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Business Combinations - Additional Disclosures (Details) $ in Millions					3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 01, 2019 USD ($) mill facility	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) facility	Jun. 12, 2018 USD ($) facility	Jan. 01, 2018 facility	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire business						$ 54.5	$ 89.4	$ 189.4
Identifiable intangible assets, customer relationships	$ 6.5
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net	38.5
Goodwill	$ 7.5					1,477.0	1,459.7	1,323.0
Net income from business acquisition						31.2
Net sales from business acquisition						2.0
Number of converting facilities acquired \| facility	2
Number of mills acquired \| mill	1
Assets						7,276.7	7,048.8	4,821.3
NACP Combination
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net income from business acquisition							134.7
Net sales from business acquisition							1,407.1
Debt assumed in transaction							660.0
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred							1,800.0
NACP Combination \| Paperboard Mills
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of mills \| facility				2
Assets							1,500.0
Leticia Corporation
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire business	$ 52.5	$ 95.0
Net income from business acquisition							42.4
Reduction of depreciation expense					$ (5.0)
Number of converting facilities acquired \| facility		2
PFP, LLC And PFP Dallas Converting, LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire business			$ 34.0
Net income from business acquisition							1.4
Number of converting facilities acquired \| facility			2
NACP Combination And PFP Acquisition
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Identifiable intangible assets, customer relationships							150.1
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net							1,713.9
Goodwill							146.9
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred							1,860.8
Reduction of depreciation expense							$ 32.0
Weighted average useful life of intangible assets							20 years
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Attrition rate							5.00%
Working capital true-up of PFP							$ (40.9)
Artistic Carton Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of converting facilities acquired \| facility	2
Number of mills acquired \| mill	1
Americas paperboard \| Paperboard Mills
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Assets							600.0
Acquisitions in 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire business								$ 189.0
UNITED STATES \| NACP Combination \| Americas Paperboard Packaging
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of converting facilities \| facility				3
UNITED KINGDOM \| NACP Combination \| Europe Paperboard Packaging
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of converting facilities \| facility				1
Products And Services, Transition Services \| NACP Combination \| International Paper Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to suppliers unrelated to NACP combination						0.1	22.0
Product And Services, Fiber Procurement And Corrugated Products \| NACP Combination \| International Paper Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to suppliers unrelated to NACP combination						12.4	15.9
Product And Services, Wood \| NACP Combination \| International Paper Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to suppliers unrelated to NACP combination						229.1	194.0
Products And Services, Ink Supply \| NACP Combination \| International Paper Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to suppliers unrelated to NACP combination						26.6	28.5
Products And Services, Unrelated To Agreements \| NACP Combination \| International Paper Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to suppliers unrelated to NACP combination						$ 4.0	$ 6.0