Goodwill (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

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 2015	$	297.6	$	386.5	$	133.1	$	19.9	$	294.2	$	1,131.3
Currency translation		8.3		4.4		1.1		.2		5.3		19.3
Goodwill, net at 31 March 2016	$	305.9	$	390.9	$	134.2	$	20.1	$	299.5	$	1,150.6

		31 March		30 September
		2016		2015
Goodwill, gross	$	1,405.1	$	1,375.0
Accumulated impairment losses(A)		(254.5)		(243.7)
Goodwill, net	$	1,150.6	$	1,131.3
(A)Amount is attributable to the Industrial Gases – Americas segment and includes currency translation of $50.7 and $61.5 as of 31 March 2016 and
30 September 2015, respectively.