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Segment Financial Information (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Segment
Mar. 31, 2014
Segment reporting information    
Number of reportable segments 2us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments  
Number of operating segments 2us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments  
Net sales $ 1,029.6us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 1,056.6us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Operating income 73.8us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 77.0us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Americas    
Segment reporting information    
Net sales 605.3us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_AmericasMember		 568.4us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_AmericasMember
Operating income 35.7us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_AmericasMember		 29.6us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_AmericasMember
EMEA-APAC    
Segment reporting information    
Net sales 424.3us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= vwr_EmeaApacMember		 488.2us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= vwr_EmeaApacMember
Operating income $ 38.1us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= vwr_EmeaApacMember		 $ 47.4us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= vwr_EmeaApacMember