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Financial Instruments Financial Instruments - Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk and Concentration of Credit Risk (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Entity
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Derivative [Line Items]      
Concentration Risk, Percentage 98.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1    
Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member]      
Derivative [Line Items]      
Number of customers 3slgn_NumberOfCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
   
Concentration Risk, Percentage 26.20%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
28.20%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
28.20%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
Accounts Receivable [Member]      
Derivative [Line Items]      
Concentration Risk, Percentage 12.50%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
14.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
 
Accumulated Translation Adjustment [Member]      
Derivative [Line Items]      
Foreign currency (losses) gains of net investment hedges included in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of deferred tax benefit 37.4us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedTranslationAdjustmentMember
(12.2)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedTranslationAdjustmentMember
(9.2)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedTranslationAdjustmentMember