Business Acquisition, Consideration Held in Escrow, Percentage

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Business Combination, consideration transferred, net of cash acquired

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The amounts of payments or accrued related to the acquisition of a business, gross less working capital adjustments

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired in a business combination achieved in stages, including equity interests in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date and acquired at the acquisition date.

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In a business combination achieved in stages, this element represents the amount of net gain (loss) recognized by the entity as a result of remeasuring to fair value the equity interest in the acquiree it held before the business combination.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	May 02, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2017
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Goodwill		$ 587.1		$ 670.3
PA Acquisition
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Goodwill	$ 80.5
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interest acquired	50.00%
Purchase price, net of working capital adjustment	$ 103.7
Consideration transferred	$ 88.8
Percent acquired	100.00%
Consideration held in escrow	10.00%
Revaluation gain/loss on previously held joint-venture equity interest		28.9
Transaction costs		$ 1.3	$ 0.6
Australia Stationary Industries \| PA Acquisition
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interest acquired	50.00%
PA Acquisition \| PA Acquisition
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Minority interest, ownership percentage	19.83%