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Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2013
Oct. 31, 2013
Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]        
Goodwill, Impairment Loss (in Dollars) $ 0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss      
Goodwill 1,405,300,000us-gaap_Goodwill   989,800,000us-gaap_Goodwill  
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 16 years      
Amortization of Intangible Assets 67,400,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets 27,100,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Four 111,000,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFour      
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Five 111,000,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFive      
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Next Twelve Months 111,000,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseNextTwelveMonths      
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Two 111,000,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearTwo      
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Three 111,000,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearThree      
Customer Relationships [Member]        
Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]        
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 20 years      
Customer Relationships [Member] | Minimum [Member]        
Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]        
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 8 years      
Customer Relationships [Member] | Maximum [Member]        
Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]        
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 30 years      
Developed Technology Rights [Member]        
Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]        
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 12 years      
Developed Technology Rights [Member] | Minimum [Member]        
Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]        
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 5 years      
Developed Technology Rights [Member] | Maximum [Member]        
Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]        
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 14 years      
Trade Names [Member]        
Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]        
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 20 years      
Trade Names [Member] | Minimum [Member]        
Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]        
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 5 years      
Trade Names [Member] | Maximum [Member]        
Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]        
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 20 years      
Noncompete Agreements [Member]        
Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]        
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 5 years      
Noncompete Agreements [Member] | Minimum [Member]        
Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]        
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 1 year      
Noncompete Agreements [Member] | Maximum [Member]        
Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]        
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 5 years      
Offshore [Member]        
Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]        
Reporting Unit, Percentage of Fair Value in Excess of Carrying Amount 7.60%us-gaap_ReportingUnitPercentageOfFairValueInExcessOfCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pah_OffshoreMember		      
Goodwill 364,000,000us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pah_OffshoreMember		      
ASF Americas [Member]        
Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]        
Reporting Unit, Percentage of Fair Value in Excess of Carrying Amount 11.10%us-gaap_ReportingUnitPercentageOfFairValueInExcessOfCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pah_ASFAmericasMember		      
Goodwill 78,300,000us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pah_ASFAmericasMember		      
Predecessor [Member]        
Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]        
Goodwill   476,200,000us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember		   471,800,000us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember
Amortization of Intangible Assets     8,900,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember		  
Successor [Member]        
Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]        
Goodwill 1,405,300,000us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember		   989,800,000us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember		  
Amortization of Intangible Assets     22,400,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember		  
Trade Names [Member]        
Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]        
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill) $ 69,300,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember		   $ 70,900,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember