Geographic and Product Line Information Revenue by Country (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended							4 Months Ended	8 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2017	Aug. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2017	Aug. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Geographic Information Threshold				10.00%							10.00%
Predecessor [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales			$ 2,991		$ 6,971	$ 7,319	$ 4,903	$ 4,646	$ 6,646	$ 7,014		$ 17,281	$ 23,209	$ 23,657
Predecessor [Member] | UNITED STATES
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales												7,535	9,500	9,812
Predecessor [Member] | CANADA
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales												583	669	692
Predecessor [Member] | EMEA
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]											3,927	5,251	5,483
Predecessor [Member] | Asia Pacific
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales												3,844	5,407	5,292
Predecessor [Member] | Latin America
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales												$ 1,392	$ 2,382	$ 2,378
Successor [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales		$ 1,735		$ 5,318							$ 7,053
Successor [Member] | UNITED STATES
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales											2,086
Successor [Member] | CANADA
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales											139
Successor [Member] | EMEA
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]										1,689
Successor [Member] | Asia Pacific
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales	[2]										2,047
Successor [Member] | Latin America
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales											1,092
Successor [Member] | CHINA
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales											$ 818

[1] Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

[2] Net sales for China in the Successor period were $818 million. Net sales for China were less than 10 percent of consolidated net sales in all Predecessor periods.