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Mettler Toledo International Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

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

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

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

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Form 10-Q Q3 2020                                   HTML    934K 
 2: EX-31.1     EX-31.1 Q3 2020 CEO Certification                   HTML     21K 
 3: EX-31.2     EX-31.2 Q3 2020 CFO Certification                   HTML     21K 
 4: EX-32       EX-32 Q3 2020 CEO and CFO Certification             HTML     18K 
11: R1          Document and Entity Information Document            HTML     69K 
12: R2          Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations       HTML     89K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
13: R3          Interim Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)     HTML    110K 
14: R4          Balance Sheet Parentheticals (Parentheticals)       HTML     33K 
15: R5          Interim Consolidated Statements of Shareholders'    HTML     84K 
                Equity and Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)                      
16: R6          Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows       HTML     94K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
17: R7          Other Comprehensive Income                          HTML     98K 
18: R8          Other Comprehensive Income                          HTML     57K 
19: R9          Other Comprehensive Income                          HTML     50K 
20: R10         Other Comprehensive Income Details 2                HTML     44K 
21: R11         Other Comprehensive Income Details 3                HTML     31K 
22: R12         Basis of Presentation                               HTML     23K 
23: R13         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     67K 
24: R14         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Notes)       HTML    127K 
25: R15         Financial Instruments (Notes)                       HTML     25K 
26: R16         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     40K 
27: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     21K 
28: R18         Debt                                                HTML     46K 
29: R19         Share Repurchase Program and Treasury Stock         HTML     20K 
30: R20         Earnings Per Common Share                           HTML     24K 
31: R21         Net Periodic Benefit Cost                           HTML     83K 
32: R22         Restructuring Charges                               HTML     24K 
33: R23         Other Charges (Income), Net                         HTML     19K 
34: R24         Contingencies                                       HTML     20K 
35: R25         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     93K 
                (Policies)                                                       
36: R26         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     51K 
                (Tables)                                                         
37: R27         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)      HTML    124K 
38: R28         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     35K 
39: R29         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     18K 
40: R30         Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Tables)                  HTML     79K 
41: R31         Restructuring Charges (Tables)                      HTML     24K 
42: R32         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML    122K 
43: R33         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     25K 
                (Details)                                                        
44: R34         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     41K 
                (Details 1)                                                      
45: R35         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     43K 
                (Details Textuals)                                               
46: R36         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Details)     HTML     87K 
47: R37         Revenue from Contracts with Customers 2 (Details)   HTML     28K 
48: R38         Financial Instruments (Details)                     HTML     54K 
49: R39         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     43K 
50: R40         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     19K 
51: R41         Debt (Details)                                      HTML    145K 
52: R42         Share Repurchase Program and Treasury Stock         HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R43         Earnings Per Common Share (Details)                 HTML     25K 
54: R44         Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Details)                 HTML     52K 
55: R45         Restructuring Charges (Details)                     HTML     28K 
56: R46         Restructuring Charges Restructuring Charges         HTML     20K 
                (Textuals) (Details)                                             
57: R47         Other Charges , Net Other Charges, Net (Details)    HTML     19K 
58: R48         Segment Reporting (Details)                         HTML     60K 
59: R49         Segment Reporting (Details 1)                       HTML     34K 
60: R50         Segment Reporting (Details Textuals)                HTML     32K 
62: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    111K 
10: XML         XBRL Instance -- mtd-20200930_htm                    XML   2.40M 
61: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     82K 
 6: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- mtd-20200930_cal                XML    144K 
 7: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- mtd-20200930_def                 XML    558K 
 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- mtd-20200930_lab                      XML   1.19M 
 9: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- mtd-20200930_pre               XML    691K 
 5: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- mtd-20200930                          XSD    123K 
63: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              311±   431K 
64: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001037646-20-000030-xbrl      Zip    258K

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