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Acquisitions	12 Months Ended
Acquisitions	Dec. 31, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract]
ACQUISITIONS	ACQUISITIONS OMG Malaysia Acquisition On January 31, 2016, Element Solutions completed the OMG Malaysia Acquisition for approximately $124 million, net of acquired cash and closing working capital adjustments. The Company acquired OMG Malaysia by issuing a note payable for $125 million which was offset against a note receivable from the seller of the same amount. During the year of acquisition, net sales and net income contributed by the OMG Malaysia Acquisition totaled $30.9 million and $3.2 million, respectively. As the integration continued to progress, discrete results reported by the acquired company have been impacted by the integration initiatives and have become less comparable to prior periods. Therefore, it is impracticable to report discrete acquisition-level results beyond the initial year of acquisition.