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Business Restructuring (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring and Related Costs [Table Text Block]
The following table summarizes the 2016 restructuring charge, the reserve activity for 2016, and the reserve activity for the three months ended March 31, 2017:
($ in millions, except for employees impacted)
Severance
and Other
Costs
 
Asset
Write-offs
 
Total
Reserve
 
Employees
Impacted
Performance Coatings
$
77

 
$
45

 
$
122

 
1,069

Industrial Coatings
52

 
14

 
66

 
804

Glass
2

 
—

 
2

 
153

Corporate
7

 
—

 
7

 
85

Total 2016 restructuring charge
$
138

 
$
59

 
$
197

 
2,111

2016 Activity
(6
)
 
(59
)
 
(65
)
 
(40
)
Balance as of December 31, 2016
$
132

 
$
—

 
$
132

 
2,071

2017 Activity
(7
)
 
—

 
(7
)
 
(364
)
Foreign currency
2

 
—

 
2

 
—

Balance as of March 31, 2017
$
127

 
$
—

 
$
127

 
1,707