Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail)					0 Months Ended			0 Months Ended		0 Months Ended			0 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Oct. 22, 2013 Customer relationships [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 22, 2013 Portola Packaging, Inc [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 22, 2013 Portola Packaging, Inc [Member] Customer relationships [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 22, 2013 Portola Packaging, Inc [Member] North America and Europe [Member] Facility	Aug. 30, 2012 Plastic Food Container Operations of Rexam PLC USD ($)	Aug. 30, 2012 Plastic Food Container Operations of Rexam PLC Customer Relationships and Technology USD ($)	Aug. 30, 2012 Plastic Food Container Operations of Rexam PLC Customer relationships [Member] USD ($)	Aug. 30, 2012 Plastic Food Container Operations of Rexam PLC Technology Know-how USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 Graham Packaging Company Inc. USD ($)	Mar. 01, 2011 Vogel & Noot Holding AG USD ($)	Mar. 01, 2011 Vogel & Noot Holding AG EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2012 Vogel & Noot Holding AG USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2012 Vogel & Noot Holding AG EUR (€)	Mar. 01, 2011 Vogel & Noot Holding AG Customer relationships [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 01, 2011 Vogel & Noot Holding AG Trade names [Member] USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash paid for business acquired					$ 262,800,000			$ 250,000,000							$ 47,600,000	€ 36,400,000
Number of Plants Acquired							8
Net annual sales					200,000,000
Goodwill	651,049,000	510,836,000	389,922,000		124,200,000			113,300,000					56,600,000
Business combination, Intangible assets acquired				62,000,000		62,000,000			78,000,000	67,000,000	11,000,000						19,300,000	3,400,000
Acquired finite lived intangible assets weighted average useful life						17 years				18 years	8 years
Termination fee cash paid to Silgan												39,500,000
Business combination, purchase price													$ 292,700,000	€ 212,400,000