Financing Arrangements and Derivative Financial Instruments (Details Textual 2)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended															9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended					9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		24 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 $1.5 billion first lien revolving credit facility due 2013 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 $1.5 billion first lien revolving credit facility due 2013 [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due Two Thousand Thirteen [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due Two Thousand Thirteen [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 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] $1.5 billion first lien revolving credit facility due 2013 [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 German tranche [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 German tranche [Member] EUR (€)	Apr. 20, 2011 German tranche [Member] EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2011 All borrower tranche [Member] EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2011 All borrower tranche [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 20, 2011 All borrower tranche [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2010 All borrower tranche [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2010 All borrower tranche [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 20, 2011 Amended And Restated Senior Secured European Revolving Credit Facility [Member] EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2011 8.25% Senior Notes due 2020 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 8.25% Senior Notes due 2020 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 8.75% Notes due 2020 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 8.75% Notes due 2020 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 7% Notes due 2028 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 7% Notes due 2028 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Australia Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Australia Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 $1.2 billion second lien term loan facility due 2014 [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Pan-European accounts receivable facility due 2015 [Member] EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2011 Chinese credit facilities [Member] CNY	Sep. 30, 2011 Chinese credit facilities [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Chinese credit facilities [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 6.75% Euro Notes due 2019 [Member] EUR (€)	Apr. 15, 2017 6.75% Euro Notes due 2019 [Member]	Apr. 15, 2016 6.75% Euro Notes due 2019 [Member]	Apr. 15, 2019 6.75% Euro Notes due 2019 [Member]	Apr. 20, 2011 6.75% Euro Notes due 2019 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 10.5% Notes due 2016 [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Euro 400 million revolving credit facility due 2016 [Member]	Apr. 20, 2011 Euro 400 million revolving credit facility due 2016 [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2010 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
Issuance of aggregate principal amount of senior notes																																€ 250,000,000
Additional notes sold at as percentage of principle amount																																				100.00%
Maturity Date of notes due																			Aug. 15, 2020		Aug. 15, 2020		Mar. 15, 2028									Apr. 15, 2019					May 15, 2016
Redemption price in percentage																																	101.688%	103.375%	100.00%
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
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				800,000,000									50,000,000
Line of Credit, additional borrowing capacity which may be requested from Lenders				250,000,000
Revolving credit facility				1,500,000,000								100,000,000			300,000,000			400,000,000									1,200,000,000												505,000,000
Letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility								415,000,000	474,000,000				6,000,000	8,000,000		9,000,000	12,000,000
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 to or greater than $150 million and the conditions to borrowing thereunder are met.
Amount outstanding under revolving credit facility						200,000,000	0			134,000,000	100,000,000		290,000,000	390,000,000																										0
Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility																												450,000,000
Non revolving credit facilities had unused availability																													1,300,000,000	200,000,000
Unused availability in first facility																													1,100,000,000
Unused availability in second facility																													200,000,000
Borrowings outstanding for first facility																														198,000,000	99,000,000
Borrowings outstanding for second facility																														172,000,000	54,000,000
Restricted cash related to funds obtained under credit facilities																														16,000,000	8,000,000
Debt Instrument, Collateral				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.																					The receivables sold under this program also serve as collateral for the related facility.		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.
Long-term Debt	$ 5,742,000,000	$ 5,742,000,000	$ 4,489,000,000			$ 200,000,000	$ 0																		$ 70,000,000	$ 72,000,000