Financing Arrangements and Derivative Financial Instruments (Details Textual 2)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended																			6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended					6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 USD ($)	May 27, 2011 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 German tranche [Member] EUR (€)	Apr. 20, 2011 German tranche [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2010 German tranche [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2011 All borrower tranche [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 All borrower tranche [Member] EUR (€)	Apr. 20, 2011 All borrower tranche [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2010 All borrower tranche [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 All borrower tranche [Member] EUR (€)	Apr. 20, 2011 Amended And Restated Senior Secured European Revolving Credit Facility [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2011 Letter of Credit [Member] $1.5 billion first lien revolving credit facility due 2013 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Letter of Credit [Member] $1.5 billion first lien revolving credit facility due 2013 [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 8.25% Senior Notes due 2020 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 8.25% Senior Notes due 2020 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 8.75% Notes due 2020 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 8.75% Notes due 2020 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 7% Notes due 2028 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 7% Notes due 2028 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Australia Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Australia Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 $1.5 billion first lien revolving credit facility due 2013 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 $1.5 billion first lien revolving credit facility due 2013 [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 $1.2 billion second lien term loan facility due 2014 [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 Pan-European accounts receivable facility due 2015 [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2011 Chinese credit facilities [Member] CNY	Jun. 30, 2011 Chinese credit facilities [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Chinese credit facilities [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 6.75% Euro Notes due 2019 [Member]	Apr. 15, 2017 6.75% Euro Notes due 2019 [Member]	Apr. 15, 2016 6.75% Euro Notes due 2019 [Member]	Apr. 15, 2015 6.75% Euro Notes due 2019 [Member]	Apr. 20, 2011 6.75% Euro Notes due 2019 [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2011 10.5% Notes due 2016 [Member] USD ($)	May 27, 2011 10.5% Notes due 2016 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 10.5% Notes due 2016 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Euro 400 million revolving credit facility due 2016 [Member] EUR (€)	Apr. 20, 2011 Euro 400 million revolving credit facility due 2016 [Member] EUR (€)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest on Notes															8.25%	8.25%	8.75%	8.75%	7.00%	7.00%										6.75%							10.50%
Debt Instrument, Issuance Date																														April 20, 2011
Issue of aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2016																																		€ 250,000,000
Additional notes sold at as percentage of principle amount																																		100.00%
Maturity Date of notes due																														Apr. 15, 2019
Redemption price in percentage																															100.00%	101.688%	103.375%
Debt Instrument Call Feature																														Prior to April 15, 2015, we may redeem these notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus a make-whole premium and accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. In addition, prior to April 15, 2014, we may redeem up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of these notes from the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 106.75% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.
Prepayment premium on redemption of notes	37,000,000	37,000,000	37,000,000
Debt Instrument Restrictive Covenants																														The terms of the indenture for these notes, among other things, limit the ability of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, including GDTE, to incur additional debt or issue redeemable preferred stock, pay dividends or make certain other restricted payments or investments, incur liens, sell assets, incur restrictions on the ability of the Company’s subsidiaries to pay dividends to the Company, enter into affiliate transactions, engage in sale and leaseback transactions, and consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of their assets. These covenants are subject to significant exceptions and qualifications. For example, if these notes are assigned an investment grade rating by Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s and no default has occurred or is continuing, certain covenants will be suspended.
First lien revolving credit facility																							1,500,000,000	1,500,000,000
Carrying amount of early debt repayment																																				350,000,000
Aggregate redemption price of notes																																			387,000,000
Unamortized discounts and deferred financing fees	16,000,000	16,000,000
Sublimit on letter of credit								50,000,000			50,000,000												800,000,000	800,000,000
Line of Credit, additional borrowing capacity which may be requested from Lenders																							250,000,000
Revolving credit facility					100,000,000				300,000,000			400,000,000											1,500,000,000		1,200,000,000													400,000,000	505,000,000
Letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility							7,000,000	5,000,000		12,000,000	9,000,000		415,000,000	474,000,000
Decrease of commitment fee																																						12.5 basis points to 50 basis points
Interest																																						LIBOR plus 250 basis points for loans denominated in U.S. dollars or pounds sterling and EURIBOR plus 250 basis points for loans denominated in euros
Maturity date																																						April 20, 2016
Consolidated Net J.V. Indebtedness																																						(1) Cash and cash equivalents in excess of $100 million held by GDTE and its subsidiaries, (2) cash and cash equivalents in excess of $150 million held by the Company and its U.S. subsidiaries and (3) availability under our first lien revolving credit facility if available borrowings under our first lien revolving credit facility plus Available Cash (as defined thereunder) is equal or greater than $150 million and the conditions to borrowing thereunder are met
Amount outstanding under revolving credit facility				0		0	138,000,000	95,000,000		0	0
Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility																					83,000,000	72,000,000				450,000,000
Non revolving credit facilities had unused availability																											1,500,000,000	231,000,000
Unused availability in first facility																											1,100,000,000
Unused availability in second facility																											400,000,000
Borrowings outstanding for first facility																												194,000,000	99,000,000
Borrowings outstanding for second facility																												135,000,000	54,000,000
Restricted cash related to funds obtained under credit facilities																												$ 33,000,000	$ 8,000,000
Debt Instrument, Collateral																					The receivables sold under this program also serve as collateral for the facility.		Our obligations under the facility are guaranteed by most of our wholly-owned U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries. Our obligations under the facility and our subsidiaries’ obligations under the related guarantees are secured by first priority security interests in a variety of collateral.		Our obligations under this facility are guaranteed by most of our wholly-owned U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries and are secured by second priority security interests in the same collateral securing the $1.5 billion first lien revolving credit facility.	Utilization under this facility is based on current available receivable balances.