Goodwill (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

	Industrial		Industrial		Industrial		Industrial
	Gases–		Gases–		Gases–		Gases–		Materials
	Americas		EMEA		Asia		Global		Technologies			Total
Goodwill, net at 30 September 2013	$	714.2	$	459.0	$	140.5	$	20.9	$	319.2	$	1,653.8
Impairment loss		(305.2)		-		-		-		-		(305.2)
Currency translation and other		(81.8)		(25.7)		(.5)		.5		(3.8)		(111.3)
Goodwill, net at 30 September 2014	$	327.2	$	433.3	$	140.0	$	21.4	$	315.4	$	1,237.3
Acquisitions and adjustments		2.2		3.2		-		-		-		5.4
Currency translation and other		(31.8)		(50.0)		(6.9)		(1.5)		(21.2)		(111.4)
Goodwill, net at 30 September 2015	$	297.6	$	386.5	$	133.1	$	19.9	$	294.2	$	1,131.3

30 September		2015		2014		2013
Goodwill, gross	$	1,375.0	$	1,522.1	$	1,653.8
Accumulated impairment losses (A)		(243.7)		(284.8)		-
Goodwill, net	$	1,131.3	$	1,237.3	$	1,653.8
(A) Amount is attributable to the Industrial Gases – Americas segment and includes currency translation of $61.5 and $20.4 as of
30 September 2015 and 30 September 2014, respectively.