Business Segment Information - Reportable Business Segment Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended																12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)		Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)		Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) segment	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	$ 1,070,493		$ 1,306,999		$ 1,059,103		$ 1,012,280		$ 995,703		$ 1,266,930		$ 1,021,814		$ 805,407		$ 4,448,875	$ 4,089,854		$ 3,612,914
Number of segments | segment																	3
Depreciation and amortization																	$ 191,737	174,062		143,058
Rationalization charges	4,800	[1]	$ 300	[1]	$ 500	[1]	$ 700	[1]	1,300	[1]	600	[1]	3,000	[1]	900	[1]	6,253	5,826		19,061
Segment income																	412,100	356,990		299,730
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs									900		$ 800		$ 9,800		$ 13,200
Segment assets	4,527,925								4,591,468								4,527,925	4,591,468		3,100,969
Capital expenditures																	190,973	174,429		191,893
Metal Containers [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales																	2,377,980	2,278,054		2,271,933
Depreciation and amortization																	81,420	77,698		72,810
Segment income																	198,826	230,199		214,696
Segment assets	1,601,944								1,670,426								1,601,944	1,670,426		1,551,729
Capital expenditures																	84,490	87,115		108,606
Closures [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales																	1,456,799	1,246,669		797,074
Depreciation and amortization																	74,217	61,668		38,146
Segment income																	189,906	142,048		99,806
Segment assets	2,169,985								2,182,529								2,169,985	2,182,529		808,771
Capital expenditures																	62,183	56,682		43,120
Plastic Containers [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales																	614,096	565,131		543,907
Depreciation and amortization																	35,949	34,607		31,993
Segment income																	42,562	27,770		5,231
Segment assets	722,205								704,432								722,205	704,432		707,578
Capital expenditures																	44,242	30,141		40,152
Corporate Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales																	0	0		0
Depreciation and amortization																	151	89		109
Rationalization charges																		0		0
Segment income																	(19,194)	(43,027)	[2]	(20,003)
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs																		24,700		1,400
Segment assets	$ 33,791								$ 34,081								33,791	34,081		32,891
Capital expenditures																	58	491		15
Facility Closings and Restructuring [Member] | Metal Containers [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Rationalization charges																	5,316	3,308		12,056
Facility Closings and Restructuring [Member] | Closures [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Rationalization charges																	180	1,042		568
Facility Closings and Restructuring [Member] | Plastic Containers [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Rationalization charges																	757	$ 1,476		$ 6,437
Facility Closings and Restructuring [Member] | Corporate Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Rationalization charges																	$ 0

[1] The first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2018 include rationalization charges of $0.7 million, $0.5 million, $0.3 million and $4.8 million, respectively. The second quarter of 2018 includes a loss on early extinguishment of debt of $2.5 million.

[2] Corporate includes costs attributed to announced acquisitions of $24.7 million and $1.4 million in 2017 and 2016, respectively.