Defined Contribution Plans, Pension and Other Post-Retirement Benefit Plans - Current Investment Allocation Target for Pension Plans and Weighted-Average Asset Allocations (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
U.S. Pension and Other Post-Retirement Benefit Plans
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Target Allocation	100.00%	100.00%
Weighted-average pension plans allocation	100.00%	100.00%
Non-U.S. Pension Plans
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Target Allocation	100.00%	100.00%
Weighted-average pension plans allocation	100.00%	100.00%
Cash and cash equivalents \| U.S. Pension and Other Post-Retirement Benefit Plans
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Target Allocation	0.00%	0.00%
Weighted-average pension plans allocation	0.10%	1.20%
Cash and cash equivalents \| Non-U.S. Pension Plans
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Target Allocation	0.00%	0.00%
Weighted-average pension plans allocation	0.00%	0.40%
Equity/balanced securities \| U.S. Pension and Other Post-Retirement Benefit Plans
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Target Allocation	55.00%	55.00%
Weighted-average pension plans allocation	52.10%	51.00%
Equity/balanced securities \| Non-U.S. Pension Plans
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Target Allocation	55.00%	60.00%
Weighted-average pension plans allocation	55.20%	61.10%
Fixed income securities \| U.S. Pension and Other Post-Retirement Benefit Plans
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Target Allocation	25.00%	25.00%
Weighted-average pension plans allocation	23.30%	24.00%
Fixed income securities \| Non-U.S. Pension Plans
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Target Allocation	45.00%	40.00%
Weighted-average pension plans allocation	44.80%	38.50%
Real estate \| U.S. Pension and Other Post-Retirement Benefit Plans
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Target Allocation	20.00%	20.00%
Weighted-average pension plans allocation	24.50%	23.80%
Real estate \| Non-U.S. Pension Plans
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Target Allocation	0.00%	0.00%
Weighted-average pension plans allocation	0.00%	0.00%

Target allocation of investments of this type to total plan assets presented on a weighted average basis.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (c)(i)
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Percentage of fair value of investments (categorized by debt securities, equity securities, real estate and other plan assets) to the fair value of plan assets held.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65897934&loc=d3e2446-114920

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
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-Subparagraph (d)(1)
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