Product Warranty

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Guarantees and Indemnifications

We provide warranties on the sale of most of our products and records an accrual for estimated future claims. Such accruals are based upon historical experience and management’s estimate of the level of future claims. The activity in warranty reserves for the quarter ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 are summarized in the following table:

	Quarter Ended March 31,
Dollar amounts in millions	2018			2017
Beginning balance	$	24.7		$	24.1
Accrued to expense	0.2			0.2
Accrued to other operating credits and charges	—			3.4
Foreign currency translation	0.4			0.2
Payments made	(1.1		)	(3.4		)
Total warranty reserves	24.2			24.5
Current portion of warranty reserves	(9.0		)	(9.0		)
Long-term portion of warranty reserves	$	15.2		$	15.5

We continue to monitor warranty and other claims associated with these products and believe as of March 31, 2018 that the reserves associated with these matters are adequate. However, it is possible that additional charges may be required in the future.

The current portion of the warranty reserve is included in the caption “Accounts payable and accrued liabilities” and the long-term portion is included in the caption “Other long-term liabilities” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.