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The J. M. Smucker Company
(NYSE:SJM) 

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The J. M. Smucker Company manufactures and markets food and beverage products worldwide. It operates in four segments: U.S. Retail Pet Foods, U.S. Retail Coffee, U.S. Retail Consumer Foods, and International and Away From Home. The company offers pet food and snacks; mainstream roast, ground, single...

Founded: 1897
Full Time Employees: 7,300
Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Packaged Foods

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      net sales
    2,268,100,000 2,339,400,000 2,330,100,000 2,113,300,000 2,143,800,000 2,186,000,000 2,271,200,000 2,125,100,000 2,205,700,000 2,229,200,000 1,938,600,000 1,805,200,000 2,234,800,000 2,216,300,000 2,205,100,000 1,873,000,000 2,033,800,000 2,057,100,000 2,050,000,000 1,858,000,000 1,920,200,000 2,076,700,000 2,034,000,000 1,971,800,000 2,092,000,000 1,972,300,000 1,957,800,000 1,778,900,000 1,902,100,000 2,011,900,000 2,021,500,000 1,902,500,000 1,781,300,000 1,903,300,000 1,923,600,000 1,748,900,000 1,878,800,000 1,913,900,000 1,815,800,000 1,807,600,000 1,973,900,000 2,077,700,000 1,952,000,000 1,440,000,000 1,481,800,000 1,323,800,000 791.431 852.638 1,350,900,000 1,628,746,000 1,369,703,000 1,355,353,000 1,467,641,000 1,513,905,000 1,188,883,000 966,713,000 1,312,351,000 1,278,913,000 1,047,312,000 1,069,079,000 1,205,939,000 1,278,745,000 1,051,526,000 1,068,540,000 1,182,594,000 843,142,000 663,657,000 589,998,000 665,373,000 707,890,000 561,513,000 493,472,000 523,081,000 604,955,000 526,509,000 501,678,000 536,453,000 606,264,000 510,331,000 550,234,000 588,922,000 415,816,000 
      yoy
    5.80% 7.02% 2.59% -0.56% -2.81% -1.94% 17.16% 17.72% -1.30% 0.58% -12.09% -3.62% 9.88% 7.74% 7.57% 0.81% 5.92% -0.94% 0.79% -5.77% -8.21% 5.29% 3.89% 10.84% 9.98% -1.97% -3.15% -6.50% 6.78% 5.71% 5.09% 8.78% -5.19% -0.55% 5.94% -3.25% -4.82% -7.88% -6.98% 25.53% 33.21% 56.95% 246641711.27% 168887576.44% 9.69% -18.72% -100.00% -100.00% -7.95% 7.59% 15.21% 40.20% 11.83% 18.37% 13.52% -9.58% 8.82% 0.01% -0.40% 0.05% 1.97% 51.66% 58.44% 81.11% 77.73% 19.11% 18.19% 19.56% 27.20% 17.02% 6.65% -1.64% -2.49% -0.22% 3.17% -8.82% -8.91% 45.80%     
      qoq
    -3.05% 0.40% 10.26% -1.42% -1.93% -3.75% 6.87% -3.65% -1.05% 14.99% 7.39% -19.22% 0.83% 0.51% 17.73% -7.91% -1.13% 0.35% 10.33% -3.24% -7.54% 2.10% 3.15% -5.75% 6.07% 0.74% 10.06% -6.48% -5.46% -0.47% 6.25% 6.80% -6.41% -1.06% 9.99% -6.91% -1.83% 5.40% 0.45% -8.42% -5.00% 6.44% 35.56% -2.82% 11.94% 167266513.61% -7.18% -100.00% -17.06% 18.91% 1.06% -7.65% -3.06% 27.34% 22.98% -26.34% 2.61% 22.11% -2.04% -11.35% -5.69% 21.61% -1.59% -9.64% 40.26% 27.04% 12.48% -11.33% -6.01% 26.07% 13.79% -5.66% -13.53% 14.90% 4.95% -6.48% -11.51% 18.80% -7.25% -6.57% 41.63%  
      cost of products sold
    1,406,000,000 1,511,600,000 1,460,200,000 1,638,600,000 1,320,500,000 1,307,900,000 1,385,100,000 1,327,900,000 1,292,400,000 1,406,100,000 1,214,400,000 1,150,400,000 1,442,400,000 1,460,500,000 1,504,000,000 1,320,500,000 1,367,100,000 1,374,000,000 1,338,500,000 1,218,600,000 1,184,500,000 1,267,300,000 1,215,800,000 1,196,400,000 1,303,600,000 1,212,300,000 1,203,800,000 1,079,300,000 1,209,700,000 1,238,100,000 1,250,200,000 1,224,300,000 1,090,800,000 1,174,800,000 1,168,600,000 1,086,800,000 1,155,900,000 1,171,000,000 1,093,100,000 1,119,600,000 1,210,100,000 1,290,400,000 1,223,300,000 917,100,000 945,300,000 845,100,000 632.728 692.635 856,500,000 1,084,377,000 895,966,000 898,682,000 988,825,000 1,002,517,000 747,373,000 592,048,000 821,086,000 772,171,000 629,424,000 635,102,000 747,635,000 786,495,000 645,497,000 669,350,000 781,553,000 599,723,000 455,878,000 406,511,000 469,658,000 489,402,000 375,529,000 313,569,000 349,425,000 411,645,000 361,342,000 339,418,000 371,981,000 402,726,000 345,486,000 375,521,000 399,432,000 270,567,000 
      gross profit
    862,100,000 827,800,000 869,900,000 474,700,000 823,300,000 878,100,000 886,100,000 797,200,000 913,300,000 823,100,000 724,200,000 654,800,000 792,400,000 755,800,000 701,100,000 552,500,000 666,700,000 683,100,000 711,500,000 639,400,000 735,700,000 809,400,000 818,200,000 775,400,000 788,400,000 760,000,000 754,000,000 699,600,000 692,400,000 773,800,000 771,300,000 678,200,000 690,500,000 728,500,000 755,000,000 662,100,000 722,900,000 742,900,000 722,700,000 688,000,000 763,800,000 787,300,000 728,700,000 522,900,000 536,500,000 478,700,000 158.728 160.031 492,900,000 541,911,000 469,773,000 449,785,000 465,685,000 498,669,000 431,084,000 409,171,000 474,414,000 494,670,000 408,435,000 430,107,000 458,304,000 492,250,000 406,029,000 399,190,000 401,041,000 243,419,000 207,779,000 182,239,000 195,453,000 218,488,000 185,984,000 179,903,000 172,967,000 191,191,000 157,994,000 160,862,000 163,854,000 203,423,000 164,713,000 174,198,000 188,881,000 144,596,000 
      yoy
    4.71% -5.73% -1.83% -40.45% -9.85% 6.68% 22.36% 21.75% 15.26% 8.90% 3.29% 18.52% 18.85% 10.64% -1.46% -13.59% -9.38% -15.60% -13.04% -17.54% -6.68% 6.50% 8.51% 10.83% 13.86% -1.78% -2.24% 3.16% 0.28% 6.22% 2.16% 2.43% -4.48% -1.94% 4.47% -3.76% -5.35% -5.64% -0.82% 31.57% 42.37% 64.47% 459087143.59% 326749092.34% 8.85% -11.66% -100.00% -100.00% 5.84% 8.67% 8.97% 9.93% -1.84% 0.81% 5.55% -4.87% 3.52% 0.49% 0.59% 7.74% 14.28% 102.22% 95.41% 119.05% 105.19% 11.41% 11.72% 1.30% 13.00% 14.28% 17.72% 11.84% 5.56% -6.01% -4.08% -7.66% -13.25% 40.68%     
      qoq
    4.14% -4.84% 83.25% -42.34% -6.24% -0.90% 11.15% -12.71% 10.96% 13.66% 10.60% -17.36% 4.84% 7.80% 26.90% -17.13% -2.40% -3.99% 11.28% -13.09% -9.11% -1.08% 5.52% -1.65% 3.74% 0.80% 7.78% 1.04% -10.52% 0.32% 13.73% -1.78% -5.22% -3.51% 14.03% -8.41% -2.69% 2.80% 5.04% -9.92% -2.98% 8.04% 39.36% -2.53% 12.07% 301585001.56% -0.81% -100.00% -9.04% 15.36% 4.44% -3.41% -6.61% 15.68% 5.36% -13.75% -4.09% 21.11% -5.04% -6.15% -6.90% 21.24% 1.71% -0.46% 64.75% 17.15% 14.01% -6.76% -10.54% 17.48% 3.38% 4.01% -9.53% 21.01% -1.78% -1.83% -19.45% 23.50% -5.44% -7.77% 30.63%  
      gross margin %
    38.01% 35.39% 37.33% 22.46% 38.40% 40.17% 39.01% 37.51% 41.41% 36.92% 37.36% 36.27% 35.46% 34.10% 31.79% 29.50% 32.78% 33.21% 34.71% 34.41% 38.31% 38.98% 40.23% 39.32% 37.69% 38.53% 38.51% 39.33% 36.40% 38.46% 38.15% 35.65% 38.76% 38.28% 39.25% 37.86% 38.48% 38.82% 39.80% 38.06% 38.69% 37.89% 37.33% 36.31% 36.21% 36.16% 20.06% 18.77% 36.49% 33.27% 34.30% 33.19% 31.73% 32.94% 36.26% 42.33% 36.15% 38.68% 39.00% 40.23% 38.00% 38.49% 38.61% 37.36% 33.91% 28.87% 31.31% 30.89% 29.37% 30.86% 33.12% 36.46% 33.07% 31.60% 30.01% 32.06% 30.54% 33.55% 32.28% 31.66% 32.07% 34.77% 
      selling, distribution, and administrative expenses
    357,800,000 363,200,000 398,200,000 377,400,000 380,600,000 367,600,000 390,700,000 390,100,000 424,900,000 374,200,000 333,500,000 313,600,000 376,000,000 380,900,000 354,300,000 343,800,000 352,600,000 336,000,000 347,700,000 324,000,000 411,100,000 371,700,000 382,800,000 357,500,000 373,400,000 358,900,000 361,500,000 380,500,000 369,800,000 373,100,000 382,400,000 383,300,000 327,800,000 331,900,000 360,900,000 350,200,000 337,200,000 363,100,000 356,000,000 351,800,000 381,100,000 389,800,000 387,600,000 237,300,000 252,400,000 253,400,000   250,200,000 257,187,000 232,216,000 214,513,000 225,016,000 236,602,000 216,552,000 237,814,000 214,325,000 222,821,000 203,261,000 229,648,000 214,411,000 232,985,000 201,177,000 181,709,000 211,633,000 151,292,000 131,884,000 119,647,000 122,907,000 131,361,000 116,750,000 109,540,000 108,789,000 116,088,000 108,397,000 104,198,000 103,610,000 120,025,000 110,624,000 106,464,000 115,279,000 91,222,000 
      amortization
    59,900,000 50,300,000 50,200,000 50,200,000 53,600,000 53,900,000 55,800,000 56,000,000 56,000,000 55,700,000 39,600,000 39,800,000 40,100,000 55,600,000 55,600,000 55,600,000 57,500,000 55,300,000 55,400,000 55,400,000 56,900,000 57,000,000 59,500,000 59,600,000 59,900,000 58,800,000 58,800,000 58,800,000 60,400,000 59,700,000 59,700,000 60,500,000 52,100,000 51,600,000 51,600,000 51,500,000 51,700,000 51,800,000 51,700,000 50,200,000 52,200,000 53,000,000 53,000,000 25,200,000 25,200,000 24,900,000 1.1 24,500,000 24,203,000 24,191,000 25,235,000 22,031,000 20,559,000 20,235,000 18,144,000 18,515,000 18,501,000 18,497,000 18,398,000 18,570,000 18,312,000 18,377,000 16,803,000 20,558,000                  
      goodwill impairment charges
     507,500,000                                                                                 
      other intangible assets impairment charges
     454,200,000                        52,400,000    107,200,000                                                     
      other special project costs
    4,500,000 5,000,000 5,600,000 6,000,000 7,900,000 10,100,000 10,700,000 7,100,000 24,500,000 98,900,000 6,800,000  2,000,000 600,000 700,000 1,400,000 2,900,000 2,000,000 1,300,000 1,800,000 19,000,000 1,700,000   6,600,000 3,300,000 3,300,000 3,300,000 12,200,000 18,800,000 25,400,000 7,700,000 3,000,000 5,600,000 9,700,000 27,100,000 18,000,000 26,600,000 22,200,000 41,000,000 41,400,000 30,600,000 22,900,000 5,900,000 2,800,000 8,600,000     6,669,000                                
      loss on divestitures – net
        -900,000 50,200,000 260,800,000                                                                            
      other operating expense – net
    -4,600,000 -4,000,000 -2,600,000 -4,500,000 1,200,000 -12,200,000 -1,600,000 -5,500,000 -11,000,000 -3,100,000 45,400,000 -2,100,000 -10,700,000 800,000 -2,900,000 -28,000,000 -48,300,000 -11,200,000 -4,700,000 -1,200,000 6,200,000 -27,200,000 -4,900,000 -2,800,000 1,800,000 -2,400,000 600,000 -600,000 -1,500,000 -2,600,000 -26,700,000 -200,000 -1,300,000 -200,000 2,100,000 -500,000 2,600,000 -1,900,000  -7,750,000 -29,200,000 100,000 -1,900,000 -600,000 1,300,000 200,000                                     
      operating income
    444,500,000 -548,400,000 418,500,000 45,600,000 -599,100,000 -594,000,000 169,700,000 349,500,000 406,000,000 297,400,000 298,900,000 303,500,000 -633,500,000 317,900,000 293,400,000 179,700,000 302,000,000 150,600,000 311,800,000 259,400,000 238,700,000 406,200,000 380,800,000 361,100,000 346,700,000 289,000,000 329,800,000 257,600,000 153,600,000 217,600,000 330,500,000 226,900,000 308,900,000 162,700,000 330,700,000 233,800,000 237,700,000 303,300,000 293,800,000 246,100,000 318,300,000 313,800,000 267,100,000 255,100,000 254,800,000 191,600,000 109.815 103.519 213,300,000 247,542,000 190,525,000 185,600,000 200,366,000 211,614,000 180,703,000 172,744,000 212,962,000 240,036,000 165,167,000 180,764,000 209,641,000 230,964,000 168,561,000 157,447,000 135,459,000 86,297,000 71,828,000 62,757,000 68,941,000 83,987,000 68,489,000 69,519,000 64,377,000 74,298,000 48,866,000 54,040,000 47,697,000 77,330,000 49,672,000 59,745,000 68,466,000 48,256,000 
      yoy
    -174.19% -7.68% 146.61% -86.95% -247.56% -299.73% -43.23% 15.16% -164.09% -6.45% 1.87% 68.89% -309.77% 111.09% -5.90% -30.72% 26.52% -62.92% -18.12% -28.16% -31.15% 40.55% 15.46% 40.18% 125.72% 32.81% -0.21% 13.53% -50.28% 33.74% -0.06% -2.95% 29.95% -46.36% 12.56% -5.00% -25.32% -3.35% 10.00% -3.53% 24.92% 63.78% 243227145.82% 246428091.93% 19.46% -22.60% -100.00% -100.00% 6.46% 16.98% 5.44% 7.44% -5.91% -11.84% 9.41% -4.44% 1.58% 3.93% -2.01% 14.81% 54.76% 167.64% 134.67% 150.88% 96.49% 2.75% 4.88% -9.73% 7.09% 13.04% 40.16% 28.64% 34.97% -3.92% -1.62% -9.55% -30.33% 60.25%     
      qoq
    -181.05% -231.04% 817.76% -107.61% 0.86% -450.03% -51.44% -13.92% 36.52% -0.50% -1.52% -147.91% -299.28% 8.35% 63.27% -40.50% 100.53% -51.70% 20.20% 8.67% -41.24% 6.67% 5.46% 4.15% 19.97% -12.37% 28.03% 67.71% -29.41% -34.16% 45.66% -26.55% 89.86% -50.80% 41.45% -1.64% -21.63% 3.23% 19.38% -22.68% 1.43% 17.48% 4.70% 0.12% 32.99% 174475153.84% 6.08% -100.00% -13.83% 29.93% 2.65% -7.37% -5.32% 17.11% 4.61% -18.89% -11.28% 45.33% -8.63% -13.77% -9.23% 37.02% 7.06% 16.23% 56.97% 20.14% 14.45% -8.97% -17.91% 22.63% -1.48% 7.99% -13.35% 52.04% -9.57% 13.30% -38.32% 55.68% -16.86% -12.74% 41.88%  
      operating margin %
    19.60% -23.44% 17.96% 2.16% -27.95% -27.17% 7.47% 16.45% 18.41% 13.34% 15.42% 16.81% -28.35% 14.34% 13.31% 9.59% 14.85% 7.32% 15.21% 13.96% 12.43% 19.56% 18.72% 18.31% 16.57% 14.65% 16.85% 14.48% 8.08% 10.82% 16.35% 11.93% 17.34% 8.55% 17.19% 13.37% 12.65% 15.85% 16.18% 13.61% 16.13% 15.10% 13.68% 17.72% 17.20% 14.47% 13.88% 12.14% 15.79% 15.20% 13.91% 13.69% 13.65% 13.98% 15.20% 17.87% 16.23% 18.77% 15.77% 16.91% 17.38% 18.06% 16.03% 14.73% 11.45% 10.24% 10.82% 10.64% 10.36% 11.86% 12.20% 14.09% 12.31% 12.28% 9.28% 10.77% 8.89% 12.76% 9.73% 10.86% 11.63% 11.61% 
      interest expense – net
    -87,900,000 -94,500,000 -98,600,000 -100,200,000 -94,200,000 -95,400,000 -98,700,000 -100,400,000 -97,300,000 -99,800,000 -35,100,000 -32,100,000 -35,300,000 -37,900,000 -39,700,000 -39,100,000 -38,000,000 -39,500,000 -40,300,000 -43,100,000 -42,400,000 -43,500,000 -45,100,000 -46,100,000 -45,600,000 -45,100,000 -49,100,000 -49,400,000 -49,100,000 -51,600,000 -53,600,000 -53,600,000 -31,675,000 -43,100,000 -41,600,000 -42,000,000 -40,300,000 -41,000,000 -41,500,000 -32,650,000 -43,600,000 -42,600,000 -44,400,000 -16,800,000 -16,200,000 -17,400,000                                     
      other debt gains (charges) – net
        7,575,000 30,300,000                                                                             
      other income – net
    -29,000,000 -9,000,000 -1,500,000 -1,900,000 -3,700,000 -3,400,000 -4,200,000 -3,100,000 4,400,000 -2,100,000 5,100,000 -33,000,000 -9,800,000 -4,600,000 -800,000 500,000 -3,800,000 -1,500,000 -2,700,000 -11,100,000 -3,000,000 -1,200,000 -32,200,000 -1,400,000 -2,700,000 -1,400,000 -1,600,000 -1,500,000 -2,600,000 -8,800,000 -7,500,000 -200,000 -925,000 -3,600,000 2,700,000 -2,800,000 200,000 3,200,000 1,100,000 4,600,000 600,000 -1,600,000  100,000 300,000 1,300,000 1.3                        1,932,000   261,000      883,000 784,000 -1,205,000 
      income before income taxes
    327,600,000 -651,900,000 318,400,000 -56,500,000 -697,100,000 -662,500,000 66,800,000 246,000,000 313,100,000 195,500,000 249,400,000 238,400,000 -678,600,000 275,400,000 252,900,000 141,100,000 260,200,000 109,600,000 268,800,000 205,200,000 193,300,000 361,500,000 303,500,000 313,600,000 298,400,000 242,500,000 279,100,000 206,700,000 101,900,000 157,200,000 269,400,000 173,100,000 264,200,000 116,000,000 291,800,000 189,000,000 197,600,000 265,500,000 253,400,000 210,200,000 275,300,000 269,600,000 222,800,000 238,400,000 238,900,000 175,500,000 198.153 178.658 189,500,000 224,218,000 167,265,000 163,896,000 177,235,000 193,201,000 166,826,000 163,493,000 195,779,000 221,727,000 149,754,000 167,356,000 197,161,000 215,002,000 151,234,000 141,037,000 114,356,000 77,225,000 63,447,000 52,929,000 62,160,000 75,876,000 63,823,000 43,818,750 60,448,000 70,636,000 44,191,000        
      income tax expense
    -60,500,000 72,300,000 77,100,000 -12,600,000 31,900,000 -200,000 91,300,000 61,000,000 68,000,000 75,100,000 54,500,000 54,800,000 -77,900,000 66,900,000 61,800,000 31,300,000 58,100,000 39,900,000 62,800,000 51,300,000 46,300,000 100,000,000 72,700,000 76,600,000 72,100,000 55,100,000 67,900,000 52,100,000 30,400,000 35,800,000 80,900,000 40,100,000 -138,975,000 -715,300,000                                                 
      net income
    388,100,000 -724,200,000 241,300,000 -43,900,000 -729,000,000 -662,300,000 -24,500,000 185,000,000 245,100,000 120,400,000 194,900,000 183,600,000 -600,700,000 208,500,000 191,100,000 109,800,000 202,100,000 69,700,000 206,000,000 153,900,000 147,000,000 261,500,000 230,800,000 237,000,000 226,300,000 187,400,000 211,200,000 154,600,000 71,500,000 121,400,000 188,500,000 133,000,000 185,900,000 831,300,000 194,600,000 126,800,000 134,600,000 177,300,000 170,000,000 191,000,000 185,300,000 176,000,000 136,400,000 160,900,000 158,300,000 116,000,000 166.753 153.458 126,600,000 148,847,000 110,863,000 104,130,000 116,844,000 127,247,000 111,523,000 109,536,000 131,995,000 149,726,000 102,881,000 120,606,000 135,479,000 139,990,000 98,063,000 94,268,000 77,941,000 51,453,000 42,291,000 37,051,000 42,401,000 50,166,000 40,761,000 42,499,000 40,427,000 45,569,000 28,724,000 35,701,000 31,312,000 46,444,000 29,897,000 36,108,000 38,005,000 32,848,000 
      yoy
    -153.24% 9.35% -1084.90% -123.73% -397.43% -650.08% -112.57% 0.76% -140.80% -42.25% 1.99% 67.21% -397.23% 199.14% -7.23% -28.65% 37.48% -73.35% -10.75% -35.06% -35.04% 39.54% 9.28% 53.30% 216.50% 54.37% 12.04% 16.24% -61.54% -85.40% -3.13% 4.89% 38.11% 368.87% 14.47% -33.61% -27.36% 0.74% 24.63% 18.71% 17.06% 51.72% 81797528.83% 104849435.38% 25.04% -22.07% -100.00% -100.00% 8.35% 16.97% -0.59% -4.94% -11.48% -15.01% 8.40% -9.18% -2.57% 6.95% 4.91% 27.94% 73.82% 172.07% 131.88% 154.43% 83.82% 2.57% 3.75% -12.82% 4.88% 10.09% 41.91% 19.04% 29.11% -1.88% -3.92% -1.13% -17.61% 41.39%     
      qoq
    -153.59% -400.12% -649.66% -93.98% 10.07% 2603.27% -113.24% -24.52% 103.57% -38.22% 6.15% -130.56% -388.11% 9.11% 74.04% -45.67% 189.96% -66.17% 33.85% 4.69% -43.79% 13.30% -2.62% 4.73% 20.76% -11.27% 36.61% 116.22% -41.10% -35.60% 41.73% -28.46% -77.64% 327.18% 53.47% -5.79% -24.08% 4.29% -10.99% 3.08% 5.28% 29.03% -15.23% 1.64% 36.47% 69563865.87% 8.66% -100.00% -14.95% 34.26% 6.47% -10.88% -8.18% 14.10% 1.81% -17.02% -11.84% 45.53% -14.70% -10.98% -3.22% 42.76% 4.03% 20.95% 51.48% 21.66% 14.14% -12.62% -15.48% 23.07% -4.09% 5.13% -11.28% 58.64% -19.54% 14.02% -32.58% 55.35% -17.20% -4.99% 15.70%  
      net income margin %
    17.11% -30.96% 10.36% -2.08% -34.01% -30.30% -1.08% 8.71% 11.11% 5.40% 10.05% 10.17% -26.88% 9.41% 8.67% 5.86% 9.94% 3.39% 10.05% 8.28% 7.66% 12.59% 11.35% 12.02% 10.82% 9.50% 10.79% 8.69% 3.76% 6.03% 9.32% 6.99% 10.44% 43.68% 10.12% 7.25% 7.16% 9.26% 9.36% 10.57% 9.39% 8.47% 6.99% 11.17% 10.68% 8.76% 21.07% 18.00% 9.37% 9.14% 8.09% 7.68% 7.96% 8.41% 9.38% 11.33% 10.06% 11.71% 9.82% 11.28% 11.23% 10.95% 9.33% 8.82% 6.59% 6.10% 6.37% 6.28% 6.37% 7.09% 7.26% 8.61% 7.73% 7.53% 5.46% 7.12% 5.84% 7.66% 5.86% 6.56% 6.45% 7.90% 
      earnings per common share:
                                                                                      
      net income – assuming dilution
    3,640,000 -6,790,000 2,260,000 -410,000 -6,850,000 -6,220,000 -230,000 1,740,000 2,320,000 1,130,000 1,900,000 1,790,000 -5,630,000 1,950,000 1,790,000 1,030,000 1,870,000 640,000 1,900,000 1,420,000 1,370,000 2,320,000 2,020,000 2,080,000 1,990,000 1,640,000 1,850,000 1,360,000 630,000 1,070,000 1,660,000 1,170,000 1,630,000 7,320,000 1,710,000 1,120,000 1,160,000 1,520,000 1,460,000       1,140,000                         710   800      610 650 600 
      goodwill impairment charge
        198,575,000 794,300,000                                                                             
      other intangible assets impairment charge
        52,050,000 208,200,000           37,600,000 150,400,000                                                                 
      other debt costs
              -19,500,000                                                                        
      dividends declared per common share
                                637,500 850,000 850,000 850,000 780,000 780,000 780,000 780,000 750,000 750,000 750,000 670,000 670,000 670,000 670,000 640,000 640,000 640,000   580,000 520 520 360 480 480 480 310 440 400 400 262.5 350 350 350 1,490 320 5,320 320 225 300 300 300 210 280 280 280 202.5 270 270 270 250 250 250 
      impairment charges
                                    44,225,000 176,900,000   75,700,000                   -5,497,000 17,155,000   1,851,000 9,807,000                      
      income taxes
                                      97,200,000 62,200,000 63,000,000 88,200,000 83,400,000 19,200,000 90,000,000 93,600,000 86,400,000 77,500,000 80,600,000 59,500,000 31.4 25.2 62,900,000 75,371,000 56,402,000 59,766,000 60,391,000 65,954,000 55,303,000 53,957,000 63,784,000 72,001,000 46,873,000 46,750,000 61,682,000 75,012,000 53,171,000 46,769,000 36,415,000 25,772,000 21,156,000 15,878,000 19,759,000 25,710,000 23,062,000 23,230,000 20,021,000 25,067,000 15,467,000 12,159,000 18,260,000 26,115,000 15,682,000 19,994,000 23,472,000 15,861,000 
      other operating income – net
                                          -1,000,000        0.1                                    
      net income - assuming dilution
                                           1,040,000 1,550,000 1,470,000 1,140,000 1,580,000 1,550,000      1,000 780 1,030                              
      other income - net
                                              100,000        344,000 489,500 4,000                              
      selling, distribution, and administrative expenses, restructuring, and merger and integration costs
                                                  47.712 55.412                                   
      interest income – net
                                                                                      
      equity in net earnings of subsidiaries
                                                  105.837 95.539                                   
      other comprehensive income, net of tax
                                                   4.2                                   
      comprehensive income
                                                  155.455 149.761                                   
      other operating income—net
                                                   0.1 -900,000                                  
      interest income—net
                                                                                      
      other income—net
                                                    564,000                                 
      condensed statements of consolidated income and comprehensive income
                                                                                      
      cost of products sold—restructuring and merger and integration
                                                    1,500,000 2,458,000                                 
      other restructuring and merger and integration costs
                                                    5,800,000 11,473,000                                 
      interest expense—net
                                                    -23,800,000                                  
      net income—assuming dilution
                                                    1,190,000 1,360                                 
      loss on divestiture
                                                                                      
      other operating expense—net
                                                     1,506,000                                 
      interest income
                                                     378,000 278,000 414,000 464,000 324,000 302,000 1,009,000 779,000 572,000 433,000 426,000 310,000 686,000 1,371,000 1,932,000 1,822,000 1,901,000 1,338,000 2,244,000 3,694,000 3,826,000 3,495,000 2,600,000 2,629,000 2,001,000 1,995,000 1,772,000 1,709,000 1,329,000 1,820,000 1,044,000 667,000 741,000 
      interest expense
                                                     -24,266,000 -23,882,000 -22,827,000 -23,599,000 -19,448,000 -15,422,000 -12,011,000 -18,132,000 -18,505,000 -16,539,000 -14,527,000 -14,236,000 -17,473,000 -18,951,000 -18,461,000 -21,959,000 -11,314,000 -10,744,000 -10,410,000 -10,725,000 -10,917,000 -10,093,000 -5,682,000 -5,656,000 -5,924,000 -6,101,000 -5,910,000 -5,984,000 -6,025,000 -6,107,000 -6,154,000 -5,782,000 -4,457,000 
      cost of products sold - restructuring and merger and integration
                                                      3,964,000                                
      other restructuring costs
                                                      10,910,000 8,787,000 13,549,000 10,356,000 9,897,000 -33,022,000 8,414,000 8,345,000 18,104,000         1,631,000 705,000 588,000 313,000   805,000 731,000 -526,000 4,783,000 1,976,000 1,489,000 2,837,000 1,166,000 2,355,000 
      other merger and integration costs
                                                      6,269,000 12,475,000 5,873,000 6,871,000 4,685,000                            
      other operating income - net
                                                      -1,007,000                                
      cost of products sold - restructuring
                                                       8,373,000 12,022,000                              
      cost of products sold - merger and integration
                                                       696,000 1,109,000                              
      loss on sale of business
                                                       2,821,750  11,287,000                             
      other operating expense - net
                                                       -189,500 -1,150,000                              
      cost of products sold — restructuring
                                                         11,804,000 9,666,000 -34,506,000 16,851,000 12,072,000 9,453,000         1,248,000 262,000   2,495,250 689,000  7,173,000 1,398,000 618,000 115,000 132,000   653,000 
      cost of products sold — merger and integration
                                                         915,000 760,000                            
      other operating expense — net
                                                         1,380,000 -988,000 -6,529,000 297,000 2,194,000 750,000 -6,791,000 1,203,000 1,841,000 1,438,000 -8,500 325,000 -507,000 148,000                
      other income — net
                                                         711,000 1,243,000 1,751,000 170,000 -376,000 693,000 693,000 1,446,000 825,000 253,000 100,000 -966,000 341,000 1,025,000 -1,662,000 250,000 -1,020,000  -302,500 -902,000  -569,000 -2,042,000 6,150,000 -75,000 194,000    
      net income — assuming dilution
                                                         1,120 980 920 1,110 1,250 860 1,010 1,140 1,180 830 575 680 940 770 670 750 870  502.5 710  500 620 540 790 510    
      merger and integration costs
                                                           25,517,000 2,746,000 2,773,000 2,656,000 4,396,000 4,672,000 8,148,000 16,476,000 30,247,000 32,809,000 6,210,000 3,400,000 2,083,000 2,900,000 2,552,000 432,000     3,150,000 7,764,000 4,092,000 2,928,000 5,152,000 3,970,000 2,763,000 
      restructuring costs
                                                                   225,750 257,000 127,000 519,000                
      cost of products sold – restructuring
                                                                             2,119,000      515,000 609,000  
      other restructuring (credits) costs
                                                                           334,250 -199,000          
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
                                                                               47,860,000 49,572,000  45,579,000 55,518,000 64,135,000 43,335,000 
      income from continuing operations
                                                                               35,701,000 31,312,000 46,444,000 29,897,000 35,524,000 40,663,000 27,474,000 
      gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                                    -3,641,000  
      discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                                   584,000 983,000 -304,000 
      discontinued operations
                                                                                   10 -50 100 
      income from continuing operations — assuming dilution
                                                                               620 540 790 510    
      discontinued operations — assuming dilution
                                                                                      
      before income taxes
                                                                                 72,559,000     
      gain on sale of discontinued operation, net of tax
                                                                                     5,678,000 
      income from continuing operations – assuming dilution
                                                                                   600 690 500 
      discontinued operations – assuming dilution
                                                                                   10 -40 100 
      see notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                      
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        current assets
                                                                                       
        cash and cash equivalents
      58,600,000 52,800,000 62,800,000 39,300,000 69,900,000 47,200,000 49,200,000 39,500,000 62,000,000 35,900,000 3,623,900,000 241,100,000 655,800,000 104,200,000 27,100,000 151,600,000 169,900,000 284,300,000 155,300,000 168,800,000 334,300,000 501,500,000 405,600,000 396,600,000 391,100,000 74,400,000 48,800,000 48,800,000 101,300,000 206,500,000 171,200,000 192,000,000 192,600,000 186,200,000 180,300,000 183,200,000 139,600,000 121,800,000 109,600,000  140,500,000 139,000,000 133,600,000 111,700,000 105,300,000 149,400,000 18.3 157,500,000 203,555,000 311,474,000 108,281 370,428,000 496,288,000 102,475,000 319,845,000 549,583,000 487,463,000 522,773,000 283,570,000 125,561,000 409,708,000 289,772,000 456,693,000 359,907,000 166,312,000 142,699,000 184,175,000 327,664,000 287,123,000 206,662,000 200,119,000 152,168,000 77,701,000 96,140,000 71,956,000 89,246,000 42,361,000 47,487,000 55,452,000 32,509,000 45,530,000 
        trade receivables – net
      656,300,000 645,700,000 675,200,000 643,200,000 619,000,000 654,300,000 804,600,000 734,900,000 736,500,000 789,600,000 587,900,000 592,400,000 597,600,000 533,900,000 609,500,000 605,000,000 524,700,000 563,200,000 659,100,000 566,000,000 533,700,000 604,900,000 577,000,000 497,600,000                                                          
        inventories:
                                                                                       
        finished products
      584,100,000 647,100,000 796,800,000 779,800,000 680,000,000 575,600,000 622,500,000 666,100,000 639,400,000 601,300,000 696,400,000 692,100,000 657,600,000 786,100,000 845,000,000 793,600,000 704,400,000 635,300,000 695,500,000 700,800,000 607,600,000 563,500,000 639,700,000 615,800,000 563,500,000 615,100,000 667,300,000 659,000,000 590,800,000 582,400,000 635,400,000 660,400,000 542,100,000 584,600,000 655,200,000 640,200,000 641,900,000 669,900,000 622,200,000  622,200,000 716,000,000 778,000,000 575,400,000 656,000,000 692,700,000  702,500,000 613,191,000 647,156,000  630,611,000 704,537,000 753,054,000 518,243,000 445,527,000 518,809,000 495,586,000 413,269,000 409,896,000 505,356,000 497,619,000 409,592,000 400,032,000 335,647,000 341,071,000 280,568,000 238,132,000 282,266,000 267,694,000 196,177,000 181,485,000 201,579,000 200,536,000 197,583,000 206,104,000 225,679,000 215,388,000 188,425,000 203,397,000 204,451,000 
        raw materials
      542,400,000 524,000,000 557,400,000 606,200,000 529,400,000 510,700,000 461,900,000 471,700,000 399,500,000 386,300,000 388,500,000 401,300,000 352,200,000 455,400,000 513,400,000 519,200,000 384,900,000 406,800,000 404,700,000 404,700,000 352,300,000 334,400,000 354,100,000 379,200,000 331,800,000 343,700,000 346,000,000 354,300,000 319,500,000 342,300,000 330,800,000 357,000,000 312,300,000 324,500,000 356,500,000 341,100,000 353,700,000 358,500,000 392,400,000  319,800,000 335,400,000 372,800,000 368,800,000 409,200,000 391,800,000  356,800,000 362,236,000 372,183,000  360,204,000 439,414,000 460,767,000 345,336,000 289,748,000 303,805,000 270,341,000 241,670,000 253,540,000 256,684,000 289,223,000 194,334,000 258,419,000 164,961,000 130,697,000 99,040,000 110,145,000 117,692,000 121,400,000 89,875,000 95,804,000 98,548,000 104,527,000 100,038,000 115,380,000 123,240,000 128,821,000 113,038,000 125,914,000 123,616,000 
        total inventory
      1,126,500,000 1,171,100,000 1,354,200,000 1,386,000,000 1,209,400,000 1,086,300,000 1,084,400,000 1,137,800,000 1,038,900,000 987,600,000 1,084,900,000 1,093,400,000 1,009,800,000 1,241,500,000 1,358,400,000 1,312,800,000 1,089,300,000 1,042,100,000 1,100,200,000 1,105,500,000 959,900,000 897,900,000 993,800,000 995,000,000 895,300,000 958,800,000 1,013,300,000 1,013,300,000 910,300,000 924,700,000 966,200,000 1,017,400,000 854,400,000 909,100,000 1,011,700,000 981,300,000 995,600,000 1,028,400,000 1,014,600,000  942,000,000                                         
        other current assets
      131,700,000 119,000,000 233,300,000 333,400,000 248,300,000 187,500,000 117,300,000 168,900,000 129,500,000 110,900,000 134,700,000 110,100,000 107,700,000 148,200,000 255,900,000 218,300,000 226,200,000 98,600,000 94,200,000 112,600,000 113,800,000 74,400,000 90,700,000 95,600,000 134,900,000 92,200,000 74,700,000 77,700,000 109,800,000 92,400,000 87,900,000 92,200,000 122,400,000 91,900,000 112,200,000 93,900,000 134,300,000 137,200,000 93,500,000 5.9 212,100,000 210,200,000 233,200,000 85,800,000 102,100,000 101,800,000 365.35 55,800,000 87,713,000 78,591,000 334,220 80,026,000 91,299,000 73,183,000 109,165,000 52,273,000 48,169,000 49,435,000 46,254,000 52,151,000 48,351,000 58,318,000 72,235,000 66,832,000 70,942,000 37,920,000 49,998,000 37,161,000 33,313,000 26,797,000 29,147,000 34,850,000 45,752,000 37,873,000 39,022,000 52,417,000 48,690,000 45,840,000 31,493,000 21,506,000 11,324,000 
        total current assets
      1,973,100,000 1,988,600,000 2,325,500,000 2,401,900,000 2,146,600,000 1,975,300,000 2,055,500,000 2,081,100,000 1,966,900,000 1,924,000,000 5,864,100,000 2,496,800,000 2,858,700,000 2,027,800,000 2,250,900,000 2,287,700,000 2,010,100,000 1,988,200,000 2,008,800,000 1,952,900,000 1,941,700,000 2,078,700,000 2,067,100,000 1,984,800,000 1,972,700,000 1,602,700,000 1,659,200,000 1,613,500,000 1,625,200,000 1,726,200,000 1,787,200,000 1,805,800,000 1,555,000,000 1,609,900,000 1,785,800,000 1,692,100,000 1,690,900,000 1,805,200,000 1,740,700,000 149.1 1,798,400,000 2,006,000,000 2,025,500,000 1,515,600,000 1,725,800,000 1,728,200,000 383.62 1,629,900,000 1,736,062,000 1,800,328,000 442,501 1,805,993,000 2,193,707,000 1,739,772,000 1,636,999,000 1,689,060,000 1,854,186,000 1,700,628,000 1,223,630,000 1,122,826,000 1,631,338,000 1,442,439,000 1,398,891,000 1,344,297,000 1,005,360,000 835,080,000 776,207,000 854,317,000 943,697,000 915,194,000 639,366,000 581,926,000 607,003,000 676,380,000 571,495,000 600,837,000 647,034,000 618,815,000 587,577,000 620,854,000 573,700,000 
        property, plant, and equipment
                                                        220,354                               
        land and land improvements
      158,100,000 158,300,000 158,200,000 157,800,000 157,500,000 150,400,000 152,500,000 152,400,000 152,400,000 151,200,000 131,000,000 131,000,000 131,000,000 131,400,000 131,300,000 131,000,000 120,400,000 118,400,000 124,600,000 124,500,000 124,300,000 124,000,000 131,700,000 130,900,000 129,500,000 123,700,000 123,400,000 122,200,000 122,100,000 117,600,000 117,200,000 121,200,000 120,100,000 119,900,000 121,300,000 121,300,000 115,100,000 115,100,000 115,000,000  114,500,000 116,600,000 113,600,000 102,500,000 102,500,000 100,500,000  99,600,000 92,531,000 90,320,000  88,429,000 87,492,000 87,005,000 77,074,000 72,200,000 63,532,000 63,187,000 62,982,000 60,012,000 58,547,000 54,772,000 51,131,000 51,019,000 45,765,000 45,939,000 45,461,000 45,200,000 45,343,000 43,302,000 41,456,000 41,215,000 38,714,000 38,734,000 43,246,000 42,376,000 43,966,000 42,487,000 42,460,000 36,044,000 35,629,000 
        buildings and fixtures
      1,465,200,000 1,437,900,000 1,428,900,000 1,420,500,000 1,383,500,000 1,290,700,000 1,300,600,000 1,299,100,000 1,174,900,000 1,139,800,000 993,900,000 960,000,000 956,100,000 1,026,400,000 1,043,300,000 939,900,000 959,700,000 944,400,000 974,700,000 970,800,000 967,000,000 956,100,000 992,600,000 986,400,000 977,900,000 958,200,000 953,200,000 902,900,000 903,200,000 825,000,000 818,900,000 831,800,000 812,600,000 807,500,000 805,700,000 791,200,000 757,200,000 748,100,000 742,200,000  718,500,000 705,200,000 701,100,000 563,600,000 552,500,000 523,200,000  503,100,000 488,891,000 479,455,000  407,870,000 383,144,000 369,854,000 347,950,000 305,197,000 312,069,000 310,412,000 308,358,000 300,630,000 292,010,000 283,183,000 273,343,000 265,416,000 208,160,000 202,855,000 202,564,000 189,294,000 188,189,000 189,721,000 176,950,000 173,384,000 172,976,000 173,013,000 196,511,000 192,052,000 187,302,000 178,062,000 169,973,000 184,456,000 179,175,000 
        machinery and equipment
      3,456,900,000 3,447,100,000 3,379,700,000 3,336,700,000 3,257,100,000 3,182,100,000 3,121,600,000 2,982,700,000 2,933,700,000 2,879,600,000 2,508,000,000 2,446,900,000 2,443,500,000 2,654,300,000 2,635,600,000 2,494,600,000 2,503,300,000 2,466,300,000 2,508,200,000 2,486,400,000 2,469,700,000 2,414,500,000 2,492,100,000 2,434,600,000 2,398,300,000 2,369,000,000 2,354,400,000 2,354,700,000 2,185,000,000 2,154,800,000 2,122,000,000 2,189,400,000 2,111,500,000 2,049,200,000 2,045,800,000 2,001,400,000 1,961,600,000 1,931,300,000 1,893,700,000  1,850,600,000 1,864,700,000 1,811,000,000 1,475,300,000 1,448,100,000 1,403,400,000  1,354,300,000 1,232,933,000 1,209,402,000  1,154,037,000 1,077,776,000 1,064,316,000 1,022,670,000 1,025,301,000 1,019,695,000 1,007,798,000 997,374,000 987,556,000 939,654,000 921,689,000 901,614,000 888,588,000 614,117,000 607,374,000 586,502,000 575,812,000 570,657,000 554,408,000 536,825,000 527,259,000 528,126,000 519,301,000 563,712,000 544,026,000 550,950,000 540,342,000 494,499,000 500,385,000 449,356,000 
        construction in progress
      546,100,000 547,900,000 558,700,000 545,800,000 619,400,000 712,100,000 739,800,000 833,900,000 911,700,000 874,400,000 746,600,000 697,400,000 629,400,000 489,600,000 409,200,000 545,700,000 527,800,000 406,300,000 362,400,000 305,200,000 282,300,000 252,700,000 205,700,000 217,500,000 232,600,000 194,900,000 171,600,000 178,000,000 321,800,000 325,500,000 284,900,000 253,900,000 212,100,000 153,200,000 104,900,000 98,700,000 66,600,000 66,200,000 73,000,000  73,100,000 89,800,000 100,700,000 167,800,000 165,200,000 179,900,000  54,800,000 110,920,000 111,840,000  171,604,000 129,348,000 103,805,000 76,778,000 77,654,000 57,960,000 43,822,000 31,426,000 34,867,000 71,295,000 45,399,000 48,593,000 59,964,000 47,362,000 41,494,000 39,516,000 44,690,000 41,533,000 30,516,000 25,284,000 23,543,000 17,758,000 20,707,000 20,994,000 29,706,000 28,860,000 29,967,000 44,535,000 34,503,000 72,844,000 
        gross property, plant, and equipment
      5,626,300,000 5,591,200,000 5,525,500,000 5,460,800,000 5,417,500,000 5,335,300,000 5,314,500,000 5,268,100,000 5,172,700,000 5,045,000,000 4,379,500,000 4,235,300,000 4,160,000,000 4,301,700,000 4,219,400,000 4,111,200,000 4,111,200,000 3,935,400,000 3,969,900,000 3,886,900,000 3,843,300,000 3,747,300,000 3,822,100,000 3,769,400,000 3,738,300,000 3,645,800,000 3,602,600,000 3,557,800,000 3,532,100,000 3,422,900,000 3,343,000,000 3,396,300,000 3,256,300,000 3,129,800,000 3,077,700,000 3,012,600,000 2,900,500,000 2,860,700,000 2,823,900,000  2,756,700,000                                         
        accumulated depreciation
      -2,594,200,000 -2,586,900,000 -2,502,400,000 -2,413,800,000 -2,337,900,000 -2,283,600,000 -2,227,900,000 -2,172,800,000 -2,100,000,000 -2,040,100,000 -1,990,200,000 -1,945,700,000 -1,920,500,000 -2,027,400,000 -2,020,800,000 -1,972,400,000 -1,979,500,000 -1,939,900,000 -1,954,700,000 -1,898,500,000 -1,841,800,000 -1,809,500,000 -1,865,800,000 -1,820,800,000 -1,768,900,000 -1,734,100,000 -1,687,100,000 -1,648,600,000 -1,619,700,000 -1,575,000,000 -1,524,300,000 -1,568,400,000  -1,496,100,000 -1,462,000,000 -1,416,900,000 -1,326,200,000 -1,274,000,000 -1,225,400,000  -1,132,800,000 -1,114,800,000 -1,069,600,000 -985,900,000 -963,300,000 -932,300,000  -872,600,000 -811,829,000 -789,981,000  -757,641,000 -729,535,000 -699,293,000 -656,590,000 -639,285,000 -612,161,000 -578,027,000 -541,827,000 -515,443,000 -488,420,000 -466,653,000 -436,248,000 -423,386,000 -401,402,000 -391,743,000 -377,747,000 -365,548,000 -352,926,000 -337,529,000 -326,487,000 -312,127,000 -299,711,000 -295,453,000 -296,728,000 -284,099,000 -283,284,000 -268,894,000 -243,634,000 -235,756,000 -226,375,000 
        total property, plant, and equipment
      3,032,100,000 3,004,300,000 3,023,100,000 3,047,000,000 3,079,600,000 3,051,700,000 3,086,600,000 3,095,300,000 3,072,700,000 3,004,900,000 2,389,300,000 2,289,600,000 2,239,500,000 2,274,300,000 2,198,600,000 2,138,800,000 2,131,700,000 1,995,500,000 2,015,200,000 1,988,400,000 2,001,500,000 1,937,800,000 1,956,300,000 1,948,600,000 1,969,400,000 1,911,700,000 1,915,500,000 1,909,200,000 1,912,400,000 1,847,900,000 1,818,700,000 1,827,900,000 1,729,100,000 1,633,700,000 1,615,700,000 1,595,700,000 1,574,300,000 1,586,700,000 1,598,500,000  1,623,900,000 1,661,500,000 1,656,800,000 1,323,300,000 1,305,000,000 1,274,700,000  1,139,200,000 1,113,446,000 1,101,036,000  1,064,299,000 948,225,000 925,687,000 867,882,000 841,067,000 841,095,000 847,192,000 858,313,000 867,622,000 873,086,000 838,390,000 838,433,000 841,601,000 514,002,000 505,919,000 496,296,000 489,448,000 492,796,000 480,418,000 454,028,000 453,274,000 457,863,000 456,302,000 527,735,000 524,061,000 527,794,000 521,964,000 507,833,000 519,632,000 510,629,000 
        other noncurrent assets
      176,700,000 171,900,000 170,600,000 166,700,000 164,800,000 159,300,000 159,300,000 158,200,000 154,200,000 157,900,000 149,400,000 144,000,000 144,000,000 138,000,000 138,200,000 138,400,000 138,700,000 141,500,000 140,300,000 130,700,000 134,200,000 148,700,000 151,900,000 148,300,000 146,400,000 149,600,000 146,800,000 145,300,000 144,000,000 155,600,000 168,100,000 162,300,000 158,400,000 165,400,000 162,900,000 157,400,000 199,800,000 199,000,000 197,500,000 10.4 199,300,000 186,400,000 183,000,000 147,900,000 157,700,000 149,000,000 70.913 149,500,000 147,640,000 145,475,000 59,992 98,091,000 76,440,000 80,090,000 66,948,000 64,632,000 61,277,000 57,209,000 58,665,000 61,815,000 61,177,000 52,173,000 51,657,000 101,150,000 97,185,000 93,420,000 94,859,000               
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      148,800,000 153,000,000 155,000,000 120,100,000 115,400,000 121,400,000 148,700,000 164,500,000 174,600,000 182,300,000 158,400,000 169,200,000 103,000,000 82,900,000 86,700,000 98,100,000 106,500,000 113,400,000 123,800,000 133,500,000 142,000,000 147,900,000 129,800,000 138,300,000 148,400,000 168,000,000 153,200,000 149,200,000                                                      
        goodwill
      5,205,000,000 5,204,600,000 5,707,700,000 5,709,400,000 5,710,000,000 6,569,700,000 7,396,100,000 7,649,500,000 7,649,900,000 7,667,800,000 5,213,200,000 5,221,200,000 5,216,900,000 6,010,100,000 6,006,300,000 6,016,700,000 6,015,800,000 6,017,800,000 6,022,300,000 6,021,000,000 6,023,600,000 6,016,900,000 6,311,800,000 6,310,700,000 6,304,500,000 6,312,800,000 6,313,600,000 6,313,300,000 6,310,900,000 6,438,900,000 6,474,700,000 6,621,900,000 5,942,200,000 5,949,400,000 6,086,500,000 6,092,100,000 6,084,700,000 6,080,000,000 6,084,600,000  5,944,900,000 6,001,700,000 6,001,400,000 3,134,900,000 3,142,600,000 3,098,600,000 1,082 3,051,300,000 3,053,549,000 3,053,246,000 981,606 3,033,531,000 2,897,981,000 2,903,713,000 2,812,746,000 2,808,684,000 2,807,418,000 2,806,888,000 2,807,730,000 2,804,305,000 2,802,827,000 2,802,806,000 2,791,391,000 2,688,849,000 1,121,406,000 1,149,494,000 1,132,476,000 1,110,341,000 1,118,334,000 1,069,717,000 990,771,000 988,797,000 990,562,000 955,452,000 940,967,000 950,253,000 949,317,000 948,431,000 934,041,000 1,007,118,000 995,410,000 
        other intangible assets – net
      5,683,700,000 5,743,300,000 6,246,400,000 6,296,800,000 6,346,900,000 6,511,100,000 6,779,600,000 7,199,600,000 7,255,400,000 7,310,300,000 4,349,300,000 4,391,000,000 4,429,300,000 5,484,400,000 5,538,600,000 5,597,000,000 5,652,200,000 5,710,000,000 5,930,400,000 5,985,200,000 6,041,200,000 6,099,400,000 6,312,800,000 6,371,600,000 6,429,000,000 6,491,400,000 6,602,700,000 6,661,100,000 6,718,800,000 6,759,000,000 6,925,500,000 7,095,100,000 5,916,500,000 5,970,800,000 6,051,100,000 6,104,300,000 6,262,000,000 6,387,300,000 6,440,500,000  6,715,000,000 6,839,200,000 6,891,700,000 2,973,900,000 3,003,700,000 2,999,700,000 506.6    435,713                               
        total other noncurrent assets
      11,214,200,000 11,272,800,000 12,279,700,000 12,293,000,000 12,337,100,000 13,398,600,000 14,878,000,000 15,171,800,000 15,234,100,000 15,318,300,000 9,870,300,000 9,925,400,000 9,893,200,000 11,715,400,000 11,769,800,000 11,850,200,000 11,913,200,000 11,982,700,000 12,216,800,000 12,270,400,000 12,341,000,000 12,412,900,000 12,906,300,000 12,968,900,000 13,028,300,000 13,121,800,000 13,216,300,000 13,268,900,000 13,173,700,000 13,353,500,000 13,568,300,000 13,879,300,000 12,017,100,000 12,085,600,000 12,300,500,000 12,353,800,000 12,546,500,000 12,666,300,000 12,722,600,000 10.4 12,859,200,000 13,027,300,000 13,076,100,000 6,256,700,000 6,304,000,000 6,247,300,000 1,659.513 6,264,800,000 6,339,245,000 6,360,746,000 1,477,311 6,365,582,000 6,073,488,000 6,116,564,000 5,819,704,000 5,828,621,000 5,858,069,000 5,871,284,000 5,892,910,000 5,908,984,000 5,933,990,000 5,953,930,000 5,954,837,000 6,060,645,000 1,856,979,000 1,891,322,000 1,857,378,000 1,818,488,000 1,846,914,000 1,806,620,000 1,600,429,000 1,620,678,000 1,624,741,000 1,585,356,000 1,550,514,000 1,541,406,000 1,545,569,000 1,545,780,000 1,535,670,000 1,716,134,000 1,679,311,000 
        total assets
      16,219,400,000 16,265,700,000 17,628,300,000 17,741,900,000 17,563,300,000 18,425,600,000 20,020,100,000 20,348,200,000 20,273,700,000 20,247,200,000 18,123,700,000 14,711,800,000 14,991,400,000 16,017,500,000 16,219,300,000 16,276,700,000 16,055,000,000 15,966,400,000 16,240,800,000 16,211,700,000 16,284,200,000 16,429,400,000 16,929,700,000 16,902,300,000 16,970,400,000 16,636,200,000 16,791,000,000 16,791,600,000 16,711,300,000 16,927,600,000 17,174,200,000 17,513,000,000 15,301,200,000 15,329,200,000 15,702,000,000 15,641,600,000 15,811,700,000 16,058,200,000 16,061,800,000 5,469.1 16,281,500,000 16,694,800,000 16,758,400,000 9,095,600,000 9,334,800,000 9,250,200,000 7,776.95 9,033,900,000                                  
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                       
        current liabilities
                                             78.9       371.28    323,608                               
        accounts payable
      1,175,100,000 1,125,600,000 1,109,700,000 1,234,100,000 1,288,700,000 1,133,300,000 1,233,800,000 1,244,100,000 1,336,200,000 1,252,700,000 1,250,300,000 1,301,000,000 1,392,600,000 1,231,000,000 1,260,600,000 1,242,600,000 1,193,300,000 1,006,800,000 1,031,000,000 1,041,200,000 1,034,100,000 896,700,000 857,200,000 780,600,000 782,000,000 575,000,000 521,800,000 503,100,000 591,000,000 519,600,000 552,400,000 532,100,000 512,100,000 471,200,000 507,400,000 477,600,000 428,500,000 435,800,000 452,000,000  371,000,000 341,400,000 347,100,000 232,300,000 251,300,000 279,400,000  264,800,000 290,054,000 283,201,000  232,415,000 260,653,000 288,082,000 234,916,000 174,882,000 194,194,000 183,600,000 179,509,000 150,441,000 200,094,000 196,129,000 198,954,000 176,399,000 146,799,000 154,942,000 119,844,000 114,634,000 133,179,000 108,731,000 93,500,000 80,619,000 94,085,000 95,028,000 88,963,000 80,608,000 141,392,000 123,987,000 100,872,000 117,727,000 101,919,000 
        accrued compensation
      115,100,000    118,000,000    151,500,000    112,900,000    91,800,000    139,900,000    99,800,000    85,000,000    79,800,000                      62,313,000    60,080,000                       
        accrued trade marketing and merchandising
      175,900,000 198,600,000 217,300,000 210,600,000 188,800,000 207,100,000 238,000,000 202,000,000 214,300,000 239,900,000 185,500,000 171,800,000 187,700,000 215,100,000 192,600,000 201,200,000 193,800,000 208,300,000 209,800,000 194,900,000 200,600,000 246,400,000 258,600,000 188,300,000 167,500,000 198,700,000 214,200,000 205,300,000 142,700,000 117,100,000 119,200,000 141,600,000 101,600,000 117,300,000 138,200,000 162,400,000 147,600,000 180,000,000 176,300,000  145,300,000 140,500,000 113,500,000 17,400,000 37,200,000 59,900,000  83,100,000 131,233,000 115,040,000  54,091,000 97,023,000 81,362,000 62,588,000 82,254,000 113,890,000 79,238,000 52,536,000 112,490,000 144,996,000  54,281,000    32,350,000    24,672,000    29,185,000       
        dividends payable
      116,900,000    114,600,000    112,800,000    106,300,000    105,300,000    97,400,000    100,300,000    96,700,000    88,600,000                      50,236,000    47,648,000    41,448,000    17,479,000    17,034,000    15,946,000       
        current portion of long-term debt
      150,000,000     999,900,000 999,700,000 999,500,000 999,300,000           751,600,000 1,152,900,000 755,400,000 957,300,000 399,800,000  499,800,000 799,500,000 799,000,000 798,500,000 299,300,000     499,600,000 499,300,000        24,000,000    150,000,000 50,000,000 50,000,000        10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 210,247,000 200,986,000 276,726,000 277,466,000 75,000,000 75,000,000    33,000,000 33,000,000 33,000,000 33,000,000      17,000,000 17,000,000  
        short-term borrowings
      420,900,000 486,900,000 748,200,000 951,600,000 640,800,000 461,900,000 488,000,000 697,000,000 591,000,000 418,000,000     302,000,000 388,000,000 180,000,000 94,000,000 320,000,000 366,000,000 82,000,000 166,000,000 280,000,000 296,000,000 248,000,000 310,000,000 327,900,000 295,900,000 426,000,000 504,000,000 390,000,000 530,000,000 144,000,000 254,000,000 463,900,000 283,900,000 142,000,000 406,000,000 306,000,000  138,000,000 370,000,000 302,600,000 264,000,000 545,900,000                                     
        other current liabilities
      384,300,000 546,200,000 551,200,000 557,600,000 301,100,000 487,200,000 603,700,000 621,400,000 315,500,000 516,200,000 365,400,000 438,500,000 154,000,000 260,200,000 268,400,000 306,200,000 148,500,000 315,800,000 288,800,000 368,300,000 119,500,000 428,700,000 304,200,000 372,500,000 153,000,000 452,200,000 402,300,000 444,300,000 201,600,000 376,400,000 372,900,000 340,300,000 107,700,000 247,400,000 245,400,000 327,700,000 279,100,000 284,500,000 354,100,000  351,700,000 280,800,000 295,900,000 172,400,000 169,700,000 210,000,000  220,200,000 234,779,000 262,228,000  207,829,000 187,245,000 160,715,000 64,917,000 165,621,000 168,835,000 181,398,000 53,147,000 195,352,000 201,765,000 253,638,000 60,886,000 319,660,000 245,532,000 173,811,000 32,752,000 129,289,000 159,992,000 142,154,000 28,417,000 133,876,000 157,328,000 146,113,000 24,564,000 146,740,000 176,043,000 197,699,000 188,472,000 220,681,000 187,002,000 
        total current liabilities
      2,538,200,000 2,357,300,000 2,626,400,000 2,953,900,000 2,652,000,000 3,289,400,000 3,563,200,000 3,764,000,000 3,761,100,000 2,467,400,000 1,834,400,000 1,947,200,000 1,986,700,000 1,740,700,000 2,059,700,000 2,177,200,000 1,952,800,000 1,664,600,000 1,890,500,000 2,763,200,000 2,867,500,000 2,532,400,000 2,692,800,000 2,073,100,000 1,587,100,000 2,077,400,000 2,310,100,000 2,290,800,000 2,341,500,000 1,816,400,000 1,434,500,000 1,544,000,000 1,033,800,000 1,089,900,000 1,854,500,000 1,750,900,000 997,200,000 1,306,300,000 1,288,400,000  1,006,000,000 1,132,700,000 1,059,100,000 710,100,000 1,004,100,000 1,019,300,000  803,100,000 706,066,000 710,469,000  494,335,000 544,921,000 875,234,000 482,676,000 422,757,000 476,919,000 454,236,000 478,897,000 468,283,000 1,107,102,000 1,000,753,000 1,061,236,000 1,123,525,000 467,331,000 403,753,000 239,397,000 243,923,000 293,171,000 283,885,000 236,468,000 247,495,000 284,413,000 289,745,000 235,440,000 265,097,000 357,225,000 356,000,000 381,483,000 458,841,000 408,030,000 
        noncurrent liabilities
                                                                                       
        long-term debt, less current portion
      6,392,800,000    7,036,800,000 6,385,500,000 6,776,800,000 6,775,300,000 6,773,700,000        4,310,600,000 4,309,700,000 4,308,800,000 3,517,500,000 3,516,800,000 3,915,300,000 3,914,500,000 4,672,800,000 5,373,300,000 4,583,300,000 4,584,500,000 4,685,300,000 4,686,300,000 5,285,800,000   4,688,000,000 4,688,500,000 4,294,100,000 4,444,800,000                                              
        defined benefit pensions
      50,600,000    53,000,000    54,100,000    62,100,000    114,900,000    151,900,000    179,300,000    139,100,000    144,100,000                      98,722,000    86,968,000    66,401,000    47,978,000    45,881,000    37,656,000       
        other postretirement benefits
      44,300,000    45,800,000    44,300,000    49,100,000    54,200,000    64,300,000    70,000,000    65,000,000    61,900,000                                                 
        deferred income taxes
      1,459,600,000 1,541,100,000 1,614,300,000 1,573,500,000 1,548,600,000 1,592,900,000 1,664,600,000 1,740,800,000 1,737,400,000 1,769,300,000 1,123,600,000 1,130,800,000 1,138,900,000 1,323,600,000 1,326,800,000 1,326,900,000 1,325,800,000 1,334,500,000 1,351,600,000 1,348,800,000 1,349,300,000 1,302,900,000 1,357,100,000 1,353,900,000 1,351,600,000 1,364,200,000 1,377,600,000 1,387,200,000 1,398,600,000 1,449,600,000 1,525,300,000 1,550,200,000 1,377,200,000 1,380,600,000 2,172,200,000 2,170,100,000 2,246,300,000 2,245,000,000 2,245,100,000  2,461,800,000 2,477,300,000 2,522,200,000 1,025,600,000 1,028,200,000 1,019,900,000 91.4 979,800,000 996,874,000 995,391,000 104,822 1,029,921,000 1,031,280,000 1,038,319,000 1,042,823,000 1,104,498,000 1,103,991,000 1,104,285,000 1,101,506,000 1,151,769,000 1,150,228,000 1,149,669,000 1,145,808,000 1,176,563,000 168,226,000 172,149,000 175,950,000 158,943,000 159,139,000 154,967,000 158,418,000 150,632,000 153,518,000 153,048,000 155,579,000 135,352,000 110,053,000 110,368,000 71,920,000 219,723,000  
        noncurrent operating lease liabilities
      125,300,000 126,100,000 125,600,000 90,700,000 84,100,000 89,800,000 117,800,000 133,800,000 143,500,000 151,400,000 132,900,000 141,100,000 77,200,000 56,300,000 59,400,000 68,300,000 76,200,000 84,000,000 94,100,000 103,900,000 112,800,000 120,200,000 105,700,000 112,500,000 120,000,000 133,500,000 116,200,000 112,900,000                                                      
        other noncurrent liabilities
      64,800,000 163,800,000 162,000,000 159,600,000 60,400,000 160,700,000 159,100,000 164,800,000 65,700,000 177,900,000 172,200,000 174,200,000 72,400,000 248,600,000 243,700,000 248,500,000 80,400,000 306,700,000 309,400,000 308,000,000 96,800,000 347,000,000 344,600,000 344,800,000 98,200,000 307,400,000 307,300,000 307,700,000 110,300,000 354,200,000 299,300,000 303,100,000 105,100,000 366,000,000 344,900,000 343,900,000 381,300,000 381,400,000 386,700,000 17.9 341,900,000 357,100,000 352,400,000 243,900,000 246,700,000 245,500,000 230.018 308,800,000 313,870,000 312,922,000 212,303 256,276,000 204,018,000 201,727,000 44,173,000 168,192,000 168,431,000 165,475,000 35,570,000 139,136,000 145,730,000 140,007,000 30,603,000 121,515,000 115,294,000 125,189,000 35,436,000 118,359,000 121,992,000 125,788,000 18,407,000 108,977,000 102,841,000 101,854,000 8,641,000 94,899,000 94,786,000 95,207,000 66,803,000 65,948,000 280,836,000 
        total noncurrent liabilities
      8,137,400,000 8,672,300,000 8,941,700,000 8,862,100,000 8,828,700,000 8,228,900,000 8,823,800,000 8,814,700,000 8,818,700,000 10,219,700,000 9,200,400,000 5,761,200,000 5,713,900,000 5,941,800,000 5,942,300,000 5,955,200,000 5,962,100,000 6,034,900,000 6,063,900,000 5,278,200,000 5,291,900,000 5,685,400,000 5,721,900,000 6,484,000,000 7,192,400,000 6,388,400,000 6,385,600,000 6,493,100,000 6,399,300,000 7,089,600,000 7,709,700,000 8,038,200,000 6,376,300,000 6,435,100,000 6,811,200,000 6,958,800,000 7,572,600,000 7,571,800,000 7,677,500,000 17.9 7,950,000,000 8,328,900,000 8,569,300,000 3,161,300,000 3,165,700,000 3,146,500,000 2,200.818 3,155,700,000 3,329,940,000 3,328,188,000 2,337,668 3,357,399,000 3,307,150,000 2,558,535,000 2,549,546,000 2,572,690,000 2,572,422,000 2,569,760,000 2,169,636,000 2,190,905,000 2,195,958,000 2,199,676,000 2,190,994,000 2,208,078,000 1,396,725,000 1,011,283,000 1,090,631,000 1,067,726,000 1,072,295,000 1,072,658,000 661,698,000 652,992,000 650,481,000 682,764,000 686,245,000 659,592,000 634,920,000 636,396,000 571,023,000 718,748,000 731,999,000 
        total liabilities
      10,675,600,000 11,029,600,000 11,568,100,000 11,816,000,000 11,480,700,000 11,518,300,000 12,387,000,000 12,578,700,000 12,579,800,000 12,687,100,000 11,034,800,000 7,708,400,000 7,700,600,000 7,682,500,000 8,002,000,000 8,132,400,000 7,914,900,000 7,699,500,000 7,954,400,000 8,041,400,000 8,159,400,000 8,217,800,000 8,414,700,000 8,557,100,000 8,779,500,000 8,465,800,000 8,695,700,000 8,783,900,000 8,740,800,000 8,906,000,000 9,144,200,000 9,582,200,000 7,410,100,000 7,525,000,000 8,665,700,000 8,709,700,000 8,569,800,000 8,878,100,000 8,965,900,000 96.8 8,956,000,000 9,461,600,000 9,628,400,000 3,871,400,000 4,169,800,000 4,165,800,000 2,572.098 3,958,800,000                                  
        shareholders’ equity
                                                        5,163,386                               
        serial preferred shares – no par value: authorized – 6,000,000 shares; outstanding – none
                                                                                       
        common shares – no par value: authorized – 300,000,000 shares; outstanding – 106,661,858 at april 30, 2026, and 106,425,081 at april 30, 2025 (net of 43,825,787 and 44,062,564 treasury shares, respectively), at stated value
      26,700,000                                                                                 
        additional capital
      5,752,500,000 5,750,400,000 5,748,000,000 5,738,200,000 5,738,700,000 5,732,900,000 5,723,700,000 5,715,200,000 5,713,900,000 5,706,000,000 5,252,800,000 5,242,100,000 5,371,800,000 5,469,400,000 5,462,000,000 5,457,700,000 5,457,900,000 5,553,600,000 5,537,000,000 5,531,000,000 5,527,600,000 5,591,600,000 5,803,100,000 5,795,300,000 5,794,100,000 5,787,200,000 5,781,700,000 5,773,500,000 5,755,800,000 5,753,400,000 5,749,900,000 5,745,100,000 5,739,700,000 5,739,700,000 5,737,800,000 5,732,400,000 5,878,500,000 5,873,700,000 5,869,200,000  6,027,400,000 6,022,200,000 6,017,000,000 3,982,400,000 3,982,800,000 3,978,200,000  4,088,300,000 4,194,385,000 4,268,179,000  4,372,548,000 4,389,605,000 4,406,824,000 4,396,592,000 4,460,703,000 4,592,720,000 4,587,777,000 4,575,127,000 4,571,821,000 4,562,732,000 4,558,946,000 4,547,921,000 4,542,926,000 1,189,170,000 1,185,656,000 1,181,645,000 1,207,503,000 1,241,347,000 1,239,330,000 1,216,091,000 1,204,664,000 1,206,006,000 1,209,043,000 1,212,598,000 1,237,767,000 1,241,880,000 1,242,649,000 1,227,204,000 1,234,558,000 1,221,899,000 
        retained income
      -101,300,000 -372,800,000 468,200,000 343,500,000 501,800,000 1,345,100,000 2,121,800,000 2,259,900,000 2,188,100,000 2,055,000,000 2,051,100,000 1,964,800,000 2,132,100,000 3,076,200,000 2,976,000,000 2,893,400,000 2,893,000,000 2,955,500,000 2,992,800,000 2,893,800,000 2,847,500,000 2,896,100,000 3,010,900,000 2,882,300,000 2,746,800,000 2,620,500,000 2,533,000,000 2,421,900,000 2,367,600,000 2,392,600,000 2,367,600,000 2,275,600,000 2,239,200,000 2,126,700,000 1,383,800,000 1,277,800,000 1,480,700,000 1,433,400,000 1,343,500,000  1,415,000,000 1,309,900,000 1,214,000,000 1,326,000,000 1,231,000,000 1,137,700,000  1,040,800,000 1,013,241,000 1,013,831,000  1,018,576,000 977,704,000 922,944,000 866,933,000 887,844,000 902,528,000 800,571,000 746,063,000 673,097,000 579,325,000 481,013,000 424,504,000 371,618,000 331,634,000 592,086,000 567,419,000 585,698,000 607,046,000 574,251,000 553,631,000 528,180,000 511,914,000 501,875,000 489,067,000 492,973,000 482,032,000 453,746,000 441,609,000 428,982,000 405,572,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      -134,100,000 -168,200,000 -182,700,000 -182,500,000 -184,500,000 -197,300,000 -239,000,000 -232,200,000 -234,600,000 -227,400,000 -240,500,000 -229,000,000 -239,200,000 -237,200,000 -247,300,000 -233,400,000 -237,400,000 -269,300,000 -270,500,000 -281,600,000 -277,400,000 -303,500,000 -327,500,000 -360,900,000 -379,000,000 -266,300,000 -248,400,000 -216,700,000 -181,800,000 -153,300,000 -116,400,000 -118,800,000  -91,100,000 -113,700,000 -106,700,000                -32,726,000 -29,851,000 -7,538,000 3,629,000        -57,270,000 -24,380,000 -17,404,000 31,325,000 42,612,000 48,907,000 60,644,000 23,747,000 17,757,000 14,424,000 28,615,000 26,822,000 27,209,000 12,215,000 6,683,000 1,575,000 7,192,000 13,251,000  
        total shareholders’ equity
      5,543,800,000 5,236,100,000 6,060,200,000 5,925,900,000 6,082,600,000 6,907,300,000 7,633,100,000 7,769,500,000 7,693,900,000 7,560,100,000 7,088,900,000 7,003,400,000 7,290,800,000 8,335,000,000 8,217,300,000 8,144,300,000 8,140,100,000 8,266,900,000 8,286,400,000 8,170,300,000 8,124,800,000 8,211,600,000 8,515,000,000 8,345,200,000 8,190,900,000 8,170,400,000 8,095,300,000 8,007,700,000 7,970,500,000 8,021,600,000 8,030,000,000 7,930,800,000 7,891,100,000 7,804,200,000 7,036,300,000 6,931,900,000 7,241,900,000 7,180,100,000 7,095,900,000 5,372.3 7,325,500,000 7,233,200,000 7,130,000,000 5,224,200,000 5,165,000,000 5,084,400,000 5,204.949 5,075,100,000 5,152,747,000 5,223,453,000  5,384,140,000 5,363,349,000 5,348,254,000 5,292,363,000 5,363,301,000 5,504,009,000 5,395,108,000 5,326,320,000 5,240,244,000 5,135,354,000 5,034,330,000 4,939,931,000 4,914,940,000 1,512,285,000 1,817,285,000 1,799,853,000 1,850,604,000 1,917,941,000 1,845,689,000 1,795,657,000 1,755,391,000 1,754,713,000 1,745,529,000 1,728,059,000 1,741,615,000 1,728,252,000 1,694,163,000 1,678,574,000 1,679,031,000 1,623,611,000 
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
      16,219,400,000 16,265,700,000 17,628,300,000 17,741,900,000 17,563,300,000 18,425,600,000 20,020,100,000 20,348,200,000 20,273,700,000 20,247,200,000 18,123,700,000 14,711,800,000 14,991,400,000 16,017,500,000 16,219,300,000 16,276,700,000 16,055,000,000 15,966,400,000 16,240,800,000 16,211,700,000 16,284,200,000 16,429,400,000 16,929,700,000 16,902,300,000 16,970,400,000 16,636,200,000 16,791,000,000 16,791,600,000 16,711,300,000 16,927,600,000 17,174,200,000 17,513,000,000 15,301,200,000 15,329,200,000 15,702,000,000 15,641,600,000 15,811,700,000 16,058,200,000 16,061,800,000 5,469.1 16,281,500,000 16,694,800,000 16,758,400,000 9,095,600,000 9,334,800,000 9,250,200,000 7,776.95 9,033,900,000                                  
        long-term debt
       6,841,300,000 7,039,800,000 7,038,300,000      8,121,100,000 7,771,700,000 4,315,100,000 4,314,200,000 4,313,300,000 4,312,400,000 4,311,500,000               5,885,100,000 6,184,900,000     4,945,000,000 4,945,400,000 5,045,700,000  5,146,300,000 5,494,500,000 5,694,700,000 1,891,800,000 1,890,800,000 1,881,100,000 1,879.4 1,867,100,000 2,019,196,000 2,019,875,000 2,020,543 2,071,202,000 2,071,852,000 1,318,489,000 1,304,039,000 1,300,000,000 1,300,000,000 1,300,000,000 900,000,000 900,000,000 900,000,000 910,000,000 910,000,000 910,000,000 1,113,205,000 713,945,000 789,684,000 790,424,000 791,164,000 791,903,000 392,643,000 393,383,000 394,122,000 427,862,000 428,602,000 429,341,000 430,081,000 430,821,000 432,300,000 433,040,000 451,149,000 
        common shares
       26,700,000 26,700,000 26,700,000  26,600,000 26,600,000 26,600,000  26,500,000 25,500,000 25,500,000  26,600,000 26,600,000 26,600,000  27,100,000 27,100,000 27,100,000  27,400,000 28,500,000 28,500,000  29,000,000 29,000,000 29,000,000  28,900,000 28,900,000 28,900,000  28,900,000 28,400,000 28,400,000 29,100,000 29,100,000 29,100,000  29,900,000 29,900,000 29,900,000 25,400,000 25,500,000 25,500,000  26,300,000 27,115,000 27,610,000  28,314,000 28,463,000 28,596,000  28,994,000 29,882,000 29,875,000  29,781,000 29,744,000 29,736,000  29,606,000 13,715,000 13,697,000  13,975,000 14,383,000 14,378,000  14,140,000 14,195,000 14,314,000  14,548,000 14,592,000 14,604,000 14,564,000 14,613,000 14,573,000 
        common shares – no par value: authorized – 300,000,000 shares; outstanding – 106,425,081 at april 30, 2025, and 106,194,281 at april 30, 2024 (net of 44,062,564 and 44,293,364 treasury shares, respectively), at stated value
          26,600,000                                                                             
        assets held for sale – net
           37,100,000 394,300,000                                                                           
        liabilities held for sale
            105,500,000                                                                           
        investment in equity securities
                432,700,000 459,800,000 487,800,000                                                                     
        current operating lease liabilities
              40,500,000 40,600,000 33,200,000 35,900,000 33,200,000 34,400,000 36,100,000 39,200,000 40,100,000 39,700,000 40,900,000 41,200,000 41,100,000 39,200,000 35,500,000 35,900,000 36,500,000 41,700,000 44,400,000 43,200,000                                                      
        common shares – no par value: authorized – 300,000,000 shares; outstanding – 106,194,281 at april 30, 2024, and 104,398,618 at april 30, 2023 (net of 44,293,364 and 42,099,112 treasury shares, respectively), at stated value
              26,500,000                                                                         
        common shares – no par value: authorized – 300,000,000 shares; outstanding – 104,398,618 at april 30, 2023, and 106,458,317 at april 30, 2022 (net of 42,099,112 and 40,039,413 treasury shares, respectively), at stated value
                  26,100,000                                                                     
        common shares – no par value: authorized – 300,000,000 shares; outstanding – 106,458,317 at april 30, 2022, and 108,339,057 at april 30, 2021 (net of 40,039,413 and 38,158,673 treasury shares, respectively), at stated value
                      26,600,000                                                                 
        common shares – no par value: authorized – 300,000,000 shares; outstanding – 108,339,057 at april 30, 2021, and 114,072,726 at april 30, 2020 (net of 38,158,673 and 32,425,004 treasury shares, respectively), at stated value
                          27,100,000                                                             
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts
                              551,400,000 477,300,000 522,400,000 473,700,000 503,800,000 502,600,000 561,900,000 504,200,000 385,600,000 422,700,000 481,600,000 433,700,000 421,400,000 517,800,000 523,000,000  503,800,000 605,400,000 507,900,000 373,900,000 453,200,000 392,500,000  357,300,000 469,367,000 390,924,000     344,410,000    238,867,000    266,037,000    162,426,000   148,061,000 124,048,000    148,014,000       
        common shares – no par value: authorized – 300,000,000 shares; outstanding – 114,072,726 at april 30, 2020, and 113,742,296 at april 30, 2019 (net of 32,425,004 and 32,755,434 treasury shares, respectively), at stated value
                              29,000,000                                                         
        common shares – no par value: authorized – 300,000,000 shares; outstanding – 113,742,296 at april 30, 2019, and 113,572,840 at april 30, 2018 (net of 32,755,434 and 32,924,890 treasury shares, respectively), at stated value
                                  28,900,000                                                     
        dollars in millions
                                                                                       
        common shares – no par value: authorized – 300,000,000 shares; outstanding – 113,572,840 at april 30, 2018, and 113,439,553 at april 30, 2017 (net of 32,924,890 and 33,058,177 treasury shares, respectively), at stated value
                                      28,900,000                                                 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
                                          -146,400,000 -156,100,000 -145,900,000  -146,800,000 -128,800,000 -130,900,000 -109,500,000 -74,200,000 -56,900,000  -79,300,000 -80,213,000 -84,386,000      -10,906,000 -17,787,000 -19,781,000 -20,581,000 -30,386,000 -32,378,000 -31,296,000                   -5,174,000 
        the j. m. smucker company
                                                                                       
        inventories
                                             143.2                                          
        property, plant, and equipment – net
                                             587       230.049                                   
        investments in subsidiaries
                                             4,317.9       8,275.14                                   
        intercompany receivable
                                             404.7                                          
        intercompany payable
                                                                                       
        amount due from esop trust
                                                 -100,000 -100,000 -100,000  -1,000,000 -1,781,000 -1,781,000  -2,572,000 -2,572,000 -2,572,000 -3,334,000 -3,334,000 -3,334,000 -3,334,000 -4,069,000 -4,069,000 -4,069,000 -4,069,000 -4,830,000 -4,830,000 -4,830,000 -5,479,000 -5,479,000    -6,017,000    -6,525,000       
        revolving credit facility
                                                   470,000,000  85,000,000                                  
        intercompany
                                                                                       
        other intangible assets—net
                                                     3,064,000,000 3,138,056,000                                 
        inventories: - sum
                                                      975,427,000 1,019,339,000  990,815,000 1,143,951,000 1,213,821,000 863,579,000 735,275,000 822,614,000 765,927,000 654,939,000 663,436,000 762,040,000 786,842,000 603,926,000 658,451,000 500,608,000 471,768,000 379,608,000 348,277,000 399,958,000 389,094,000 286,052,000 277,289,000 300,127,000 305,063,000 297,621,000 321,484,000 348,919,000 344,209,000 301,463,000 329,311,000 328,067,000 
        property, plant, and equipment - sum
                                                      1,925,275,000 1,891,017,000  1,821,940,000 1,677,760,000 1,624,980,000 1,524,472,000 1,480,352,000 1,453,256,000 1,425,219,000 1,400,140,000 1,383,065,000 1,361,506,000 1,305,043,000 1,274,681,000 1,264,987,000 915,404,000 897,662,000 874,043,000 854,996,000 845,722,000 817,947,000 780,515,000 765,401,000 757,574,000 751,755,000 824,463,000 808,160,000 811,078,000 790,858,000 751,467,000 755,388,000 737,004,000 
        other intangible assets - net
                                                       3,162,025,000                                
        investments in subsidiaries and intercompany
                                                        5,684,496                               
        trade receivables, less allowances
                                                         364,724,000 462,169,000 350,293,000  289,548,000 415,826,000 305,418,000  281,678,000 411,239,000 307,507,000  259,107,000 267,498,000 182,693,000  141,215,000 223,303,000   117,619,000 178,434,000 144,714,000  122,514,000 187,185,000 161,262,000 129,737,000 197,802,000 150,124,000 
        other intangible assets
                                                         3,233,960,000 3,099,067,000 3,132,761,000 2,940,010,000 2,955,305,000 2,989,374,000 3,007,187,000 3,026,515,000 3,042,864,000 3,069,986,000 3,088,440,000 3,098,976,000 3,270,646,000 638,388,000 632,914,000 614,000,000 592,812,000 590,875,000 600,552,000 478,194,000 476,720,000 478,326,000 474,371,000 472,915,000 472,477,000 471,451,000 470,481,000 469,733,000 512,189,000 512,172,000 
        income taxes payable
                                                           38,375,000 7,706,000                           
        revolving credit agreement
                                                           306,700,000                            
        postretirement benefits other than pensions
                                                            59,789,000    45,592,000    38,182,000    41,583,000    46,349,000    55,767,000       
        serial preferred shares — no par value:
                                                                                       
        authorized — 3,000,000 shares; outstanding — none
                                                                                       
        common shares — no par value:
                                                                                       
        authorized — 150,000,000 shares; outstanding — 114,172,122 in 2011 and 119,119,152 in 2010 (net of 14,432,043 and 9,485,013 treasury shares, respectively), at stated value
                                                            28,543,000                           
        marketable securities
                                                             38,599,000 48,086,000 57,075,000    10,511,000 12,813,000   15,494,000 16,043,000 17,202,000 40,200,000 144,580,000   4,989,000 4,967,000 14,882,000 15,176,000 19,879,000 20,017,000 7,686,000   
        prepaid income taxes
                                                             23,782,000 32,028,000                         
        income taxes
                                                                75,977,000    17,690,000    1,164,000    7,265,000    13,584,000       
        notes payable
                                                                    350,000,000           48,604,000 28,620,000 37,749,000 39,790,000 34,314,000 56,393,000 80,994,000 97,628,000 
        serial preferred shares — no par value: authorized — 3,000,000 shares; outstanding — none
                                                                                       
        common shares — no par value: authorized — 150,000,000 shares; outstanding — 119,119,152 in 2010 and 118,422,123 in 2009 (net of 9,485,013 and 10,179,989 treasury shares, respectively), at stated value
                                                                29,780,000                       
        note payable
                                                                  350,000,000 350,000,000  350,000,000                  
        salaries, wages, and additional compensation
                                                                    61,251,000    35,808,000    32,580,000    34,578,000       
        serial preferred shares – no par value:
                                                                                       
        authorized – 3,000,000 shares; outstanding – none
                                                                                       
        common shares – no par value:
                                                                                       
        authorized – 150,000,000 shares; outstanding – 118,422,123 in 2009 and 54,622,612 in 2008 (net of 10,179,989 and 10,807,615 treasury shares, respectively), at stated value
                                                                    29,606,000                   
        authorized — 150,000,000 shares; outstanding — 54,622,612 in 2008 and 56,779,850 in 2007 (net of 10,807,615 and 8,619,519 treasury shares, respectively), at stated value
                                                                        13,656,000               
        other assets
                                                                         98,133,000 97,505,000 94,819,000 87,347,000 108,177,000 105,379,000 102,977,000 102,525,000 81,702,000 79,637,000 77,325,000 60,620,000 79,324,000 80,374,000 
        less:
                                                                                       
        amount due from esop
                                                                         -5,479,000 -5,479,000 -6,017,000  -6,017,000 -6,017,000 -6,525,000  -6,524,000 -6,524,000 -7,044,000 -7,044,000 -7,044,000 -7,584,000 
        assets held for sale
                                                                               87,623,000        
        authorized – 150,000,000 shares; outstanding – 56,779,850 in 2007 and 56,949,044 in 2006 (net of 8,619,519 and 8,185,015 treasury shares, respectively), at stated value
                                                                            14,195,000           
        deferred compensation
                                                                                -8,527,000 -9,364,000 -10,411,000 -11,367,000 -4,951,000 -5,329,000 -5,675,000 
        authorized – 150,000,000 shares; outstanding – 56,949,044 in 2006 and 58,540,386 in 2005 (net of 8,185,015 and 6,585,055 treasury shares, respectively), at stated value
                                                                                14,237,000       
        assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                    61,746,000   
        liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                                    18,746,000   
        current assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                     39,726,000 38,655,000 
        other assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                     54,029,000 52,350,000 
        current liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                                     22,439,000 21,481,000 
        other noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                                     37,000 14,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-04-30 2026-01-31 2025-10-31 2025-07-31 2025-04-30 2025-01-31 2024-10-31 2024-07-31 2024-04-30 2024-01-31 2023-10-31 2023-07-31 2023-04-30 2023-01-31 2022-10-31 2022-07-31 2022-04-30 2022-01-31 2021-10-31 2021-07-31 2021-04-30 2021-01-31 2020-10-31 2020-07-31 2020-04-30 2020-01-31 2019-10-31 2019-07-31 2019-04-30 2019-01-31 2018-10-31 2018-07-31 2018-04-30 2018-01-31 2017-10-31 2017-07-31 2017-01-31 2016-10-31 2016-07-31 2016-04-30 2016-01-31 2015-10-31 2015-07-31 2015-01-31 2014-10-31 2014-07-31 2013-07-31 2012-10-31 2012-07-31 2012-04-30 2012-01-31 2011-10-31 2011-07-31 2011-04-30 2011-01-31 2010-10-31 2010-07-31 2010-04-30 2010-01-31 2009-10-31 2009-07-31 2009-04-30 2009-01-31 2008-10-31 2008-07-31 2008-04-30 2008-01-31 2007-10-31 2007-07-31 2007-04-30 2007-01-31 2006-10-31 2006-07-31 2006-04-30 2006-01-31 2005-10-31 2005-07-31 2005-01-31 2004-10-31 2004-07-31 
                                                                                        
          operating activities
                                                                                        
          net income
        388,100,000 -724,200,000 241,300,000 -43,900,000 -729,000,000 -662,300,000 -24,500,000 185,000,000 245,100,000 120,400,000 194,900,000 183,600,000 -600,700,000 208,500,000 191,100,000 109,800,000 202,100,000 69,700,000 206,000,000 153,900,000 147,000,000 261,500,000 230,800,000 237,000,000 226,300,000 187,400,000 211,200,000 154,600,000 71,500,000 121,400,000 188,500,000 133,000,000 185,900,000 831,300,000 194,600,000 126,800,000 134,600,000 177,300,000 170,000,000 191,000,000 185,300,000 176,000,000 136,400,000 160,900,000 158,300,000 116,000,000  148,847,000 110,863,000 104,130,000 116,844,000 127,247,000 111,523,000 94,880,000 131,995,000 149,726,000 102,881,000 120,606,000 135,479,000 139,990,000 98,063,000 94,268,000 77,941,000 51,453,000 42,291,000 37,051,000 42,401,000 50,166,000 40,761,000 42,499,000 40,427,000 45,569,000 28,724,000 35,701,000       
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operations:
                                                                                        
          depreciation
        74,500,000 93,800,000 93,100,000 85,000,000 69,800,000 68,200,000 72,200,000 73,000,000 69,000,000 67,500,000 53,000,000 50,200,000 52,100,000 59,800,000 57,100,000 55,100,000 56,600,000 59,900,000 60,500,000 58,500,000 57,800,000 53,500,000 54,100,000 54,100,000 53,500,000 53,300,000 52,600,000 50,800,000 51,900,000 51,200,000 51,500,000 51,400,000 49,100,000 52,100,000 50,600,000 54,500,000 52,600,000 53,000,000 54,000,000 56,200,000 55,100,000 54,700,000 55,700,000 37,900,000 37,900,000 38,300,000  35,920,000 36,054,000 36,610,000 27,960,000 28,227,000 27,569,000 28,751,000 26,829,000 27,286,000 29,360,000 29,336,000 27,741,000 25,877,000 25,271,000 25,434,000 23,973,000 15,007,000 15,036,000 14,969,000 14,877,000 13,881,000 14,770,000 14,959,000 14,482,000 12,778,000 15,127,000 15,690,000 17,244,000 14,806,000 15,898,000 13,897,000 13,222,000 10,367,000 
          amortization
        59,900,000 50,300,000 50,200,000 50,200,000 53,600,000 53,900,000 55,800,000 56,000,000 56,000,000 55,700,000 39,600,000 39,800,000 40,100,000 55,600,000 55,600,000 55,600,000 57,500,000 55,300,000 55,400,000 55,400,000 56,900,000 57,000,000 59,500,000 59,600,000 59,900,000 58,800,000 58,800,000 58,800,000 60,400,000 59,700,000 59,700,000 60,500,000 52,100,000 51,600,000 51,600,000 51,500,000 51,700,000 51,800,000 51,700,000 50,200,000 52,200,000 53,000,000 53,000,000 25,200,000 25,200,000 24,900,000  24,203,000 24,191,000 25,235,000 22,031,000 20,559,000 20,235,000 18,331,000 18,515,000 18,501,000 18,497,000 18,398,000 18,570,000 18,312,000 18,377,000 16,803,000 20,558,000 1,482,000 1,471,000 1,182,000 1,402,000 1,417,000 121,000 342,000 118,000 1,027,000 41,000 1,482,000 1,373,000 1,849,000 2,741,000 497,000 523,000 524,000 
          goodwill impairment charges
                                                                                       
          other intangible assets impairment charges
                                                                                     
          realized loss on investment in equity securities – net
                                                                                       
          pension settlement loss
        26,600,000          3,200,000     3,300,000 1,300,000 2,500,000 3,700,000 4,700,000 200,000                                                           
          share-based compensation expense
        3,200,000 2,500,000 8,900,000 9,000,000 4,700,000 9,400,000 6,900,000 8,900,000 8,000,000 2,200,000 8,600,000 5,100,000 14,300,000 6,000,000 -2,600,000 7,900,000 7,100,000 4,600,000 5,300,000 5,300,000 7,800,000 7,500,000 7,500,000 5,900,000 7,000,000 6,100,000 7,500,000 6,200,000 4,200,000 6,000,000 5,900,000 4,600,000 -1,400,000 4,100,000 6,100,000 6,600,000 6,900,000 7,000,000 8,100,000 7,700,000 10,500,000 8,700,000 7,700,000 3,800,000 5,200,000 6,900,000  6,196,000 4,309,000 5,187,000 3,970,000 6,522,000 6,032,000 6,058,000 5,718,000 6,876,000 5,392,000 7,153,000 5,698,000 6,686,000 6,412,000 9,269,000 6,801,000 3,236,000 2,799,000 2,839,000 2,719,000 3,147,000 2,826,000 2,975,000 3,016,000 2,607,000 2,659,000        
          loss on divestitures – net
            -900,000 50,200,000   300,000                                                                       
          deferred income tax expense
        -91,500,000 -75,800,000 40,000,000 24,000,000 -44,800,000 -87,100,000 21,300,000 2,600,000 -18,400,000 -5,800,000 -7,400,000 -8,900,000                                                                     
          loss on disposal of assets – net
                                    800,000    1,300,000    2,900,000 500,000 500,000 1,800,000 1,200,000 1,300,000 1,300,000                                      
          other noncash adjustments – net
        9,000,000 13,600,000 15,600,000 12,700,000 8,600,000 -23,400,000 15,000,000 15,100,000 6,400,000 15,300,000 5,400,000 4,800,000 -2,300,000 13,900,000 8,200,000 4,100,000 2,600,000 5,800,000 3,400,000 3,100,000 200,000 4,300,000 3,500,000 3,800,000 -7,800,000 9,300,000 6,400,000 200,000 300,000 -2,100,000 1,900,000 1,100,000                                                 
          settlement of interest rate contracts
                                                                                       
          defined benefit pension contributions
                -1,300,000 -1,000,000 -1,100,000 -700,000 -1,300,000 -1,000,000 -1,100,000 -70,700,000         -4,000,000    -9,200,000     -31,600,000 -800,000 -5,200,000 -500,000 -800,000  -600,000 -900,000 -900,000 -1,200,000 -1,800,000 -1,300,000  -6,536,000 -1,033,000 -4,431,000 -2,501,000 -805,000 -3,691,000 -3,347,000 -1,120,000 -1,768,000 -10,544,000                        
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of effect from acquisition and divestitures:
                                                                                        
          trade receivables
        -10,600,000 30,300,000 -32,300,000 -24,300,000 36,700,000 149,000,000 -70,100,000 1,600,000 52,300,000 -19,500,000 2,600,000 6,100,000 -64,100,000 76,400,000 -6,900,000 -80,200,000 38,200,000 94,900,000 -92,700,000 -32,900,000 72,400,000 -26,200,000 -79,300,000 55,100,000 -75,800,000 44,900,000 -48,600,000 30,400,000 -1,600,000 59,800,000 -58,500,000 -52,700,000 36,100,000 60,100,000 -48,800,000 7,300,000 96,900,000 4,400,000 -74,300,000  99,500,000 -97,700,000 -80,800,000 75,400,000 -57,700,000 -83,000,000  -78,301,000 -43,990,000 17,720,000 97,928,000 -113,874,000 7,512,000 -52,442,000 126,835,000 -110,060,000 -66,958,000 44,620,000 129,587,000 -104,014,000 -38,672,000 -5,337,000 38,638,000 -91,175,000 -20,757,000 -11,394,000 80,372,000 -72,607,000 -13,970,000 -5,820,000 60,105,000 -33,412,000 2,975,000 -24,689,000 65,580,000 -24,599,000 -14,848,000    
          inventories
        44,700,000 184,200,000 31,700,000 -177,300,000 -121,400,000 -4,800,000 44,600,000 -99,000,000 -52,400,000 131,800,000 4,900,000 -81,400,000 20,000,000 119,200,000 -50,800,000 -223,000,000 -47,700,000 9,800,000 5,500,000 -146,300,000 -59,500,000 46,600,000 1,000,000 -98,500,000 60,600,000 54,000,000 100,000 -102,100,000 13,500,000 41,600,000 5,300,000 -65,700,000 52,400,000 105,200,000 -32,400,000 -71,200,000 34,100,000 -15,400,000 -117,300,000 48,000,000 84,500,000 99,200,000 8,400,000 113,900,000 22,900,000 -153,300,000  44,096,000 -58,690,000 30,173,000 194,251,000 58,241,000 -330,854,000 -125,561,000 89,347,000 -56,038,000 -111,907,000 5,467,000 99,201,000 24,129,000 -174,957,000 53,549,000 104,254,000 -42,197,000 -80,937,000 -19,846,000 46,799,000 1,701,000 -63,676,000 -6,282,000 20,443,000 9,014,000 -31,321,000 24,230,000 30,156,000 -2,230,000 -58,192,000    
          other current assets
        -26,300,000 10,400,000 24,000,000 53,000,000 -21,200,000 -53,400,000 23,100,000 2,600,000 -48,700,000 11,200,000 6,800,000 -4,800,000 17,400,000 50,300,000 22,400,000 -3,300,000 -75,300,000 -15,700,000 30,200,000 8,000,000 -34,900,000 -7,600,000 8,200,000 300,000 -22,700,000 -6,300,000 6,900,000 6,400,000 -6,200,000 1,900,000 -4,200,000 21,800,000  15,100,000 4,300,000 22,100,000 -15,300,000 20,100,000 -13,100,000 -8,400,000 22,600,000 13,500,000 -2,600,000 18,500,000 27,100,000                                   
          accounts payable
        38,800,000 10,200,000 -127,800,000 -33,200,000 137,200,000 -90,300,000 -21,900,000 -61,500,000 66,200,000 -55,000,000 -49,100,000 -43,800,000 105,300,000 -31,200,000 4,400,000 73,100,000 164,700,000 -7,000,000 -36,700,000 28,500,000 118,200,000 35,200,000 66,400,000 41,100,000 169,300,000 53,600,000 19,700,000 -61,000,000 54,900,000 -26,400,000 14,400,000 800,000 3,100,000 -38,800,000 19,400,000 35,300,000 2,100,000 -23,700,000 18,200,000 60,900,000 24,900,000 -1,900,000 -37,800,000 -29,400,000 -29,700,000 -9,800,000                                   
          accrued liabilities
        36,300,000 -140,100,000 -20,900,000 76,200,000 31,600,000 -136,800,000 80,700,000 -60,900,000 37,600,000 27,100,000 42,400,000 -7,700,000 -25,800,000 5,400,000 11,900,000 8,900,000 2,800,000 17,500,000 -9,400,000 -43,900,000 -32,700,000 22,900,000 58,700,000 7,100,000 3,400,000 18,900,000 -37,900,000 63,600,000 -6,400,000 12,700,000 7,800,000 52,600,000 8,800,000 8,400,000 -49,200,000 52,500,000 -36,800,000 -11,400,000 34,700,000 -105,700,000 71,000,000 16,000,000 21,100,000 -16,400,000 -29,800,000 -14,300,000                                   
          income and other taxes
        23,800,000 135,700,000 24,200,000 -41,100,000 -17,100,000 -28,900,000 -59,500,000 54,900,000 8,600,000 20,500,000 -121,300,000 57,300,000 49,400,000 16,400,000 -81,900,000 25,600,000 27,700,000 3,100,000 -65,400,000 47,400,000 -37,700,000 44,200,000 -67,500,000 43,400,000 47,400,000 -8,300,000 -54,400,000 21,800,000 41,700,000 -8,400,000 -40,400,000 58,900,000  12,900,000 -82,700,000 35,900,000 -18,500,000 -83,700,000 45,100,000 77,500,000 400,000 -59,700,000 126,000,000 14,300,000 -51,700,000 45,600,000                                   
          other – net
        10,300,000 -1,900,000 -1,500,000 -900,000 -1,500,000 -6,800,000 -200,000 -5,400,000 -11,300,000 -3,500,000 -9,100,000 -12,300,000 -2,400,000 5,300,000 -2,400,000 -300,000 -7,200,000 -300,000 500,000 -9,900,000 5,000,000 14,400,000 5,200,000 100,000 -10,200,000 -1,400,000 1,700,000 -8,200,000 -5,900,000 13,900,000 -2,400,000 -23,300,000 3,900,000 21,700,000 4,500,000 800,000 400,000 -7,800,000 28,700,000 6,000,000 -8,900,000 3,000,000 5,000,000 -9,900,000 -6,800,000 -5,700,000                       6,689,000     3,684,000    242,000 3,865,000 2,764,000 
          net cash from operating activities
        579,200,000 558,500,000 346,500,000 -10,600,000 393,900,000 239,400,000 404,200,000 172,900,000 428,100,000 406,500,000 176,900,000 217,900,000 443,800,000 584,600,000 205,000,000 -39,000,000 393,700,000 439,700,000 165,100,000 137,800,000 291,000,000 486,300,000 378,700,000 409,000,000 287,700,000 521,600,000 224,000,000 221,500,000 274,200,000 421,100,000 202,900,000 243,000,000 314,400,000 469,000,000 130,300,000 304,300,000 419,500,000 136,400,000 238,900,000 335,500,000 542,300,000 275,400,000 305,100,000 427,700,000 92,000,000 -8,100,000 37.31 182,899,000 176,719,000 261,690,000 409,305,000 118,172,000 -58,238,000 -2,818,000 374,834,000 46,784,000 -27,238,000 204,792,000 322,495,000 212,423,000 -26,232,000 155,818,000 280,288,000 -46,781,000 55,503,000 13,155,000 137,997,000 30,798,000 9,627,000 61,382,000 104,621,000 46,613,000 60,808,000 73,701,000 65,332,000 39,060,000 20,188,000 112,827,000 18,806,000 -10,673,000 
          capital expenditures
        -95,300,000 -71,500,000 -66,300,000 -84,300,000 -95,000,000 -88,100,000 -87,000,000 -123,700,000 -130,600,000 -156,900,000 -148,700,000 -150,300,000 -145,100,000 -141,900,000 -102,100,000 -88,300,000 -173,000,000 -117,300,000 -59,200,000 -68,000,000 -108,000,000 -69,700,000 -52,400,000 -76,600,000 -76,400,000 -56,500,000 -63,400,000 -73,000,000 -92,600,000 -88,100,000 -77,800,000 -101,300,000 -80,300,000 -60,400,000 -69,600,000 -52,600,000 -33,800,000 -50,200,000 -43,400,000 -64,400,000 -53,000,000 -48,400,000 -64,700,000 -49,000,000 -52,176,000 -46,282,000 -77,353,000 -61,184,000 -68,075,000 -67,632,000 -68,947,000 -49,060,000 -35,127,000 -26,946,000 -24,319,000 -23,231,000 -62,162,000 -27,271,000 -24,019,000 -29,118,000 -33,573,000 -22,197,000 -22,868,000 -17,243,000 -19,532,000 -16,787,000 -14,099,000 -11,072,000 -16,936,000 -14,895,000 -20,457,000 -12,469,000 -16,631,000 -13,615,000 -19,918,000 -16,377,000 -13,880,000 
          free cash flows
        483,900,000 487,000,000 280,200,000 -94,900,000 298,900,000 151,300,000 317,200,000 49,200,000 297,500,000 249,600,000 28,200,000 67,600,000 298,700,000 442,700,000 102,900,000 -127,300,000 220,700,000 322,400,000 105,900,000 69,800,000 183,000,000 416,600,000 326,300,000 332,400,000 211,300,000 465,100,000 160,600,000 148,500,000 181,600,000 333,000,000 125,100,000 141,700,000 314,400,000 388,700,000 69,900,000 234,700,000 366,900,000 102,600,000 188,700,000 335,500,000 498,900,000 211,000,000 252,100,000 379,300,000 27,300,000 -57,100,000 37.31 130,723,000 130,437,000 184,337,000 348,121,000 50,097,000 -125,870,000 -71,765,000 325,774,000 11,657,000 -54,184,000 180,473,000 299,264,000 150,261,000 -53,503,000 131,799,000 251,170,000 -80,354,000 33,306,000 -9,713,000 120,754,000 11,266,000 -7,160,000 47,283,000 93,549,000 29,677,000 45,913,000 53,244,000 52,863,000 22,429,000 6,573,000 92,909,000 2,429,000 -24,553,000 
          investing activities
                                                                                        
          business acquired, net of cash acquired
                                   2,000,000 -1,905,000,000         7,900,000         -362,846,000                         -406,000 -1,518,000 -97,294,000 
          proceeds from sale of equity securities
                                                                                       
          proceeds from divestitures – net
            35,500,000    5,800,000    684,700,000    -200,000    -5,300,000                                                            
          additions to property, plant, and equipment
        -95,300,000 -71,500,000 -66,300,000 -84,300,000 -95,000,000 -88,100,000 -87,000,000 -123,700,000 -130,600,000 -156,900,000 -148,700,000 -150,300,000 -145,100,000 -141,900,000 -102,100,000 -88,300,000 -173,000,000 -117,300,000 -59,200,000 -68,000,000 -108,000,000 -69,700,000 -52,400,000 -76,600,000 -76,400,000 -56,500,000 -63,400,000 -73,000,000 -92,600,000 -88,100,000 -77,800,000 -101,300,000  -80,300,000 -60,400,000 -69,600,000 -52,600,000 -33,800,000 -50,200,000  -43,400,000 -64,400,000 -53,000,000 -48,400,000 -64,700,000 -49,000,000  -52,176,000 -46,282,000 -77,353,000 -61,184,000 -68,075,000 -67,632,000 -68,947,000 -49,060,000 -35,127,000 -26,946,000 -24,319,000 -23,231,000 -62,162,000 -27,271,000 -24,019,000 -29,118,000 -33,573,000 -22,197,000 -22,868,000 -17,243,000 -19,532,000 -16,787,000 -14,099,000 -11,072,000 -16,936,000 -14,895,000 -20,457,000 -12,469,000 -16,631,000 -13,615,000 -19,918,000 -16,377,000 -13,880,000 
          proceeds from disposal of property, plant, and equipment
        200,000 12,900,000                         600,000    4,500,000      3,800,000   400,000 1,200,000  322,000 256,000 1,255,000 1,881,000 773,000 130,000 828,000 4,663,000 49,000 290,000                        
          collateral received (pledged) for derivative cash margin accounts
        10,100,000                                                                                
          net cash from investing activities
        -84,900,000 16,100,000 7,900,000 -197,900,000 -81,800,000 207,200,000 -53,300,000 -172,400,000 -103,400,000 -3,567,500,000 -141,800,000 -151,900,000 563,000,000 -97,500,000 -137,800,000 -71,500,000 -223,600,000 11,100,000 -63,000,000 -80,000,000 -108,000,000 520,000,000 -51,700,000 -49,200,000 -93,900,000 -73,400,000 -52,100,000 -52,100,000 -101,400,000 -103,900,000 312,600,000 -2,031,500,000  -65,500,000 -68,200,000 -38,100,000 -51,800,000 -33,800,000 -62,500,000 -9,000,000 126,700,000 -57,900,000 -38,100,000 -58,900,000 -142,000,000 -52,100,000  -63,715,000 -28,313,000 -126,249,000 -437,583,000 -60,266,000 -411,766,000 -48,146,000 -35,007,000 -26,107,000 -83,653,000 -7,366,000 -21,966,000 -50,468,000 -24,643,000 -28,531,000 -43,572,000 -26,617,000 -76,096,000 -73,797,000 3,365,000 96,546,000 -288,600,000 -9,955,000 397,000 24,941,000 -42,424,000 -15,207,000 10,049,000 -11,833,000 1,144,000 -31,953,000 -31,520,000 -55,100,000 
          financing activities
                                                                                        
          short-term borrowings (repayments) – net
        -70,500,000 -268,400,000 -213,200,000 300,600,000 172,400,000 -31,600,000 -217,800,000 96,200,000 165,000,000    -700,000 -303,400,000 -88,800,000 207,000,000 85,900,000 -226,100,000 -46,200,000 284,000,000 -84,000,000 -114,100,000 -16,100,000 47,800,000 -63,200,000 -19,700,000 27,100,000 -130,000,000 -78,000,000 114,000,000 -140,000,000 386,000,000  -210,000,000 180,100,000 -170,100,000                                             
          proceeds from long-term debt
                800,000,000                 1,500,000,000                     400,000,000       400,000,000         100,000,000 
          repayments of long-term debt
        -300,000,000    -1,000,000,000               -407,000,000 -200,000,000 -200,000,000 -300,000,000 -500,000,000 -300,000,000   -100,000,000 -300,000,000    -900,300,000   -100,000,000 -100,000,000  -350,000,000 -200,000,000 -250,000,000 -100,000,000          -200,000,000 -75,000,000     -33,000,000 -115,000,000       -37,500,000 
          capitalized debt issuance costs
                -3,200,000       -200,000                                                               
          quarterly dividends paid
        -116,800,000 -116,700,000 -116,800,000 -114,400,000 -114,500,000 -114,400,000 -114,400,000 -112,100,000 -112,000,000 -112,300,000 -108,000,000 -105,200,000 -108,400,000 -108,300,000 -108,400,000 -105,100,000 -107,000,000 -107,000,000 -106,900,000 -97,200,000 -98,400,000 -102,400,000 -102,300,000 -100,100,000 -100,100,000 -100,100,000 -100,100,000 -96,500,000 -96,500,000 -96,500,000 -96,500,000 -88,400,000  -88,000,000 -88,500,000 -84,900,000 -87,200,000 -87,100,000 -77,800,000  -80,000,000 -80,100,000 -76,400,000 -65,100,000 -65,000,000 -58,900,000  -57,331,000 -52,845,000 -54,278,000 -54,564,000 -54,666,000 -50,159,000    -47,594,000 -41,638,000 -41,593,000                      
          purchase of treasury shares
        -400,000 -200,000 -400,000 -4,600,000 -200,000 -400,000 -100,000 -2,600,000 -300,000 -100,000 -400,000 -372,000,000 -359,500,000 -100,000 -100,000 -7,800,000 -262,700,000 -200,000 -700,000 -6,800,000 -174,300,000 -497,900,000 -1,600,000 -4,600,000 100,000 -800,000 -600,000 -2,900,000 -200,000 -200,000 -300,000 -4,700,000  -200,000 -100,000 -6,600,000 -200,000 -700,000 -18,100,000  -400,000 -500,000 -6,900,000 -4,000,000 -700,000 -10,600,000  -171,062,000 -4,240,000 -225,258,000 -45,930,000 -39,207,000 -5,385,000 -141,806,000 -242,182,000 -114,000 -5,033,000 -138,000 -206,000 -352,000 -4,873,000 -669,000 -3,356,000 -66,221,000 -82,673,000 -3,627,000 -182,000 -15,260,000 -35,636,000 -1,047,000 -51,595,000 -9,299,000 -4,622,000 -16,201,000    
          payment of assumed tax receivable agreement obligation
                                                                                       
          net cash from financing activities
        -488,800,000 -586,000,000 -329,700,000 178,000,000 -292,100,000 -446,900,000 -340,700,000 -23,000,000 -297,900,000 -428,200,000 3,349,000,000 -481,300,000 -455,200,000 -410,600,000 -190,700,000 91,900,000 -284,100,000 -321,600,000 -115,500,000 -223,300,000 -353,300,000 -914,800,000 -318,500,000 -357,300,000 127,400,000 -420,900,000 -172,600,000 -222,600,000 -274,600,000 -282,600,000 -534,300,000 1,790,500,000  -404,000,000 -61,100,000 -260,100,000 -351,300,000 -87,900,000 -173,200,000  -662,300,000 -213,100,000 -254,300,000 -350,100,000 11,800,000 59,900,000 73.03 -227,674,000 -64,608,000 -277,827,000 -97,107,000 340,628,000 253,932,000 -184,987,000 -279,528,000 -56,815,000 350,911,000 -41,564,000 -585,724,000 -41,895,000 -119,365,000 -37,720,000 -39,348,000 110,154,000 -20,485,000 -83,072,000 -100,632,000 -50,112,000 283,655,000 -6,207,000 -27,382,000 -89,765,000 5,729,000 -76,591,000 -28,653,000 -32,108,000 -31,777,000 -54,184,000 -31,608,000 34,932,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
        300,000 1,400,000 -1,200,000 -100,000 2,700,000 -1,700,000   -700,000 1,200,000 -1,300,000 600,000 600,000 -1,000,000 300,000 -400,000 -200,000   3,100,000 4,400,000 500,000 3,000,000 -4,500,000 -1,700,000 700,000 700,000 -3,400,000 700,000 -2,000,000 -2,600,000 -5,400,000 6,400,000 -3,900,000 10,300,000 1,400,000 -2,500,000 -3,400,000 9,300,000 -5,200,000 1,000,000 -4,700,000 -12,300,000 -5,900,000 -3,800,000  571,000 -2,032,000                    1,861,000            
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
        5,800,000 -10,000,000 23,500,000 -30,600,000 22,700,000 -2,000,000 9,700,000 -22,500,000 26,100,000 -3,588,000,000 3,382,800,000 -414,700,000 551,600,000 77,100,000 -124,500,000 -18,300,000 -114,400,000 129,000,000 -13,500,000 -165,500,000 -167,200,000 95,900,000 9,000,000 5,500,000 316,700,000 25,600,000 -52,500,000 -105,200,000 35,300,000 -20,800,000 -600,000 6,400,000 5,900,000 -2,900,000 16,400,000 17,800,000 12,200,000 -200,000  1,500,000 5,400,000 8,000,000    87.5 -107,919,000 81,766,000 -140,720,000 -125,860,000 393,813,000 -217,370,000 -229,738,000 62,120,000 -35,310,000 239,203,000 158,009,000    96,786,000 193,595,000 36,247,000 -41,476,000 -143,489,000 40,541,000 80,461,000 6,543,000 47,951,000 74,467,000 -18,439,000 24,184,000 -17,290,000       
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                                        
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                        
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
         69,900,000  62,000,000  655,800,000  169,900,000  334,300,000  391,100,000  101,300,000  192,600,000  166,800,000 109,800,000  125,600,000 153,500,000 108 229,708,000  319,845,000  283,570,000  456,693,000  -12,634,000 184,175,000  200,119,000  71,956,000  58,085,000 -1,065,000 105,616,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
         -10,000,000 23,500,000 39,300,000  -2,000,000 9,700,000 39,500,000  -3,588,000,000 3,382,800,000 241,100,000  77,100,000 -124,500,000 151,600,000  129,000,000 -13,500,000 168,800,000  95,900,000 9,000,000 396,600,000  25,600,000 48,800,000  35,300,000 -20,800,000 192,000,000  5,900,000 -2,900,000 183,200,000 17,800,000 12,200,000 109,600,000  1,500,000 5,400,000 133,600,000 6,400,000 -44,100,000 149,400,000 21 -107,919,000 311,474,000  -125,860,000 393,813,000 102,475,000  62,120,000 -35,310,000 522,773,000  -284,147,000 119,936,000 289,772,000  193,595,000 23,613,000 142,699,000  40,541,000 80,461,000 206,662,000  74,467,000 -18,439,000 96,140,000  46,885,000 -5,126,000 47,487,000 22,943,000 -13,021,000 45,530,000 
          collateral pledged for derivative cash margin accounts
          73,900,000 -126,700,000                                                                             
          changes in assets and liabilities:
                                                                                        
          proceeds from stock option exercises
                    13,800,000 1,700,000 5,200,000 900,000 100,000 12,200,000 4,000,000 3,800,000   100,000 7,000,000                400,000 400,000 0.1 575,000 185,000 1,107,000 1,201,000 276,000 242,000 4,556,000 7,869,000 775,000 1,325,000 103,000 4,638,000 470,000 1,202,000 126,000 1,217,000 633,000 567,000 25,000 328,000 16,327,000            
          goodwill impairment charge
                                                                                        
          other intangible assets impairment charge
                                                                                        
          unrealized loss on investment in equity securities – net
                                                                                        
          make-whole payments included in financing activities
                        7,000,000                                                             
          repayments of long-term debt, including make-whole payments
                                                                                      
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of effect from divestitures:
                                                                                        
          unrealized loss on investment in equity securities
                   27,400,000                                                                     
          gain on divestitures – net
                           1,900,000                                                            
          gain on divestiture
                      -1,600,000             -100,000 -1,000,000                                                   
          proceeds from divestiture
                      1,600,000             -1,900,000 -700,000                                                  
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of effect from acquisition and divestiture:
                                                                                        
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of effect from acquisition:
                                                                                        
          proceeds from sale of investment
                                                                                        
          remeasurement of u.s. deferred tax assets and liabilities
                                                                                        
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of effect from businesses acquired:
                                                                                        
          businesses acquired, net of cash acquired
                                                   -200,000      5,100,000            -5,186,000 -16,073,000 -483,000 -55,593,000 -53,986,000 -3,469,000 -30,048,000 -133,446,000            
          equity investment in affiliate
                                                                                        
          impairment charges
                                                             444,000    1,851,000                       
          other noncash adjustments
                                         1,700,000 1,500,000 800,000 200,000 200,000  900,000 1,100,000 -3,500,000                                      
          short-term repayments – net
                                                                                        
          short-term borrowings – net
                                             100,000,000 22,000,000   67,400,000 76,600,000 -281,900,000                                     
          gain on sale of marketable securities
                                                                                        
          proceeds from settlement of interest rate swaps – net
                                                                                        
          sales and maturities of marketable securities
                                                             20,000,000         442,000 414,000 452,000  73,450,000        12,719,000      
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                   6,400,000 -44,100,000 -4,100,000              119,936,000 -166,921,000               -5,126,000 -10,598,000 22,943,000 -11,956,000 -60,086,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                        
          proceeds from settlement of interest rate swap
                                                                                        
          short-term (repayments) borrowings - net
                                                                                        
          loss on sale of assets – net
                                                   2,300,000 1,500,000 500,000                                   
          revolving credit facility – net
                                                     221,600,000                                   
          investments in subsidiaries
                                                                                        
          intercompany
                                                      12.027                                  
          other—net
                                                      7.9                                  
          revolving credit facility—net
                                                      85                                  
          condensed statements of consolidated cash flows
                                                                                        
          effect of exchange rate changes
                                                          -475,000 -4,721,000 -1,298,000  1,821,000 828,000 -817,000  1,048,000 -124,000 3,319,000  -3,773,000 -509,000 -398,000  -189,000    -3,169,000 -228,000 71,000  157,000 -245,000 -153,000 154,000 341,000 807,000 
          depreciation—restructuring and merger and integration
                                                                                        
          other restructuring activities
                                                                                        
          loss on sale of assets—net
                                                                                        
          loss on divestiture
                                                                                        
          accounts payable and accrued items
                                                       37,731,000 61,120,000 73,427,000 -71,786,000 15,753,000 55,380,000 48,041,000 -58,616,000 62,239,000 32,969,000 -23,480,000 -102,252,000 74,659,000 16,453,000 -25,822,000 -15,054,000 34,858,000 73,901,000 -18,108,000 -37,739,000 40,729,000 22,106,000 9,074,000 -34,706,000 7,213,000 19,453,000 -499,000 -89,798,000 -4,057,000 30,440,000    
          proceeds from settlement of interest rate swaps—net
                                                                                        
          accrued and prepaid taxes
                                                       -58,229,000 44,806,000                                
          proceeds from long-term debt—net
                                                                                        
          depreciation - restructuring and merger and integration
                                                        3,590,000                                
          other noncash restructuring charges
                                                        6,000 1,088,000 5,173,000 860,000 909,000 1,554,000 1,619,000                          
          loss on sale of assets - net
                                                        1,014,000  382,000                              
          other - net
                                                        -5,521,000                                
          revolving credit agreement - net
                                                                                        
          depreciation – restructuring and merger and integration
                                                                                        
          loss on divestitures
                                                                                        
          deferred income tax benefit
                                                                                        
          proceeds from divestitures
                                                                                        
          purchases of marketable securities
                                                             -18,600,000 -57,037,000          -49,900,000 -34,800,000 -144,705,000            
          repayment of bank note payable
                                                                                       
          loss on sale of business
                                                                                       
          proceeds from settlement of interest rate swaps - net
                                                                                       
          accrued and prepaid income taxes
                                                          2,953,000                              
          proceeds from sale of business
                                                                         3,407,000  4,112,000          
          sale and maturity of marketable securities
                                                          18,600,000                            
          proceeds from long-term debt - net
                                                                                       
          depreciation — restructuring and merger and integration
                                                           12,712,000 10,415,000                            
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of effect from business acquired:
                                                                                        
          other — net
                                                           -4,591,000 5,391,000 38,775,000 -9,243,000 -2,829,000 3,255,000 38,749,000 -14,000 -658,000 -160,000  619,000 6,088,000 170,000 14,162,000 -649,000      -1,113,000  225,000 78,000 7,306,000    
          loss on sale of assets — net
                                                            725,000 1,056,000 784,000 893,000 134,000                        
          income taxes
                                                            30,616,000 30,786,000 8,193,000 -61,611,000 -43,555,000                        
          revolving credit agreement — net
                                                            306,700,000                            
          depreciation — restructuring
                                                             15,306,000 16,823,000                          
          proceeds from sale of businesses
                                                                                        
          special dividends paid
                                                                                        
          repayments of bank note payable
                                                                                        
          dividends paid
                                                              -47,732,000      -41,407,000 -37,853,000 -37,863,000 -291,709,000 -17,451,000 -16,596,000 -17,235,000 -17,229,000 -17,014,000 -15,812,000 -15,884,000 -16,127,000 -15,809,000 -15,612,000 -15,629,000 -15,708,000 -15,707,000 -14,543,000 -14,510,000 -12,466,000 
          sale and maturities of marketable securities
                                                                           3,077,000 8,410,000 2,592,000 12,193,000    21,885,000 14,389,000 5,224,000 22,744,000 
          noncash restructuring charges
                                                                13,238,000                        
          maturities of marketable securities
                                                                    2,404,000        2,330,000            
          restructuring charges
                                                                                        
          purchase of marketable securities
                                                                             -20,000,000 10,081,000 -15,081,000 -30,176,000 -30,096,000 -5,275,000 
          other adjustments
                                                                  -1,336,000 26,784,000 22,821,000  23,177,000 -19,445,000 21,699,000  -13,096,000    -61,000 -302,000 15,977,000  15,103,000 6,847,000 14,252,000  -35,615,000 -49,038,000 
          disposals of property, plant, and equipment
                                                                  1,279,000 1,237,000 384,000  558,000 937,000 1,072,000  1,176,000 294,000 296,000  -982,000 1,065,000 799,000  820,000 335,000 649,000 -534,000 525,000 171,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from
                                                                                        
          operating activities:
                                                                                        
          asset impairments and other restructuring charges
                                                                         1,248,000    797,000 2,119,000 7,173,000        
          gain on sale of assets
                                                                                       
          disposal of property, plant, and equipment
                                                                                        
          revolving credit arrangements – net
                                                                                        
          revolving credit arrangements — net
                                                                                20,603,000        
          change in assets and liabilities, net of effect from businesses acquired:
                                                                                        
          discontinued operations
                                                                                        
          repayments of short-term debt
                                                                                     -28,517,000 -61,436,000 -114,351,000 
          gain on the sale of assets
                                                                                        
          businesses acquired
                                                                              -78,000          
          change in assets and liabilities, net of effect from business acquired:
                                                                                        
          business acquired
                                                                                -19,408,000        
          proceeds from sale of assets and businesses
                                                                                        
          proceeds from revolving credit arrangement — net
                                                                                  -3,286,000      
          income from continuing operations
                                                                                   46,444,000 29,897,000 35,524,000 40,676,000 27,474,000 
          adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                        
          net cash from discontinued operations
                                                                                     -3,901,000 32,025,000 -30,052,000 
          working capital changes
                                                                                        
          proceeds from revolving credit arrangement
                                                                                     2,175,000 39,778,000 96,400,000 
          proceeds from sale of discontinued operations
                                                                                        
          proceeds from sale of discontinued operation
                                                                                       35,670,000