Percentage of long lived assets by geographic location.

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Percentage of net sales by geographic location.

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Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 41
-Subparagraph (b)
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
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SEGMENT DATA AND RELATED INFORMATION - Schedule of Net Sales and Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Area (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 521.9	$ 471.5	$ 482.4	$ 438.5	$ 501.0	$ 472.3	$ 497.9	$ 469.8	$ 1,914.3	$ 1,941.0	$ 1,494.7
Long-lived assets, net	1,107.1				1,117.2				1,107.1	1,117.2
United States [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net sales									$ 1,043.7	$ 1,021.9	$ 832.8
Percentage of net sales by geographic location (percent)									55.00%	53.00%	56.00%
Long-lived assets, net	$ 874.7				$ 845.5				$ 874.7	$ 845.5
Percentage of long-lived assets, net by geographic location (percent)	79.00%				76.00%				79.00%	76.00%
Outside of the United States [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net sales									$ 870.6	$ 919.1	$ 661.9
Percentage of net sales by geographic location (percent)									45.00%	47.00%	44.00%
Long-lived assets, net	$ 232.4				$ 271.7				$ 232.4	$ 271.7
Percentage of long-lived assets, net by geographic location (percent)	21.00%				24.00%				21.00%	24.00%