Business Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

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

Business Segment and Geographic Information

18. 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				Nine Months Ended
		30 June				30 June
		2014		2013		2014		2013
Sales to External Customers
	Merchant Gases	$	1,077.3	$	1,032.5	$	3,165.1	$	3,044.8
	Tonnage Gases		835.3		845.5		2,483.3		2,552.4
	Electronics and Performance Materials		617.8		565.7		1,788.6		1,663.5
	Equipment and Energy		104.2		103.6		325.0		333.2
Segment and Consolidated Totals		$	2,634.6	$	2,547.3	$	7,762.0	$	7,593.9
Operating Income
	Merchant Gases	$	173.5	$	164.9	$	486.1	$	504.0
	Tonnage Gases		117.5		119.9		347.3		381.2
	Electronics and Performance Materials		107.0		86.8		297.6		225.6
	Equipment and Energy		17.4		16.0		60.8		45.0
Segment Total		$	415.4	$	387.6	$	1,191.8	$	1,155.8
	Other		(1.6)		(4.5)		(7.7)		(10.6)
Consolidated Total		$	413.8	$	383.1	$	1,184.1	$	1,145.2

		30 June			30 September
			2014			2013
Identifiable Assets (A)
	Merchant Gases		$	6,756.2		$	6,729.9
	Tonnage Gases			5,591.7			5,397.0
	Electronics and Performance Materials			2,909.0			2,859.4
	Equipment and Energy			957.3			675.2
Segment total			$	16,214.2		$	15,661.5
	Other			845.7			990.6
	Discontinued operations			-			2.5
Consolidated Total			$	17,059.9		$	16,654.6
(A) Identifiable assets are equal to total assets less investment in net assets of and advances to equity affiliates.