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Mettler Toledo International Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/20 – ‘XML’

On:  Friday, 11/6/20, at 9:16am ET   ·   For:  9/30/20   ·   Accession #:  1037646-20-30   ·   File #:  1-13595

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11/06/20  Mettler Toledo International Inc  10-Q        9/30/20   64:7.5M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

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26: R16         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     40K 
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                (Policies)                                                       
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                (Details Textuals)                                               
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