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Business Description (Details 2)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Food Industry Market Products [Member]  
Product Information [Line Items]  
Percentage of total net sales 75.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= bms_FoodIndustryMarketProductsMember
USPackaging [Member]  
Product Information [Line Items]  
Percentage of total net sales 66.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= bms_UspackagingMember
GlobalPackaging [Member]  
Product Information [Line Items]  
Percentage of total net sales 34.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= bms_GlobalpackagingMember