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	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Nov. 03, 2014 First Lien Term Loan [Member] EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD Incremental Loans [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD Incremental Loans [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Tranche B Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Tranche B Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 13, 2015 New Tranche B-2 Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 13, 2015 Euro Tracnche Term Loans [Member] EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2015 Euro Tracnche Term Loans [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 13, 2015 Euro Tracnche Term Loans [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2014 Euro Tracnche Term Loans [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Traunche B-2 Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Traunche B-2 Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Euro Traunche B-2 Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Euro Traunche B-2 Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 13, 2015 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 13, 2015 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 13, 2015 Revolving Credit Facility, Multi Currency [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 13, 2015 Revolving Credit Facility, Multi Currency [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 13, 2015 Eurodollar [Member] Tranche B Term Loan [Member]	Feb. 13, 2015 Eurodollar [Member] Traunche B-2 Term Loan [Member]	Feb. 13, 2015 Eurodollar [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Feb. 13, 2015 Base Rate [Member] Tranche B Term Loan [Member]	Feb. 13, 2015 Base Rate [Member] Traunche B-2 Term Loan [Member]	Feb. 13, 2015 Base Rate [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Mar. 31, 2015 Maximum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2015 Maximum [Member] Overdraft Facility [Member]	Mar. 31, 2015 Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2015 Minimum [Member] Overdraft Facility [Member]	Oct. 01, 2014 Barclays Bank PLC [Member] USD ($)	Nov. 03, 2014 Chemtura [Member] New Tranche B Term Loans [Member] USD ($)	Nov. 03, 2014 Chemtura [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Nov. 03, 2014 Chemtura [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] EUR (€)	Nov. 03, 2014 Chemtura [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Nov. 03, 2014 Chemtura [Member] Revolving Credit Facility, Multi Currency [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 13, 2015 Arysta [Member] New Tranche B-2 Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 13, 2015 Arysta [Member] Euro Tracnche Term Loans [Member] EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2015 Notes Payable to Banks [Member] USD Notes [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2015 Notes Payable to Banks [Member] USD Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Notes Payable to Banks [Member] USD Notes [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Notes Payable to Banks [Member] Euro Notes [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Notes Payable to Banks [Member] Euro Notes [Member] EUR (€)	Feb. 02, 2015 Notes Payable to Banks [Member] Euro Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Notes Payable to Banks [Member] Euro Notes [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Secured Debt [Member] First Lien Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Secured Debt [Member] First Lien Term Loan [Member] USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate, short term debt	3.41%
Stated interest rate				4.50%		4.50%				4.25%			4.75%		4.25%															25.00%		0.25%									6.50%	6.50%		6.00%	6.00%	6.00%		4.50%
Factoring agreements total current capacity	$ 244,000,000
Original issue premium																																												1,000,000
Spread on variable rate				3.50%		3.50%				3.25%			3.75%		3.25%								3.50%	3.75%	3.00%	2.50%	2.75%	2.00%																				3.50%
Weighted average interest rate				4.26%		4.26%				4.25%			4.75%		4.25%																																	4.26%
Long-term debt	3,445,200,000	1,415,900,000	205,000,000	294,400,000	294,900,000	128,700,000	129,000,000	500,000,000		217,900,000		246,200,000	493,900,000	0	87,100,000	0																		130,000,000					500,000,000		1,101,000,000		0	375,700,000			0	741,800,000	743,700,000
Revolving credit facility											287,000,000								163,000,000			163,000,000															87,500,000.0	87,500,000.0
Second amendment increase in credit facility																																	300,000,000
Multicurrency revolving credit facility was increase									83,000,000								75,000,000				75,000,000
Borrowed under the U.S. Dollar and multicurrency revolving credit facility																																			60,000,000	55,000,000
Increase in Euro tranche term loan facility																																								83,000,000
Original issue discount percentage																																							0.01	0.02
Borrowed under U.S. Dollar revolving credit facility for acquisition																	160,000,000
Outstanding letters of credit																		15,800,000		1,000,000
Maximum percentage of letter of credit obligations exceeding revolving credit commitments	25.00%
Ratio of debt to EBITDA																													1.0		6.5
Voting capital stock pledged of domestic subsidiaries	100.00%
Voting capital stock pledged of non-domestic subsidiaries	65.00%
Gross debt, long term																																									1,101,000,000				350,000,000
Borrowings under lines of credit, weighted average interest rate of 3.41% at March 31, 2015	173,300,000	0
Overdraft facility capacity	201,000,000	195,000,000
Accrued Liabilities, Factoring Agreements, Current	$ 89,900,000	$ 0