 1,239,631,000 1,236,340,000 1,236,002,000 1,244,591,000 1,278,468,000 1,195,205,000 1,120,111,000 1,076,276,000 1,068,552,000 1,059,230,000 959,694,000 951,708,000 1,201,684,000 1,194,861,000 1,082,642,000 997,867,000 945,260,000 864,383,000 839,931,000 821,118,000 674,101,000 669,327,000 637,600,000 671,400,000 650,619,000 589,619,000 555,407,000 566,413,000 561,886,000 543,765,000 
  property, plant and equipment660,672,000 636,158,000 619,181,000 624,403,000 583,832,000 582,178,000 575,316,000 565,875,000 563,180,000 553,409,000 544,871,000 489,961,000 503,088,000 511,873,000 511,744,000 520,081,000 513,686,000 500,449,000 522,092,000 504,520,000 502,249,000 503,179,000 529,344,000 523,229,000 512,364,000 476,876,000 478,801,000 461,828,000 468,205,000 482,805,000 477,031,000 475,071,000 384,947,000 376,120,000 372,377,000 1,103,229,000 1,093,741,000 1,127,309,000 1,116,475,000 1,101,073,000 1,079,783,000 450,016,000 481,861,000 479,287,000 478,673,000 476,152,000 481,074,000 479,024,000 476,478,000 486,872,000 476,256,000 492,811,000 489,820,000 459,793,000 436,443,000 454,703,000 461,406,000 429,819,000 418,066,000 446,390,000 462,835,000 443,036,000                
  goodwill829,483,000 813,698,000 804,927,000 818,828,000 791,991,000 689,868,000 694,452,000 686,625,000 692,457,000 679,385,000 665,257,000 424,505,000 431,615,000 437,141,000 430,162,000 436,039,000 412,803,000 334,194,000 335,593,000 331,473,000 328,622,000 326,584,000 337,107,000 331,311,000 323,016,000 282,512,000 281,294,000 233,741,000 233,982,000 236,569,000 234,582,000 235,899,000 234,109,000 233,474,000 231,919,000 236,588,000 237,457,000 190,596,000                     35,219,000 42,003,000 44,828,000 44,369,000 37,796,000 37,072,000 36,637,000 25,981,000 25,910,000 24,883,000 15,617,000 15,849,000 13,462,000 10,054,000 4,415,000 4,531,000 4,240,000 4,242,000 4,270,000 
  other assets511,988,000 445,591,000 152,137,000 464,213,000 426,320,000 427,921,000 182,575,000 401,101,000 409,373,000 409,916,000 187,111,000 342,101,000 341,907,000 359,497,000 193,097,000 376,719,000 348,297,000 330,819,000 193,015,000 355,295,000 360,389,000 416,793,000 237,108,000 424,186,000 431,090,000 402,293,000 183,590,000 318,504,000 319,977,000 323,281,000 177,937,000 321,452,000 294,785,000 295,013,000 156,916,000                                           
  total assets3,727,369,000 3,625,074,000 3,520,142,000 3,664,545,000 3,415,249,000 3,379,717,000 3,377,297,000 3,325,895,000 3,311,188,000 3,253,201,000 3,180,546,000 2,651,965,000 2,741,813,000 2,736,344,000 2,592,307,000 2,568,797,000 2,512,726,000 2,361,749,000 2,314,453,000 2,217,499,000 2,199,039,000 2,305,900,000 2,371,213,000 2,361,160,000 2,394,333,000 2,354,851,000 2,349,825,000 2,419,645,000 2,433,731,000 2,488,500,000 2,406,547,000 2,411,103,000 2,121,673,000 2,052,677,000 1,943,437,000 1,833,821,000 1,837,401,000 1,777,095,000 1,928,091,000 1,950,166,000 1,921,508,000 2,112,519,000 2,144,839,000 2,113,976,000 2,119,641,000 2,060,117,000 2,103,527,000 2,091,522,000 2,021,988,000 2,022,311,000 1,962,877,000 2,001,066,000 1,913,570,000 1,798,692,000 1,731,408,000 1,757,263,000 1,751,978,000 1,652,382,000 1,628,649,000 1,927,127,000 1,937,641,000 1,795,651,000 1,626,432,000 1,550,424,000 1,451,958,000 1,355,618,000 1,323,808,000 1,152,519,000 1,086,546,000 1,059,164,000 1,083,211,000 1,038,306,000 963,005,000 928,866,000 939,540,000 932,137,000 915,583,000 
  liabilities and equity                                                                             
  current liabilities                                                                             
  short-term debt105,323,000 109,620,000  111,993,000 6,254,000 4,720,000  7,700,000 10,406,000 49,340,000  68,375,000 125,458,000 150,560,000  41,404,000 10,435,000 3,607,000  1,147,000 49,597,000 132,378,000  13,293,000 30,110,000 110,000  794,000 1,889,000 1,981,000  2,135,000 1,953,000 2,136,000  183,827,000 159,908,000 24,844,000 2,453,000 62,595,000 167,985,000                                     
  trade accounts payable375,833,000 365,267,000 296,590,000 323,584,000 351,445,000 327,798,000 325,435,000 328,460,000 358,160,000 361,236,000 352,079,000 329,890,000 364,495,000 369,415,000 330,230,000 309,202,000 317,771,000 294,062,000 256,530,000 226,494,000 226,799,000 248,335,000 273,002,000 243,837,000 254,814,000 252,840,000 268,600,000 246,783,000 269,824,000 277,122,000 269,763,000 242,253,000 194,758,000 186,253,000 176,757,000 164,783,000 173,037,000 159,590,000 166,858,000 172,114,000 185,944,000 186,751,000 196,929,000 199,739,000 177,006,000 195,459,000 216,256,000 186,545,000 202,413,000 208,004,000 203,299,000 228,474,000 215,495,000 153,524,000 141,638,000 136,185,000 114,128,000 101,226,000 117,857,000 187,764,000 208,167,000 193,078,000 140,203,000 160,722,000 159,090,000 131,846,000 152,754,000 113,091,000 125,811,000 111,154,000 120,979,000 124,671,000 95,806,000 77,301,000 72,354,000 73,867,000 65,381,000 
  accrued employee compensation and benefits167,471,000 113,767,000 104,374,000 194,434,000 159,265,000 114,770,000 112,373,000 207,116,000 159,173,000 109,525,000 109,369,000 183,638,000 144,253,000 109,797,000 108,562,000 156,128,000 124,606,000 92,769,000 98,437,000 121,967,000 99,543,000 82,630,000 83,033,000 133,361,000 115,891,000 87,126,000 94,202,000 138,622,000   91,902,000    67,431,000                        39,059,000 126,112,000 99,187,000 68,624,000 109,430,000 87,178,000 60,383,000 95,410,000 75,541,000 74,547,000 39,692,000 37,036,000 63,504,000 53,427,000 36,745,000 27,639,000 41,742,000 34,569,000 39,036,000 
  other current liabilities376,612,000 381,200,000 325,156,000 321,325,000 266,603,000 301,585,000 273,910,000 264,866,000 283,023,000 315,838,000 261,087,000 238,425,000 269,477,000 297,880,000 231,462,000 238,686,000 243,208,000 224,023,000 161,331,000 183,553,000 192,632,000 191,479,000 142,441,000 181,946,000 170,196,000 185,451,000 128,379,000 159,352,000 268,045,000 271,097,000 119,655,000 295,468,000 218,932,000 233,874,000 97,806,000 247,449,000 226,845,000 217,021,000 268,118,000 235,847,000 254,496,000 297,449,000 260,652,000 224,870,000 289,297,000 242,450,000 225,690,000 286,663,000 236,274,000 223,371,000 252,866,000 215,377,000 184,001,000 203,944,000 183,543,000 181,379,000 199,279,000 167,958,000 70,738,000 55,004,000 50,460,000 41,126,000 36,389,000 34,326,000 30,534,000 25,753,000 33,907,000 25,164,000 30,759,000 30,992,000 29,047,000 25,212,000 14,497,000 17,511,000 18,067,000 22,155,000 28,649,000 
  total current liabilities1,025,239,000 969,854,000 878,802,000 951,336,000 783,567,000 748,873,000 754,610,000 808,142,000 810,762,000 835,939,000 852,897,000 820,328,000 903,683,000 927,652,000 755,905,000 745,420,000 696,020,000 614,461,000 549,449,000 533,161,000 568,571,000 654,822,000 563,135,000 572,437,000 571,011,000 525,527,000 538,182,000 545,551,000 539,758,000 550,200,000 528,742,000 539,856,000 415,643,000 422,263,000 388,107,000 596,059,000 559,790,000 401,455,000 437,429,000 470,556,000 608,425,000 571,701,000 464,489,000 431,912,000 481,195,000 452,685,000 458,981,000 492,702,000 459,420,000 453,922,000 549,148,000 539,340,000 494,869,000 372,283,000 349,478,000 346,723,000 355,260,000 287,804,000 310,409,000 480,604,000 479,695,000 418,339,000 356,610,000 352,412,000 320,840,000 392,337,000 404,709,000 283,704,000 283,149,000 263,028,000 294,402,000 280,000,000 229,782,000 213,084,000 200,826,000 199,671,000 217,170,000 
  long-term debt, less current portion1,150,395,000 1,150,473,000 1,150,551,000 1,150,616,000 1,098,430,000 1,102,677,000 1,102,771,000 1,102,858,000 1,103,898,000 1,110,626,000 1,110,396,000 711,250,000 712,908,000 715,032,000 717,089,000 717,787,000 718,137,000 715,328,000 715,456,000 715,687,000 715,817,000 715,950,000 712,302,000 713,884,000 710,458,000 705,725,000 702,549,000 698,468,000 700,194,000 700,869,000 704,136,000 704,804,000 704,732,000 703,378,000 703,704,000 359,831,000 360,931,000 350,106,000 350,899,000 151,563,000 3,882,000 1,041,000 1,159,000 2,678,000 1,251,000 1,388,000 1,448,000 1,680,000 2,396,000 2,494,000 1,562,000 1,710,000 1,818,000 85,458,000 86,033,000 87,001,000 88,868,000 89,533,000 89,964,000 87,525,000 87,701,000 89,646,000 114,586,000 112,422,000 114,368,000 115,730,000 111,940,000 159,731,000 160,402,000 163,931,000 165,372,000 162,469,000 169,013,000 169,030,000 172,561,000 172,917,000 172,903,000 
  other liabilities172,122,000 164,577,000 152,892,000 223,403,000 220,346,000 220,339,000 197,918,000 189,313,000 195,104,000 181,400,000 166,190,000 196,159,000 212,239,000 230,600,000 198,686,000 247,697,000 238,946,000 228,552,000 212,556,000 257,907,000 254,540,000 267,168,000 212,413,000 261,031,000 266,806,000 258,934,000 175,517,000 247,758,000 250,271,000 256,759,000 200,500,000 220,515,000 149,522,000 142,912,000 97,803,000                                           
  total liabilities2,347,756,000 2,284,904,000 2,192,709,000 2,325,355,000 2,102,343,000 2,071,889,000 2,068,445,000 2,100,313,000 2,109,764,000 2,127,965,000 2,146,505,000 1,727,737,000 1,828,830,000 1,873,284,000 1,728,398,000 1,710,904,000 1,653,103,000 1,558,341,000 1,524,203,000 1,506,755,000 1,538,928,000 1,637,940,000 1,552,136,000 1,547,352,000 1,548,275,000 1,490,186,000 1,462,233,000 1,491,777,000 1,490,223,000 1,507,828,000 1,474,094,000 1,465,175,000 1,269,897,000 1,268,553,000 1,231,231,000                                           
  shareholders' equity                                                                             
  common shares, without par value - at stated capital amount; authorized 240,000,000 shares; issued 98,581,434 shares in 2025 and 2024; outstanding 55,186,252 shares in 2025 and 56,211,219 in 20249,858,000                                                                             
  additional paid-in capital586,234,000 581,250,000 566,740,000 561,148,000 559,327,000 560,439,000 523,357,000 519,151,000 515,303,000 498,023,000 481,857,000 471,172,000 465,624,000 462,217,000 451,268,000 434,786,000 427,576,000 418,529,000 409,958,000 404,086,000 394,692,000 387,096,000 389,446,000 377,584,000 368,919,000 364,418,000 360,308,000 357,749,000 351,632,000 345,611,000 334,309,000 330,522,000 326,464,000 317,142,000 309,417,000 290,785,000 283,166,000 276,853,000 269,179,000 266,576,000 261,988,000 252,138,000 248,499,000 244,824,000 230,086,000 224,327,000 218,115,000 197,734,000 195,094,000 188,139,000 174,026,000 171,376,000 171,587,000 165,766,000 164,361,000 161,493,000 159,271,000 158,030,000 156,734,000 155,984,000 152,885,000 148,226,000 146,606,000 142,483,000 139,437,000 133,987,000 132,111,000 123,222,000 119,247,000 117,593,000 112,389,000 111,189,000 108,907,000 107,717,000 106,521,000 106,363,000 105,610,000 
  retained earnings4,168,467,000 4,067,213,000 3,993,016,000 3,893,883,000 3,833,267,000 3,766,297,000 3,688,038,000 3,578,154,000 3,483,127,000 3,387,543,000 3,306,500,000 3,237,200,000 3,160,920,000 3,063,721,000 2,970,303,000 2,930,361,000 2,928,819,000 2,864,223,000 2,821,359,000 2,790,579,000 2,762,833,000 2,767,939,000 2,736,481,000 2,704,486,000 2,661,720,000 2,605,265,000 2,564,440,000 2,505,396,000 2,461,130,000 2,417,773,000 2,388,219,000 2,389,771,000 2,306,814,000 2,268,707,000 2,236,071,000 2,205,798,000 2,167,000,000 2,157,330,000 2,100,334,000 2,181,813,000 2,132,608,000 2,033,290,000 2,005,468,000 1,946,414,000 1,838,770,000 1,789,049,000 1,732,884,000 1,637,169,000 1,586,527,000 1,534,406,000 1,440,895,000 1,398,348,000 1,354,387,000 1,292,106,000 1,271,467,000 1,250,808,000 1,226,598,000 1,225,323,000 1,221,737,000 1,228,821,000 1,170,306,000 1,110,896,000 1,029,331,000 988,839,000 943,050,000 863,708,000 827,954,000 743,817,000 687,654,000 673,010,000 666,124,000 650,440,000 634,089,000 623,898,000 617,423,000 610,381,000 561,107,000 
  accumulated other comprehensive loss-210,657,000 -270,912,000 -300,135,000 -235,826,000 -249,905,000 -239,454,000 -229,847,000 -265,833,000 -236,186,000 -250,836,000 -275,299,000 -329,451,000 -285,197,000 -259,507,000 -257,386,000 -265,819,000 -305,191,000 -312,424,000 -302,190,000 -343,281,000 -355,620,000 -348,177,000 -275,850,000 -305,868,000 -281,850,000 -287,524,000 -293,739,000 -271,614,000 -276,479,000 -225,716,000 -247,186,000 -250,349,000 -272,523,000 -298,288,000 -329,037,000 -288,440,000 -286,554,000 -269,579,000 -288,473,000 -321,880,000 -339,995,000 -194,779,000 -148,391,000 -162,857,000 -236,430,000 -259,787,000 -244,045,000       -128,316,000 -170,482,000 -152,556,000 -160,429,000 -185,750,000 -237,529,000    -12,802,000 -35,061,000 -49,137,000 -75,616,000 -76,862,000 -74,013,000 -67,769,000 -58,678,000     -112,368,000   
  treasury shares, at cost - 43,395,182 shares in 2025 and 42,370,215 shares in 2024-3,174,289,000                                                                             
  total equity1,379,613,000 1,340,170,000 1,327,433,000 1,339,190,000 1,312,906,000 1,307,828,000 1,308,852,000 1,225,582,000 1,201,424,000 1,125,236,000 1,034,041,000 924,228,000 912,983,000 863,060,000 863,909,000 857,893,000 859,623,000 803,408,000 790,250,000 710,744,000 660,111,000 667,960,000 819,077,000 813,808,000 846,058,000 864,665,000 887,592,000 927,868,000 943,508,000 980,672,000 932,453,000 945,928,000 851,776,000 784,124,000 712,206,000 752,917,000 792,414,000 892,669,000 1,011,969,000 1,196,658,000 1,179,955,000 1,376,479,000 1,521,473,000 1,512,113,000 1,428,819,000 1,394,455,000 1,403,545,000 1,336,191,000 1,281,008,000 1,265,629,000 1,245,070,000 1,268,059,000 1,211,991,000 1,146,631,000 1,091,539,000 1,093,744,000 1,059,787,000 1,034,767,000 976,389,000                   
  total liabilities and total equity3,727,369,000 3,625,074,000 3,520,142,000 3,664,545,000 3,415,249,000 3,379,717,000 3,377,297,000 3,325,895,000 3,311,188,000 3,253,201,000 3,180,546,000 2,651,965,000 2,741,813,000 2,736,344,000 2,592,307,000 2,568,797,000 2,512,726,000 2,361,749,000 2,314,453,000 2,217,499,000 2,199,039,000 2,305,900,000  2,361,160,000 2,394,333,000 2,354,851,000  2,419,645,000 2,433,731,000 2,488,500,000                                                
  common shares, without par value - at stated capital amount; authorized 240,000,000 shares; issued 98,581,434 shares in 2025 and 2024; outstanding 55,826,284 shares in 2025 and 56,211,219 in 2024 9,858,000                                                                            
  treasury shares, at cost - 42,755,150 shares in 2025 and 42,370,215 shares in 2024 -3,047,239,000                                                                            
  intangibles  221,005,000    186,667,000    202,706,000    149,393,000    134,451,000    177,798,000    147,946,000    127,452,000    130,088,000                        64,716,000 62,071,000 63,206,000 61,912,000 44,479,000 44,269,000 43,907,000 41,637,000 41,122,000 33,163,000 13,108,000 12,623,000 13,733,000 13,176,000 12,845,000 12,409,000 11,931,000 12,226,000 6,666,000 
  deferred income taxes  77,611,000    45,176,000    22,811,000    18,318,000    16,959,000    14,275,000    20,395,000    15,937,000    8,424,000                        23,143,000 14,132,000 11,479,000 11,446,000 14,243,000 11,733,000 6,474,000 9,793,000 9,623,000 5,810,000 6,814,000 3,794,000 15,956,000 11,307,000 10,119,000 13,789,000 302,000 2,001,000 15,131,000 
  amounts due banks  10,520,000    2,435,000    82,444,000    51,964,000    2,623,000    34,857,000        2,020,000    1,758,000       85,642,000 4,996,000 6,912,000 14,469,000 14,338,000 16,583,000 18,988,000 19,538,000 21,451,000 11,059,000 12,784,000 12,003,000 13,653,000 23,106,000 28,018,000 40,526,000 17,517,000 18,061,000 21,425,000 31,397,000 11,654,000 11,272,000 11,617,000 5,208,000 3,817,000 3,662,000 4,317,000 4,013,000 2,561,000 3,052,000 278,000 489,000 1,267,000 1,652,000 812,000  
  dividends payable  42,158,000    40,453,000    36,879,000    32,921,000    30,417,000    29,690,000    29,867,000    25,608,000    22,986,000                        11,450,000 10,685,000 10,699,000 10,660,000 9,473,000 9,446,000 9,420,000 8,095,000 8,084,000 7,568,000  7,498,000        
  current portion of long-term debt  100,004,000    4,000    11,039,000    766,000    111,000    112,000    111,000    111,000    131,000       1,859,000 1,912,000 391,000 423,000 438,000 452,000 506,000 1,195,000 1,096,000 81,924,000 82,705,000 83,370,000 1,162,000 1,191,000 1,141,000 1,327,000 1,103,000 1,030,000 31,506,000 31,877,000 31,974,000 781,000 764,000 802,000 41,147,000 41,453,000 938,000 736,000 882,000 883,000 1,384,000 2,522,000 3,060,000 12,635,000 12,729,000 13,432,000 
  preferred shares, without par value - at stated capital amount; authorized - 5,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding - none                                                                             
  common shares, without par value - at stated capital amount; authorized - 240,000,000 shares; issued - 98,581,434 shares in 2024 and 2023; outstanding - 56,211,219 shares in 2024 and 56,975,815 shares in 2023  9,858,000                                                                           
  treasury shares, at cost - 42,370,215 shares in 2024 and 41,605,619 shares in 2023  -2,942,046,000                                                                           
  common shares   9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000  9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000  9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000  9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000  9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000  9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000  9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000  9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000  9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000 9,858,000 4,929,000 4,929,000 4,929,000 4,929,000 4,929,000 4,929,000                    
  treasury shares   -2,889,873,000 -2,839,641,000 -2,789,312,000  -2,615,748,000 -2,570,678,000 -2,519,299,000  -2,464,460,000 -2,438,144,000 -2,413,171,000  -2,251,193,000 -2,201,397,000 -2,176,671,000  -2,151,417,000 -2,152,509,000 -2,149,613,000  -1,973,136,000 -1,913,219,000 -1,828,025,000  -1,674,232,000 -1,603,409,000 -1,567,725,000  -1,534,650,000 -1,519,597,000 -1,514,050,000  -1,465,872,000 -1,381,860,000 -1,282,655,000 -1,079,816,000 -940,687,000 -885,477,000 -727,168,000 -597,898,000 -530,082,000 -427,644,000 -384,849,000 -329,365,000       -203,483,000 -193,753,000 -184,296,000 -183,830,000 -183,934,000                    
  common shares, without par value - at stated capital amount; authorized - 240,000,000 shares; issued - 98,581,434 shares in 2023 and 2022; outstanding - 56,975,815 shares in 2023 and 57,623,539 shares in 2022      9,858,000                                                                       
  treasury shares, at cost - 41,605,619 shares in 2023 and 40,957,895 shares in 2022      -2,682,554,000                                                                       
  total shareholders' equity         1,125,289,000 1,034,140,000 924,319,000 913,061,000 863,118,000 864,102,000 857,993,000 859,665,000 803,515,000 789,271,000    818,172,000    886,942,000    931,637,000    711,477,000                                           
  non-controlling interests         -53,000 -99,000 -91,000 -78,000 -58,000 -193,000 -100,000 -42,000 -107,000 979,000 919,000 857,000 857,000 905,000 884,000 630,000 673,000 650,000 711,000 776,000 871,000 816,000 776,000 760,000 755,000 729,000 788,000 804,000 862,000 887,000 978,000 973,000 3,140,000 3,937,000 3,956,000 14,179,000 15,857,000 16,098,000                               
  common shares, without par value - at stated capital amount; authorized - 240,000,000 shares; issued - 98,581,434 shares in 2022 and 2021; outstanding - 57,623,539 shares in 2022 and 58,786,776 shares in 2021          9,858,000                                                                   
  treasury shares, at cost - 40,957,895 shares in 2022 and 39,794,658 shares in 2021          -2,488,776,000                                                                   
  common shares, without par value - at stated capital amount; authorized - 240,000,000 shares; issued - 98,581,434 shares in 2021 and 2020; outstanding - 58,786,776 shares in 2021 and 59,640,895 shares in 2020              9,858,000                                                               
  treasury shares, at cost - 39,794,658 shares in 2021 and 38,940,539 shares in 2020              -2,309,941,000                                                               
  preferred shares, without par value – at stated capital amount; authorized – 5,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – none                                                                             
  common shares, without par value – at stated capital amount; authorized – 240,000,000 shares; issued – 98,581,434 shares in 2020 and 2019; outstanding – 59,640,895 shares in 2020 and 60,592,096 shares in 2019                  9,858,000                                                           
  treasury shares, at cost – 38,940,539 shares in 2020 and 37,989,338 shares in 2019                  -2,149,714,000                                                           
  shareholders’ equity                                                                             
  total shareholders’ equity                   709,825,000 659,254,000 667,103,000  812,924,000 845,428,000 863,992,000  927,157,000 942,732,000 979,801,000  945,152,000 851,016,000 783,369,000  752,129,000 791,610,000 891,807,000 1,011,082,000 1,195,680,000 1,178,982,000 1,373,339,000 1,517,536,000 1,508,157,000 1,414,640,000 1,378,598,000 1,387,447,000 1,320,284,000 1,265,280,000 1,249,358,000 1,228,990,000 1,251,295,000 1,195,705,000 1,131,002,000 1,076,522,000 1,080,378,000 1,046,539,000 1,018,598,000 961,735,000 1,215,669,000 1,223,162,000 1,142,526,000 1,033,519,000 964,245,000 899,046,000 783,735,000 743,822,000 643,007,000 582,351,000 577,277,000 541,360,000 517,171,000 490,890,000 478,508,000 455,988,000 446,601,000 460,062,000 
  common shares, without par value – at stated capital amount; authorized – 240,000,000 shares; issued – 98,581,434 shares in 2019 and 2018; outstanding – 60,592,096 shares in 2019 and 63,545,878 shares in 2018                      9,858,000                                                       
  treasury shares, at cost – 37,989,338 shares in 2019 and 35,035,556 shares in 2018                      -2,041,763,000                                                       
  total liabilities and equity                      2,371,213,000    2,349,825,000    2,406,547,000 2,411,103,000 2,121,673,000 2,052,677,000 1,943,437,000 1,833,821,000 1,837,401,000 1,777,095,000 1,928,091,000 1,950,166,000 1,921,508,000 2,112,519,000 2,144,839,000 2,113,976,000 2,119,641,000 2,060,117,000 2,103,527,000 2,091,522,000 2,021,988,000 2,022,311,000 1,962,877,000 2,001,066,000 1,913,570,000 1,798,692,000 1,731,408,000 1,757,263,000                      
  marketable securities                           99,282,000 139,059,000 136,704,000 179,125,000 179,284,000                                        4,942,000 4,942,000     
  customer advances                          17,023,000    19,683,000    21,238,000                                           
  common shares, without par value – at stated capital amount; authorized – 240,000,000 shares; issued – 98,581,434 shares in 2018 and 2017; outstanding – 63,545,878 shares in 2018 and 65,662,546 shares in 2017                          9,858,000                                                   
  treasury shares, at cost – 35,035,556 shares in 2018 and 32,918,888 shares in 2017                          -1,753,925,000                                                   
  common shares, without par value – at stated capital amount; authorized – 240,000,000 shares; issued – 98,581,434 shares in 2017 and 2016; outstanding – 65,662,546 shares in 2017 and 65,674,754 shares in 2016                              9,858,000                                               
  treasury shares, at cost – 32,918,888 shares in 2017 and 32,906,680 shares in 2016                              -1,553,563,000                                               
  common shares, without par value – at stated capital amount; authorized – 240,000,000 shares; issued – 98,581,434 shares in 2016 and 2015; outstanding – 65,674,754 shares in 2016 and 70,693,389 shares in 2015                                  9,858,000                                           
  treasury shares, at cost – 32,906,680 shares in 2016 and 27,888,045 shares in 2015                                  -1,514,832,000                                           
  inventories:                                                                             
  raw materials                                   80,214,000 85,249,000 86,314,000 86,708,000 102,339,000 107,672,000 96,857,000 105,733,000 103,913,000 108,698,000 114,429,000 118,267,000 119,007,000 121,512,000 114,381,000 130,582,000 125,821,000 105,718,000 85,969,000 76,503,000 78,896,000 72,162,000 63,391,000 76,932,000 114,920,000 106,498,000 96,673,000 97,446,000 108,891,000 108,669,000 101,962,000 90,149,000 74,046,000 80,603,000  82,424,000 63,604,000 52,116,000     
  work-in-process                                   45,080,000 45,770,000 44,355,000 43,124,000 42,309,000 42,764,000 37,779,000 42,756,000 39,868,000 45,794,000 44,355,000 45,617,000 44,302,000 49,228,000 53,596,000 55,653,000 54,655,000 48,618,000 41,290,000 42,015,000 39,239,000 33,172,000 33,857,000 38,369,000 59,051,000 57,894,000 62,939,000 50,028,000               
  finished goods                                   159,905,000 161,568,000 162,040,000 178,793,000 177,075,000 182,456,000 202,561,000 219,538,000 219,773,000 215,371,000 208,847,000 213,376,000 227,639,000 229,822,000 233,397,000 235,018,000 244,004,000 214,618,000 188,196,000 169,868,000 158,348,000 171,342,000 170,302,000 185,344,000 245,675,000 239,441,000 222,188,000 208,503,000 213,264,000 212,983,000 183,491,000 189,771,000 160,534,000 136,631,000  122,413,000 114,779,000 102,509,000     
  total inventory                                   285,199,000 292,587,000 292,709,000 308,625,000 321,723,000 332,892,000 337,197,000 368,027,000 363,554,000 369,863,000 367,631,000 377,260,000 390,948,000 400,562,000 401,374,000 421,253,000 424,480,000 368,954,000 315,455,000 288,386,000 276,483,000 276,676,000 267,550,000 300,645,000 419,646,000 403,833,000 381,800,000                
  land                                   47,416,000 46,157,000 46,821,000 45,803,000 45,494,000 44,826,000 47,286,000 48,861,000 48,316,000 45,539,000 44,102,000 44,113,000 43,690,000 42,818,000 44,041,000 43,224,000 45,401,000 44,908,000 43,895,000 40,302,000 42,357,000 43,191,000 42,186,000 39,673,000 41,414,000 43,198,000 42,130,000 40,843,000 37,685,000 35,684,000 27,575,000 25,183,000 20,865,000 17,635,000 18,034,000 16,589,000 15,635,000 15,715,000 15,900,000 15,336,000 14,520,000 12,489,000 
  buildings                                   343,104,000 340,763,000 362,426,000 365,707,000 361,811,000 355,104,000 361,489,000 371,828,000 375,041,000 367,090,000 354,400,000 353,874,000 338,521,000 333,301,000 337,713,000 322,974,000 330,215,000 323,933,000 303,269,000 286,781,000 292,421,000 287,979,000 269,503,000 259,903,000 262,142,000 269,502,000 262,831,000 249,731,000 239,357,000 232,452,000 213,043,000 205,290,000 199,900,000 182,630,000 184,008,000 174,606,000 161,615,000 160,819,000 161,215,000 155,045,000 152,569,000 136,124,000 
  machinery and equipment                                   712,709,000 706,821,000 718,062,000 704,965,000 693,768,000 679,853,000 703,082,000 735,424,000 724,295,000 720,913,000 719,983,000 724,256,000 730,993,000 731,228,000 741,026,000 723,778,000 742,662,000 731,341,000 694,837,000 668,181,000 686,180,000 686,905,000 657,792,000 633,066,000 665,434,000 681,958,000 654,946,000 613,391,000 600,999,000 585,851,000 561,342,000 552,183,000 532,091,000 554,768,000 553,203,000 533,206,000 520,611,000 506,740,000 501,851,000 485,324,000 478,508,000 435,580,000 
  less accumulated depreciation                                   718,412,000 709,874,000 713,483,000 694,535,000 671,744,000 656,763,000 661,841,000 674,252,000 668,365,000 654,869,000 642,333,000 641,169,000 634,180,000 630,869,000 635,908,000 613,720,000 625,467,000 610,362,000 582,208,000 558,821,000 566,255,000 556,669,000 539,662,000 514,576,000                   
  non-current assets                                   291,938,000 294,459,000 270,326,000 437,293,000 431,601,000 403,486,000 452,667,000 557,239,000 549,744,000 458,319,000 449,741,000 457,793,000 372,867,000 309,170,000 299,437,000 242,030,000 229,787,000 228,545,000 218,788,000 218,689,000 234,008,000 231,342,000                     
  long-term liabilities                                                                             
  other long-term liabilities                                   125,014,000 124,266,000 132,865,000 109,490,000 107,357,000 103,552,000 140,132,000 134,817,000 143,013,000 81,291,000 80,607,000 81,242,000 82,711,000 83,685,000 86,364,000 80,801,000 89,457,000 91,521,000 93,346,000 92,333,000 98,252,000 91,180,000 71,716,000 21,612,000 38,147,000 39,083,000 38,548,000 30,909,000 30,318,000 28,867,000 27,916,000 30,170,000 25,351,000 24,247,000 22,244,000 22,377,000 22,138,000 19,230,000 18,636,000 17,860,000 16,442,000 33,443,000 
  total long-term liabilities                                   484,845,000 485,197,000 482,971,000 478,693,000 282,952,000 133,128,000 164,339,000 158,877,000 169,951,000 209,627,000 212,977,000 241,001,000 262,629,000 281,560,000 302,760,000 168,659,000 193,667,000 206,710,000 279,778,000 290,391,000 316,796,000 336,931,000 329,811,000 341,851,000 230,854,000 234,784,000 234,786,000                
  accrued pensions                                      18,304,000 24,032,000 25,694,000 23,166,000 22,901,000 24,260,000 127,085,000 130,982,000 158,311,000 178,238,000 195,479,000 213,902,000 86,296,000 102,500,000 113,371,000 100,974,000 112,025,000 131,543,000 156,883,000 168,562,000 3,131,000 1,747,000 1,771,000 3,581,000 1,333,000 1,489,000 1,483,000 15,043,000 15,005,000 13,304,000 14,633,000 14,457,000  35,681,000 32,232,000 27,767,000 91,004,000 95,220,000  
  noncontrolling interests                                               15,907,000 15,728,000 16,271,000 16,080,000 16,764,000 16,286,000 15,629,000 15,017,000 13,366,000                      
  liabilities and shareholders’ equity                                                                             
  noncontrolling interest                                                        13,248,000 16,169,000 14,654,000                   
  total liabilities and shareholders’ equity                                                        1,751,978,000 1,652,382,000 1,628,649,000 1,927,127,000 1,937,641,000 1,795,651,000 1,626,432,000 1,550,424,000 1,451,958,000 1,355,618,000 1,323,808,000 1,152,519,000 1,086,546,000 1,059,164,000 1,083,211,000 1,038,306,000 963,005,000 928,866,000 939,540,000 932,137,000 915,583,000 
  total non-current assets                                                         262,869,000                    
  prepaid pensions                                                          2,553,000                   
  equity investments in affiliates                                                          56,291,000 65,194,000 65,683,000 62,184,000 56,571,000 53,352,000 50,664,000 45,454,000 43,175,000 39,275,000 37,813,000 36,863,000 36,911,000 35,605,000 35,333,000 34,251,000 32,821,000 31,575,000 26,056,000 
  long-term investments                                                          29,930,000 30,219,000 30,459,000 30,196,000 29,874,000 29,514,000 29,232,000 28,487,000 28,194,000 27,641,000          
  other non-current assets                                                          16,566,000                   
  total other assets                                                          258,875,000 279,053,000 279,945,000 269,973,000                
  accrued expenses                                                          26,700,000 29,435,000 31,752,000 27,393,000 24,313,000 23,686,000 23,374,000 21,684,000 20,235,000 20,202,000 19,387,000 15,953,000 15,142,000 15,004,000 15,233,000 14,172,000 13,259,000 12,556,000 12,396,000 
  accrued taxes, including income taxes                                                          22,383,000 16,926,000 14,385,000 30,249,000 23,416,000 23,184,000 30,546,000 42,707,000 47,794,000  40,895,000  54,757,000 43,016,000      
  accrued taxes                                                          40,514,000 38,257,000 40,707,000 36,984,000                
  preferred shares, without par value — at stated capital amount; authorized - 5,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding — none                                                                             
  common shares, without par value — at stated capital amount; authorized - 120,000,000 shares; issued - 49,290,717 shares in 2009 and 2008; outstanding - 42,513,921 shares in 2009 and 42,521,628 shares in 2008                                                          4,929,000                   
  treasury shares, at cost - 6,776,796 shares in 2009 and 6,769,089 shares in 2008                                                          -184,136,000                   
  less accumulated depreciation and amortization                                                           522,600,000 531,823,000 516,871,000 483,402,000               
  prepaid pension costs                                                           63,399,000 59,498,000 53,429,000 28,823,000 26,699,000 21,705,000 1,929,000 1,913,000 1,792,000 3,425,000 3,585,000 2,730,000 2,760,000 2,854,000 2,932,000 623,000 696,000 38,787,000 
  other                                                           16,167,000 16,271,000 17,883,000 10,459,000 10,196,000 9,685,000 8,206,000 7,991,000 12,492,000 35,622,000 35,444,000 35,522,000 29,751,000 30,957,000 29,722,000 31,873,000 30,730,000 28,118,000 
  common shares, without par value — at stated capital amount; authorized - 120,000,000 shares; issued - 49,290,717 shares in 2008 and 2007; outstanding - 42,819,061 shares in 2008 and 42,961,679 shares in 2007                                                           4,929,000                  
  accumulated other comprehensive income                                                           -8,052,000 56,937,000 42,873,000               -69,647,000 
  treasury shares, at cost - 6,471,656 shares in 2008 and 6,329,038 shares in 2007                                                           -166,013,000                  
  common shares, without par value — at stated capital amount; authorized - 120,000,000 shares; issued - 49,290,717 shares in 2008 and 2007; outstanding - 42,845,360 shares in 2008 and 42,961,679 shares in 2007                                                            4,929,000                 
  treasury shares, at cost - 6,445,357 shares in 2008 and 6,329,038 shares in 2007                                                            -161,895,000                 
  see notes to these consolidated financial statements.                                                                             
  common shares, without par value - at stated capital amount; authorized - 120,000,000 shares; issued - 49,290,717 shares in 2008 and 2007; outstanding - 42,722,381 shares in 2008 and 42,961,679 shares in 2007                                                             4,929,000                
  treasury shares, at cost - 6,568,336 shares in 2008 and 6,329,038 shares in 2007                                                             -164,398,000                
  accrued taxes, non-current                                                              34,504,000 37,397,000 33,778,000             
  preferred shares, without par value — at stated capital amount; authorized — 5,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding — none                                                                             
  common shares, without par value — at stated capital amount; authorized — 120,000,000 shares; issued — 49,290,717 shares in 2007 and in 2006; outstanding — 43,119,057 shares in 2007 and 42,806,429 shares in 2006                                                              4,929,000               
  treasury shares, at cost - 6,171,660 shares in 2007 and 6,484,288 shares in 2006                                                              -134,545,000               
  in-process                                                               52,972,000 51,423,000 51,452,000 51,123,000 34,474,000 31,744,000  25,745,000 26,061,000 23,311,000     
  less: accumulated depreciation and amortization                                                               473,979,000 458,242,000 437,967,000 428,271,000 413,684,000 443,399,000 439,129,000 421,942,000 408,514,000 403,286,000 396,631,000  371,057,000 316,272,000 
  common shares, without par value — at stated capital amount; authorized — 120,000,000 shares; issued — 49,290,717 shares in 2007 and in 2006; outstanding — 42,998,180 shares in 2007 and 42,806,429 shares in 2006                                                               4,929,000              
  treasury shares, at cost — 6,292,537 shares in 2007 and 6,484,288 shares in 2006                                                               -136,945,000              
  common shares, without par value — at stated capital amount; authorized - 120,000,000 shares; issued - 49,290,717 shares in 2007 and 2006; outstanding - 42,880,248 shares in 2007 and 42,806,429 shares in 2006                                                                4,929,000             
  treasury shares, at cost - 6,410,469 shares in 2007 and 6,484,288 shares in 2006                                                                -139,233,000             
  accrued pensions, current                                                                 21,878,000 21,279,000 777,000 14,368,000 21,163,000  10,000,000 20,000,000 30,000,000    
  preferred shares, without par value — at stated capital amount:                                                                             
  authorized — 5,000,000 shares as of september 30, 2006 and december 31, 2005; issued and outstanding — none                                                                             
  common shares, without par value — at stated capital amount:                                                                             
  authorized — 120,000,000 shares as of september 30, 2006 and december 31, 2005; issued — 49,290,717 shares as of september 30, 2006 and 49,282,306 shares as of december 31, 2005; outstanding — 42,644,533 shares as of september 30, 2006 and 42,181,021 shares as of december 31, 2005                                                                 4,929,000            
  treasury shares, at cost — 6,646,184 shares as of september 30, 2006 and 7,101,285 shares as of december 31, 2005                                                                 -143,273,000            
  authorized - 5,000,000 shares as of june 30, 2006 and december 31, 2005; issued and outstanding — none                                                                             
  authorized - 120,000,000 shares as of june 30, 2006 and december 31, 2005; issued - 49,282,306 shares as of june 30, 2006 and december 31, 2005; outstanding - 42,580,865 shares as of june 30,2006 and 42,181,021 shares as of december 31, 2005                                                                  4,928,000           
  treasury shares, at cost - 6,701,441 as of june 30, 2006 and 7,101,285 shares as of december 31, 2005                                                                  -144,309,000           
  taxes, including income taxes                                                                   37,100,000  35,789,000   37,547,000 35,637,000 34,487,000 36,358,000 40,125,000 
  authorized — 5,000,000 shares as of september 30, 2005 and december 31, 2004; issued and outstanding — none                                                                             
  authorized — 120,000,000 shares as of september 30, 2005 and december 31, 2004; issued — 49,282,306 shares as of september 30, 2005 and december 31, 2004; outstanding — 42,042,860 shares as of september 30, 2005 and 41,646,657 shares as of december 31, 2004                                                                   4,928,000          
  treasury shares, at cost — 7,239,446 shares as of september 30, 2005 and 7,635,649 shares as of december 31, 2004                                                                   -154,947,000          
  dividend payable                                                                    7,488,000  7,038,000 7,008,000 6,943,000 6,497,000 6,630,000 6,625,000 6,343,000 
  authorized — 5,000,000 shares as of march 31, 2005 and december 31, 2004; issued and outstanding — none                                                                             
  authorized — 120,000,000 shares as of march 31, 2005 and december 31, 2004; issued — 49,282,306 shares as of march 31, 2005 and december 31, 2004; outstanding — 41,601,773 shares as of march 31, 2005 and 41,646,657 shares as of december 31, 2004                                                                    4,928,000         
  treasury shares, at cost — 7,680,533 shares as of march 31, 2005 and 7,635,649 shares as of december 31, 2004                                                                    -161,709,000         
  accrued pension liabilities, current                                                                             
  accrued pension liabilities                                                                      38,232,000       
  preferred shares, without par value – at stated capital amount:                                                                             
  authorized – 5,000,000 shares as of september 30, 2004 and december 31, 2003; issued and outstanding – none                                                                             
  common shares, without par value – at stated capital amount:                                                                             
  authorized – 120,000,000 shares as of september 30, 2004 and december 31, 2003; issued – 49,282,306 shares as of september 30, 2004 and december 31, 2003; outstanding – 41,397,409 shares as of september 30, 2004 and 40,604,963 shares as of december 31, 2003                                                                      4,928,000       
  accumulated other comprehensive                                                                      -77,131,000 -80,965,000 -80,820,000 -77,277,000  -113,758,000  
  treasury shares, at cost – 7,884,897 shares as of september 30, 2004 and 8,677,343 shares as of december 31, 2003                                                                      -164,950,000       
  authorized – 5,000,000 shares as of june 30, 2004 and december 31, 2003; issued and outstanding – none                                                                             
  authorized – 120,000,000 shares as of june 30, 2004 and december 31, 2003; issued – 49,282,306 shares as of june 30, 2004 and december 31, 2003; outstanding – 41,221,020 shares as of june 30, 2004 and 40,604,963 shares as of december 31, 2003                                                                       4,928,000      
  treasury shares, at cost – 8,061,286 shares as of june 30, 2004 and 8,677,343 shares as of december 31, 2003                                                                       -168,421,000      
  authorized – 5,000,000 shares as of march 31, 2004 and december 31, 2003; issued and outstanding – none                                                                             
  authorized – 120,000,000 shares as of march 31, 2004 and december 31, 2003; issued – 49,282,306 shares as of march 31, 2004 and december 31, 2003; outstanding – 40,839,951 shares as of march 31, 2004 and 40,604,963 shares as of december 31, 2003                                                                        4,928,000     
  treasury shares, at cost – 8,442,355 shares as of march 31, 2004 and 8,677,343 shares as of december 31, 2003                                                                        -176,214,000     
  less: accumulated depreciation                                                                          380,395,000   
  notes payable to banks                                                                            11,808,000 

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