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Financial Instruments (Details) € in Millions, ₩ in Millions, ¥ in Millions, ¥ in Millions, £ in Millions, HUF in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) t	Dec. 31, 2015 HUF	Dec. 31, 2015 JPY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2015 KRW (₩)	Dec. 31, 2015 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2015 EUR (€)	Nov. 10, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 JPY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2014 KRW (₩)	Dec. 31, 2014 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2014 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2014 GBP (£)
Foreign currency contracts [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Fair Value, Net							$ 7.5
Commodity Contract [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Fair Value, Net							$ 9.2
Commodity Contract [Member] \| Dec - 16
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Mass \| t	6,273.2
Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 384.0
Interest Rate Swap [Member] \| Sept - 20
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	250.0
Interest Rate Swap [Member] \| Oct - 19
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	134.0
Swedish krona \| Foreign currency contracts [Member] \| Dec - 15
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount \| €												€ 31.4
Chinese yuan \| Foreign currency contracts [Member] \| Dec - 16
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	13.8					€ 30.5		$ 24.9
Euro \| Foreign currency contracts [Member] \| Dec - 15
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount \| £													£ 5.7
Euro \| Foreign currency contracts [Member] \| Dec - 16
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	30.1	HUF 3,434.5	¥ 487.1					23.5	¥ 4,371.8
Japanese yen \| Foreign currency contracts [Member] \| Dec - 16
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	3.0			₩ 5,998.9	¥ 92.6			3.8		₩ 6,712.5	¥ 88.6
Korean won \| Foreign currency contracts [Member] \| Dec - 15
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount \| ¥									¥ 72.0
Korean won \| Foreign currency contracts [Member] \| Dec - 16
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	77.9					€ 2.5		22.7				€ 2.5
Prepayments and other current assets \| Foreign currency contracts [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	2.7							3.7
Prepayments and other current assets \| Commodity Contract [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	0.0							0.0
Other non-current assets \| Foreign currency contracts [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets								0.1
Other non-current assets \| Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	$ 0.0							$ 0.0