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041600 - Disclosure - Business Segment Information (Details)
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TableSchedule of Entity-Wide Information by Major Class [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0001000697 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Entity-Wide Information [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2013-09-29 - 2013-12-31
2013-06-30 - 2013-09-28
2013-03-31 - 2013-06-29
2013-01-01 - 2013-12-31
2013-01-01 - 2013-03-30
2012-09-30 - 2012-12-31
2012-07-01 - 2012-09-29
2012-04-01 - 2012-06-30
2012-01-01 - 2012-12-31
2012-01-01 - 2012-03-31
2011-01-01 - 2011-12-31
Product or Service [Axis]Product or Service [Axis]Product or Service [Axis]Product or Service [Axis]Product or Service [Axis]Product or Service [Axis]Product or Service [Axis]Product or Service [Axis]Product or Service [Axis]Product or Service [Axis]Product or Service [Axis]
Product or Service Name [Domain]Product or Service Name [Domain]Product or Service Name [Domain]Waters instrument systems [Member]Chemistry [Member]TA instrument systems [Member]Waters service [Member]TA service [Member]Product or Service Name [Domain]Product or Service Name [Domain]Product or Service Name [Domain]Product or Service Name [Domain]Product or Service Name [Domain]Waters instrument systems [Member]Chemistry [Member]TA instrument systems [Member]Waters service [Member]TA service [Member]Product or Service Name [Domain]Product or Service Name [Domain]Waters instrument systems [Member]Chemistry [Member]TA instrument systems [Member]Waters service [Member]TA service [Member]Product or Service Name [Domain]
Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]Geographic Area [Axis]
United States [Member]Europe [Member]Total Asia [Member]Other Geographic Area [Member]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]United States [Member]Europe [Member]China [Member]Japan [Member]Asia Other [Member]Total Asia [Member]Other Geographic Area [Member]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]United States [Member]Europe [Member]Total Asia [Member]Other Geographic Area [Member]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]United States [Member]Europe [Member]China [Member]Japan [Member]Asia Other [Member]Total Asia [Member]Other Geographic Area [Member]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]Geographic Area [Domain]United States [Member]Europe [Member]China [Member]Japan [Member]Asia Other [Member]Total Asia [Member]Other Geographic Area [Member]Geographic Area [Domain]
Number of operating segments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of reportable segments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Product sales
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
840,608,000  
304,130,000  
167,765,000  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,312,503,000  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
828,458,000  
294,787,000  
157,262,000  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,280,507,000  
 
878,367,000  
292,506,000  
151,263,000  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,322,136,000  
Service sales
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
532,323,000  
59,392,000  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
591,715,000  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
509,412,000  
53,722,000  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
563,134,000  
 
 
 
 
480,553,000  
48,495,000  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
529,048,000  
Total net sales
 
 
 
 
565,448,000  
457,317,000  
451,115,000  
 
 
 
 
 
557,734,000  
573,786,000  
240,535,000  
170,115,000  
216,229,000  
626,879,000  
145,819,000  
1,904,218,000  
430,338,000  
 
 
 
 
521,766,000  
449,952,000  
451,465,000  
 
 
 
 
 
531,912,000  
549,341,000  
212,701,000  
207,340,000  
215,612,000  
635,653,000  
126,735,000  
1,843,641,000  
420,458,000  
 
 
 
 
 
530,606,000  
574,770,000  
175,409,000  
211,893,000  
222,082,000  
609,384,000  
136,424,000  
1,851,184,000  
Maximum percentage of net sales to an individual customer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
.02  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
.02  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
.02  
Long-lived assets
174,143,000  
138,962,000  
10,412,000  
1,415,000  
324,932,000  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
174,143,000  
138,962,000  
 
 
 
10,412,000  
1,415,000  
324,932,000  
 
173,932,000  
89,389,000  
8,467,000  
1,491,000  
273,279,000  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
173,932,000  
89,389,000  
 
 
 
8,467,000  
1,491,000  
273,279,000