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Long-Term Debt Summary of Long-Term Debt (Detail)
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Bank Borrowings [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Bank Borrowings [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Revolving And Term Loans [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Bank revolving loans [Member]
Dec. 31, 2013
Bank revolving loans [Member]
Dec. 31, 2012
Bank revolving loans [Member]
Dec. 31, 2014
Bank revolving loans [Member]
Bank Borrowings [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Bank revolving loans [Member]
Bank Borrowings [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
U.S. term loans [Member]
Bank Borrowings [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
U.S. term loans [Member]
Bank Borrowings [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Canadian term loans [Member]
CAD
Dec. 31, 2014
Canadian term loans [Member]
Bank Borrowings [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Canadian term loans [Member]
Bank Borrowings [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Euro term loans [Member]
Bank Borrowings [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Euro term loans [Member]
Bank Borrowings [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Other foreign bank revolving and term loans [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Other foreign bank revolving and term loans [Member]
Bank Borrowings [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Other foreign bank revolving and term loans [Member]
Bank Borrowings [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Other foreign bank revolving and term loans [Member]
Bank Borrowings [Member]
Dec. 31, 2014
Term Loan [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
5½% Senior Notes [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
5½% Senior Notes [Member]
USD ($)
Sep. 09, 2013
5½% Senior Notes [Member]
Dec. 31, 2014
5% Senior Notes due 2020 [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
5% Senior Notes due 2020 [Member]
USD ($)
Mar. 23, 2012
5% Senior Notes due 2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                                        
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate           1.70%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_RevolvingLoanMember
1.90%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_RevolvingLoanMember
1.70%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_RevolvingLoanMember
                    3.90%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= slgn_BankBorrowingsMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_OtherForeignBankRevolvingAndTermLoansMember
3.80%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= slgn_BankBorrowingsMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_OtherForeignBankRevolvingAndTermLoansMember
3.70%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= slgn_BankBorrowingsMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_OtherForeignBankRevolvingAndTermLoansMember
             
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity         $ 962,600,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_RevolvingAndTermLoansMember
              15,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_CanadianTermLoansMember
                             
Long-term debt 1,598,963,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount 1,703,836,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount 798,963,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= slgn_BankBorrowingsMember
903,836,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= slgn_BankBorrowingsMember
        0us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= slgn_BankBorrowingsMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_RevolvingLoanMember
0us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= slgn_BankBorrowingsMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_RevolvingLoanMember
365,000,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= slgn_BankBorrowingsMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_USTermLoansMember
364,000,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= slgn_BankBorrowingsMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_USTermLoansMember
  60,235,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= slgn_BankBorrowingsMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_CanadianTermLoansMember
64,485,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= slgn_BankBorrowingsMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_CanadianTermLoansMember
266,156,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= slgn_BankBorrowingsMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_EuroTermLoansMember
323,704,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= slgn_BankBorrowingsMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_EuroTermLoansMember
  107,572,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= slgn_BankBorrowingsMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_OtherForeignBankRevolvingAndTermLoansMember
151,647,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= slgn_BankBorrowingsMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_OtherForeignBankRevolvingAndTermLoansMember
    300,000,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_FiveandOneHalfPercentSeniorNotesdue2022Member
300,000,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_FiveandOneHalfPercentSeniorNotesdue2022Member
  500,000,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_FivePercentSeniorNotesdue2020Member
500,000,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_FivePercentSeniorNotesdue2020Member
 
Less current portion 125,130,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent 146,174,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent                                                    
Long-term debt 1,473,833,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent 1,557,662,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent                                                    
Stated interest rate                                                 5.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_FiveandOneHalfPercentSeniorNotesdue2022Member
    5.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_FivePercentSeniorNotesdue2020Member
Long-term debt, due in the next twelve months 125,130,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths                                 90,500,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_OtherForeignBankRevolvingAndTermLoansMember
      34,600,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= slgn_TermLoanMember
           
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two 75,565,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearTwo                                                      
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three 72,164,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearThree                                                      
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four 72,164,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFour                                                      
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five 3,025,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFive                                                      
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Rolling after Year Five $ 1,250,915,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInRollingAfterYearFive