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	Dec. 31, 2014	Jan. 23, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013	Apr. 25, 2013 Berggruen Acquisition Holdings, IV, Ltd [Member] Successor [Member] Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Nov. 06, 2014 Private Placement [Member] Successor [Member]	Oct. 08, 2014 Private Placement [Member] Successor [Member]	May 20, 2014 Private Placement [Member] Successor [Member] USD ($)	Nov. 06, 2014 Private Placement [Member] Successor [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 08, 2014 Private Placement [Member] Successor [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Shares Issued In Connection With 401(k) Exchange Agreement [Member] Common Stock [Member] Successor [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 25, 2013 Shares Issued In Connection With 401(k) Exchange Agreement [Member] Successor [Member] MacDermid [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Shares Issued In Connection With 401(k) Exchange Agreement [Member] Successor [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Common Stock [Member] Successor [Member] Weighted Average [Member] Stock Dividends to Series A Preferred Stock Shareholders [Member] USD ($)	Nov. 17, 2014 Common Stock [Member] Successor [Member] Underwriter Options [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Common Stock [Member] Successor [Member] Agriphar [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Common Stock [Member] Successor [Member] Chemtura [Member]	Nov. 17, 2014 Common Stock [Member] Successor [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Common Stock [Member] Successor [Member] USD ($)	Nov. 17, 2014 Common Stock [Member] Successor [Member] USD ($)	May 22, 2013 Common Stock [Member] Successor [Member] USD ($)	May 22, 2013 Warrant [Member] Successor [Member] Warrants and Rights Subject to Mandatory Redemption [Member]	May 22, 2013 Warrant [Member] Successor [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock [Member] Predecessor [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Successor [Member] Minimum [Member] PDH [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Successor [Member] Maximum [Member] PDH [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Successor [Member] Series A Preferred Stock [Member] Preferred Stock Conversion [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Successor [Member] Series A Preferred Stock [Member] Common Stock Conversion [Member]	May 22, 2013 Successor [Member] Series A Preferred Stock [Member] Founder Entities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Successor [Member] Stock Dividends to Series A Preferred Stock Shareholders [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Successor [Member] United States of America, Dollars Agriphar [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Successor [Member] Euro Member Countries, Euro Agriphar [Member]	May 22, 2013 Successor [Member] Warrant Exchange Offer [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Successor [Member] Agriphar [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2014 Successor [Member] Agriphar [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Successor [Member] Agriphar [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Successor [Member] Agriphar [Member] EUR (€)	Nov. 03, 2013 Successor [Member] Chemtura [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Successor [Member] Chemtura [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 25, 2013 Successor [Member] MacDermid [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Successor [Member] MacDermid [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 25, 2013 Successor [Member] MacDermid [Member] USD ($)	May 22, 2013 Successor [Member] Non-founder Directors [Member] USD ($)	May 22, 2013 Successor [Member] Founders [Member] USD ($)	May 22, 2013 Successor [Member] Two Independent Directors [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Successor [Member] PDH [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Successor [Member] PDH [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Successor [Member] PDH [Member]	May 22, 2013 Successor [Member] Founder Entities [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 25, 2013 Successor [Member] Founder Entities [Member]	Apr. 25, 2013 Successor [Member] Founder Entities [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 25, 2013 Successor [Member] Mariposa Acquisition, LLC [Member]	Nov. 17, 2014 Successor [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 03, 2014 Successor [Member] USD ($)	May 22, 2013 Successor [Member] USD ($)	Nov. 06, 2014 Successor [Member] USD ($)	May 22, 2013 Successor [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Successor [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Successor [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Successor [Member]	Oct. 25, 2013 Successor [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Predecessor [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 United States of America, Dollars Agriphar [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Euro Member Countries, Euro Agriphar [Member]	Oct. 01, 2014 Agriphar [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2014 Agriphar [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2014 Agriphar [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 04, 2014 MacDermid [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 MacDermid [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 MacDermid [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 MacDermid [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 PDH [Member]
Note 12 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues				1	9,404,064	16,060,960	15,800,000			1,670,386							16,445,000															13,462,280										29,500	380,952	190,476				1,999,998	2		1					88,500,000																	134,044
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued (in Dollars)																																																		$ 20
Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues (in Dollars)							300,000,000					18,400,000																																				20,000,000
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding																												2,000,000																																	315,144	2,000,000	2,000,000
Common Stock Dividends, Shares																													10,050,290
Preferred Stock, Ordinary Share Market Price Appreciation, Dividend, Percentage																													20.00%
Share Price (in Dollars per share)		$ 0.01						$ 25.59	$ 25.59	$ 11.00			$ 23.16						$ 24.50	$ 10.00																						$ 10.00	$ 10.50	$ 10.50												$ 18.00
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared (in Dollars per share)																													$ 22.85
Convertible Preferred Stock, Shares Issued upon Conversion																										1	1
Other Preferred Stock Dividends and Adjustments (in Dollars)																																																									172,000,000
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Stock Options Exercised (in Dollars)														2,145,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock (in Dollars)																																141,000,000																				403,000,000					1,019,500,000	1,512,600,000
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs (in Dollars)							13,800,000	300,000									14,100,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Acquisitions											1,670,386				711,551	2,000,000																		711,551			2,000,000
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Acquisitions																																	18,200,000		16,600,000	15,000,000		52,000,000
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation																														1.21	1.00																																	1.21	1.00
Proceeds from Issuance of Private Placement (in Dollars)																																																							652,000,000
																		16,244,694																																								16,244,694
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercised During Period																																																										48,734,082
Proceeds from Warrant Exercises (in Dollars)																																																										187,000,000
Warrants Redeemed																																																					8,580
Warrants Redeemed Price (in Dollars per share)																																																					$ 0.01
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Ownership																																							3.00%																														3.00%	97.00%
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred (in Dollars)																																							2,600,000																											370,000,000	300,000,000	370,300,000			1,800,000,000	1,821,600,000
Common Stock, Shares Issued Upon Conversion																		134,044																					1							134,044
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share (in Dollars per share)																																									$ 0.01																			$ 1	$ 1.00
Proceeds from Issuance Initial Public Offering (in Dollars)																																																						885,000,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding																					90,529,500
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per share)																		$ 11.50				$ 11.50
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercisable Time Period																						3 years
Class of Warrant or Right, Warrant Redemption Price (in Dollars)																						0.01
Class of Warrant or Right, Threshold Consecutive Trading Days																																																								10 days
Sale of Stock, Price Per Share (in Dollars per share)																							$ 1,000									$ 10.50
Warrants Exchanged Per Common Share																																3
Warrants Exchanged for Common Stock																																40,386,840
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Value Assigned (in Dollars)																																								97,500,000																												16,600,000				115,400,000
Annual Amount of Equity of Wholly Owned Subsidiary Eligible to be Exchanged for Common shares of the Company, Percentage																																															25.00%
Annual Amount of Equity of Wholly Owned Subsidiary Eligible To Be Exchanged For Common Shares Of The Company Period																																															4 years
Common Stock Originally Issuable Upon Exchange, Shares																																																											8,800,000
Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest (in Dollars)																																													(1,400,000)	(6,400,000)
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners	6.66%		6.66%																					6.66%	6.76%																																														6.76%		6.76%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	182,066,980		103,571,941																																																										50,000,000
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding	182,066,980		103,571,941																																																										49,582,936
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued																																																													316,000	2,000,000	2,000,000
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage																																																													9.00%
Dividends, Paid-in-kind (in Dollars)																																																													$ 209,000,000