Note 2 - Acquisitions of Businesses (Details)	12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		12 Months Ended				0 Months Ended					0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	10 Months Ended				12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended							12 Months Ended																		12 Months Ended				0 Months Ended		2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Apr. 16, 2014 Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] CAS [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2014 Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] Agriphar [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] MacDermid [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] Agriphar And CAS [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] Arysta [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 13, 2015 Series B Preferred Stock [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] Arysta [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2014 Restricted Stock [Member] Agriphar [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 13, 2015 Subsequent Event [Member] Arysta [Member] USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2014 At the Inception [Member] MacDermid [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Successor [Member] United States of America, Dollars Agriphar [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Successor [Member] Euro Member Countries, Euro Agriphar [Member]	Oct. 25, 2013 Successor [Member] MacDermid [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Successor [Member] MacDermid [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Successor [Member] MacDermid [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Successor [Member] Minimum [Member] PDH [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Successor [Member] Maximum [Member] PDH [Member]	May 22, 2013 Successor [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Successor [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Successor [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 22, 2013 Successor [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Predecessor [Member] MacDermid [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 Predecessor [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Predecessor [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 United States of America, Dollars Agriphar [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Euro Member Countries, Euro Agriphar [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Customer Relationships [Member] MacDermid [Member] Minimum [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Customer Relationships [Member] MacDermid [Member] Maximum [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Customer Relationships [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Customer Relationships [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Customer Relationships [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Customer Lists [Member] Agriphar And CAS [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Customer Lists [Member] Agriphar And CAS [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Customer Lists [Member] Agriphar And CAS [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Customer Lists [Member] Undisclosed Name of Business [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Customer Lists [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Customer Lists [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Developed Technology Rights [Member] Agriphar And CAS [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Developed Technology Rights [Member] Agriphar And CAS [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Developed Technology Rights [Member] Agriphar And CAS [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Developed Technology Rights [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Developed Technology Rights [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Developed Technology Rights [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Trade Names [Member] Agriphar And CAS [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Trade Names [Member] Agriphar And CAS [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Trade Names [Member] Agriphar And CAS [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Trade Names [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Trade Names [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Trade Names [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Noncompete Agreements [Member] Agriphar And CAS [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Noncompete Agreements [Member] Agriphar And CAS [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Noncompete Agreements [Member] Agriphar And CAS [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Noncompete Agreements [Member] Undisclosed Name of Business [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Noncompete Agreements [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Noncompete Agreements [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Noncompete Agreements [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Tradenames and Developed Technology [Member] Undisclosed Name of Business [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 04, 2014 CAS [Member] Certis Europe B.V. [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 16, 2014 CAS [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 CAS [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 CAS [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 16, 2014 CAS [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2014 Agriphar [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2014 Agriphar [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2014 Agriphar [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Agriphar [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 04, 2014 MacDermid [Member] MacDermid Savings Plan [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 MacDermid [Member] MacDermid Savings Plan [Member]	Mar. 04, 2014 MacDermid [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 MacDermid [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 MacDermid [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 MacDermid [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 MacDermid [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 MacDermid [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Agriphar And CAS [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Undisclosed Name of Business [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 PDH [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 PDH [Member]
Note 2 - Acquisitions of Businesses (Details) [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred										$ 3,570,000,000				$ 2,600,000																																														$ 1,040,000,000		$ 1,035,100,000		$ 370,000,000	€ 300,000,000		$ 370,300,000						$ 1,800,000,000	$ 1,821,600,000			$ 30,500,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross										2,930,000,000																																																		983,000,000		983,100,000		350,000,000			350,200,000	2,600,000						916,500,000
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares (in Shares)																																																												2,000,000								1,670,386
Business Combination Consideration Adjustment To Preliminary Estimated Working Capital																																																														(15,000,000)
Asset Retirement Obligation	18,500,000	4,800,000																		4,800	18,500	0		2,200	2,300																																						13,200,000
Business Combination, Agreement Termination Advance Notice Term																																																												4 years
Number of Major Product Lines																																																												7
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs			33,900,000	4,200,000		38,100,000	6,400,000								15,200,000					15,200,000	47,800,000		16,900,000	16,900,000																																						33,900,000					4,200,000							15,200,000		29,800,000
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual																																																													61,900,000					26,100,000
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Earnings or Loss of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual																																																													(20,500,000)					(8,300,000)
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable									711,551	600,000,000
Business Combination Consideration Payable Shares to be Issued																																																																	15,000,000		18,200,000
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation												1.21	1.00													1.21	1.00
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability	63,900,000	34,800,000									35,500,000																																																							3,400,000	3,400,000							35,500,000	34,800,000
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Ownership														3.00%																																																							3.00%	3.00%	97.00%
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Liabilities Incurred																																																																									754,000,000
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High																																																																									100,000,000
Proceeds from Previous Acquisition																																																																								8,500,000
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate																																																																								2.00%
Fair Value Inputs, Future Value of Cash Payments																																																																								60,000,000
Contingent Consideration Classified as Equity, Fair Value Disclosure																																																																								63,900,000
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Change in Amount of Contingent Consideration, Liability					29,100,000															(700,000)	29,100,000
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangement, Change Related to Achievement of Stock Performance																																																																										18,800,000
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Change in Value Due to Compensation Expense																																																																										10,300,000
Business Acquisition, Share Price (in Dollars per share)	$ 11.00
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners	6.66%	6.66%															6.66%	6.76%																																																							6.76%					6.76%
Annual Maximum Percentage of Holdings Exchanged																																																																															25.00%
Common Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance (in Shares)																																																																														8,800,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues (in Shares)																			88,500,000																																																											134,044
Redeemable 401k Plan Interest		21,000,000																																																																								21,000,000
Business Combination, Equity Interest Acquired Affliated Company, Percentage																																																											15.00%
Business Combination Equity Interest Acquired Affiliated Company, Value																																																											15,000,000
Goodwill, Acquired During Period																				990,200,000	475,900,000							1,450,000,000
Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount																													194,000,000																																																0
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life																																	8 years	30 years			8 years	30 years	5 years	14 years		5 years	5 years		5 years	20 years		1 year	20 years		1 year	5 years			5 years
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	16 years																													8 years	30 years	20 years			20 years						12 years	5 years	14 years	12 years			20 years	5 years	20 years	20 years			5 years		1 year	5 years	5 years																			16 years
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Long-term Debt																																																																										754,200,000			400,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets																																																																													1,200,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment																																																													11,600,000	11,600,000				31,700,000	31,700,000							140,900,000			200,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities Noncurrent																																																													25,300,000	25,300,000				64,900,000	64,900,000							171,200,000			3,600,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Assets																																																																													18,000,000
Goodwill	1,405,300,000	989,800,000																		989,800,000	1,405,300,000			471,800,000	476,200,000																																				281,000,000	281,000,000				178,600,000	178,600,000							990,200,000			16,300,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles																																				14,600,000																		1,900,000				1,500,000																			18,000,000
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Value Assigned								$ 600,000,000								$ 97,500,000																																													$ 52,000,000	$ 52,000,000				$ 16,600,000	$ 16,600,000							$ 115,400,000