Business Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

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

Business Segment and Geographic Information

17.       BUSINESS SEGMENT 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.

		Three Months Ended
		31 December
			2013		2012
Sales to External Customers
	Merchant Gases	$	1,047.7	$	1,009.1
	Tonnage Gases		808.1		898.4
	Electronics and Performance Materials		579.1		549.0
	Equipment and Energy		110.6		105.9
Segment and Consolidated Totals		$	2,545.5	$	2,562.4
Operating Income
	Merchant Gases	$	169.2	$	171.0
	Tonnage Gases		117.6		138.1
	Electronics and Performance Materials		83.5		61.3
	Equipment and Energy		20.5		8.4
Segment total		$	390.8	$	378.8
	Other		(5.2)		(6.4)
Consolidated Total		$	385.6	$	372.4

		31 December			30 September
			2013			2013
Identifiable Assets (A)
	Merchant Gases		$	6,735.1		$	6,729.9
	Tonnage Gases			5,460.3			5,397.0
	Electronics and Performance Materials			2,868.9			2,859.4
	Equipment and Energy			762.0			675.2
Segment total			$	15,826.3		$	15,661.5
	Other			876.2			990.6
	Discontinued operations			-			2.5
Consolidated Total			$	16,702.5		$	16,654.6
(A) Identifiable assets are equal to total assets less investment in net assets of and advances to equity affiliates.