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Retirement Benefits - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Investment
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment, Tax $ 14,027,000us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentTax $ (4,580,000)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentTax $ (3,309,000)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentTax
Accumulated benefit obligation, pension benefit plans 720,200,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAccumulatedBenefitObligation 606,100,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAccumulatedBenefitObligation  
Multi employer pension plan contributions 6,282,000us-gaap_MultiemployerPlanPeriodContributions 6,162,000us-gaap_MultiemployerPlanPeriodContributions 6,398,000us-gaap_MultiemployerPlanPeriodContributions
Defined contribution plans contributions charged to expense 9,000,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized 7,800,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized 7,600,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized
Target Allocation 100.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetPlanAssetAllocations    
Plan assets held under management by single investment company 98.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1    
Number of commingled debt and equity index funds 6slgn_NumberOfIndexedFunds    
Number of asset funds 3slgn_NumberOfIndexedFundsThatHeldAssetsInExcessOfTenPercentOfTotalPlanAsset    
Voluntary contributions to Domestic Pension Benefit Plans     76,000,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerDiscretionaryContributionAmount
United States      
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Equity securities, target allocation as percentage of total equity securities 85.00%slgn_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAllocationPercentageOfEquitySecurities
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Equity Securities      
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Target Allocation 58.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetPlanAssetAllocations
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Equity Securities | United States      
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Target Allocation 49.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetPlanAssetAllocations
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Debt securities      
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Target Allocation 42.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetPlanAssetAllocations
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Maximum [Member]      
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Multi Employer Funded Status 65.00%slgn_MultiEmployerPlansStatusFundedPercentage
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Foreign Pension Plan [Member]      
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets, projected benefit obligation 77,400,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanPensionPlansWithAccumulatedBenefitObligationsInExcessOfPlanAssetsAggregateProjectedBenefitObligation
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61,100,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanPensionPlansWithAccumulatedBenefitObligationsInExcessOfPlanAssetsAggregateProjectedBenefitObligation
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Accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets, accumulated benefit obligation $ 71,100,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanPensionPlansWithAccumulatedBenefitObligationsInExcessOfPlanAssetsAggregateAccumulatedBenefitObligation
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$ 56,500,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanPensionPlansWithAccumulatedBenefitObligationsInExcessOfPlanAssetsAggregateAccumulatedBenefitObligation
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Benefit obligation discount rate 2.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingBenefitObligationDiscountRate
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3.70%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingBenefitObligationDiscountRate
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Benefit obligation rate of compensation increase 3.50%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingBenefitObligationRateOfCompensationIncrease
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3.50%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingBenefitObligationRateOfCompensationIncrease
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Net periodic benefit cost discount rate 3.70%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingNetPeriodicBenefitCostDiscountRate
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3.60%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingNetPeriodicBenefitCostDiscountRate
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4.90%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingNetPeriodicBenefitCostDiscountRate
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Net periodic benefit cost rate of compensation increase 3.50%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingNetPeriodicBenefitCostRateOfCompensationIncrease
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3.50%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingNetPeriodicBenefitCostRateOfCompensationIncrease
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3.50%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingNetPeriodicBenefitCostRateOfCompensationIncrease
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