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Treasury Stock - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 17, 2015
Feb. 09, 2015
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]        
Remaining authorized repurchase amount $ 113,600,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1      
Modified Dutch Auction Authorized Amount       200,000,000slgn_ModifiedDutchAuctionAuthorizedAmount
Fees and Expenses Modified Dutch Auction     800,000slgn_FeesandExpensesIncurredRelatedtoModifiedDutchAuctionTenderOffer  
Repurchase of common stock under share repurchase authorization (162,630,000)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock (113,000)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock    
Treasury shares issued (shares) 121,766us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesTreasuryStockReissued      
Issuance of treasury shares, average cost per share (usd per share) $ 6.30slgn_Treasurystockissuedduringperiodaveragecostpershare      
Treasury stock (shares) 27,041,597us-gaap_TreasuryStockShares      
Common Stock Purchased Through Modified Dutch Auction Tender Offer Shares     2,766,354slgn_CommonStockPurchasedThroughModifiedDutchAuctionTenderOfferShares  
Common Stock Purchased Through Modified Dutch Auction Tender Offer Price Per Share     $ 58.50slgn_CommonStockPurchasedThroughModifiedDutchAuctionTenderOfferPricePerShare  
Common Stock Purchased Through Modified Dutch Auction Tender Offer Value     $ 161,800,000slgn_CommonStockPurchasedThroughModifiedDutchAuctionTenderOfferValue  
2014 Stock Incentive Plan [Member]        
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]        
Average cost per share of treasury stock acquired $ 57.53us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare
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Shares repurchased to satisfy minimum employee withholding tax requirements resulting from the vesting of such restricted stock units (shares) 44,122us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
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