Business Segment and Geographic Information

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting, Disclosure of Entity's Reportable Segments [Abstract]

Business Segment and Geographic Information

18.       BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Our segments are organized based on differences in product and/or type of customer. We have four business segments consisting of Merchant Gases, Tonnage Gases, Electronics and Performance Materials, and Equipment and Energy.

	Business Segment Information		Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
			30 June				30 June
			2013		2012		2013		2012
	Sales to External Customers
		Merchant Gases	$	1,032.5	$	874.1	$	3,044.8	$	2,645.4
		Tonnage Gases		845.5		767.4		2,552.4		2,360.7
		Electronics and Performance Materials		565.7		603.8		1,663.5		1,706.0
		Equipment and Energy		103.6		94.8		333.2		293.8
	Segment and Consolidated Totals		$	2,547.3	$	2,340.1	$	7,593.9	$	7,005.9
	Operating Income
		Merchant Gases	$	164.9	$	164.6	$	504.0	$	483.4
		Tonnage Gases		119.9		134.3		381.2		371.1
		Electronics and Performance Materials (A)		86.8		176.7		225.6		340.3
		Equipment and Energy		16.0		9.8		45.0		26.9
	Segment Total		$	387.6	$	485.4	$	1,155.8	$	1,221.7
		Business restructuring and cost reduction plans		-		-		-		(86.8)
		Other		(4.5)		(2.6)		(10.6)		(10.4)
	Consolidated Total		$	383.1	$	482.8	$	1,145.2	$	1,124.5
(A)	The gain on remeasuring our previously held equity interest in DA NanoMaterials is reflected in 2012. For additional information, see Note 5, Business Combinations.

		30 June			30 September
			2013			2012
Identifiable Assets (A)
	Merchant Gases		$	6,598.5		$	6,428.5
	Tonnage Gases			5,241.7			5,059.8
	Electronics and Performance Materials			2,874.9			2,930.3
	Equipment and Energy			575.6			379.3
Segment total			$	15,290.7		$	14,797.9
	Other			969.5			925.4
	Discontinued operations			27.8			42.8
Consolidated Total			$	16,288.0		$	15,766.1
(A) Identifiable assets are equal to total assets less investment in net assets of and advances to equity affiliates.

Geographic Information
			Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
			30 June				30 June
			2013		2012		2013		2012
	Sales to External Customers
		U.S./Canada	$	1,132.4	$	1,082.0	$	3,353.7	$	3,232.0
		Europe		654.6		635.3		1,951.2		1,931.9
		Asia		578.8		579.5		1,744.8		1,697.6
		Latin America		181.5		43.3		544.2		144.4
	Consolidated Total		$	2,547.3	$	2,340.1	$	7,593.9	$	7,005.9

Geographic information is based on country of origin. The Europe region operates principally in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and the U.K. The Asia region operates principally in China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. The Latin America region operates principally in Brazil and Chile.