Debt (Details)	9 Months Ended										1 Months Ended																						1 Months Ended
	Oct. 02, 2011 USD ($) Y segment Ratio statement method	Sep. 26, 2010 USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2011 USD ($) Y	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2011 7.125% Senior Notes, due September 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 7.125% Senior Notes, due September 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2011 6.625% Senior Notes, due March 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 6.625% Senior Notes, due March 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2011 7.375% Senior Notes, due September 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 7.375% Senior Notes, due September 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2010 6.75% Senior Notes, due September 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2011 6.75% Senior Notes, due September 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 6.75% Senior Notes, due September 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2011 5.75% Senior Notes, due May 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 5.75% Senior Notes, due May 2021 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2011 Term A Loan, U.S. dollar denominated USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Term A Loan, U.S. dollar denominated USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2011 Term B Loan, British sterling denominated USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2011 Term B Loan, British sterling denominated GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2010 Term B Loan, British sterling denominated USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Term B Loan, British sterling denominated GBP (£)	Oct. 02, 2011 Term C Loan, euro denominated USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2011 Term C Loan, euro denominated EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2010 Term C Loan, euro denominated USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Term C Loan, euro denominated EUR (€)	Oct. 02, 2011 U.S. dollar multi-currency revolver borrowings USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2011 Euro multi-currency revolver borrowings USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2011 Euro multi-currency revolver borrowings EUR (€)	Oct. 02, 2011 Latapack-Ball Notes Payable (at variable rates, due in October 2017) USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Latapack-Ball Notes Payable (at variable rates, due in October 2017) USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2011 Floating rates due through 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Floating rates due through 2011 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2010 6.875 percent senior notes due December 2012 USD ($)	Apr. 21, 2010 6.875 percent senior notes due December 2012
Long-term debt
Interest rate (as a percent)					7.125%	7.125%	6.625%	6.625%	7.375%	7.375%		6.75%	6.75%	5.75%	5.75%																			6.875%
Other (including discounts and premiums)	$ 42,300,000			$ 34,300,000
Total long-term debt	3,041,100,000			2,736,100,000	375,000,000	375,000,000	450,000,000	450,000,000	325,000,000	325,000,000		500,000,000	500,000,000	500,000,000	500,000,000	200,000,000	200,000,000	79,500,000	51,000,000	78,900,000	51,000,000	133,900,000	100,000,000	132,500,000	100,000,000	100,000,000	147,200,000	110,000,000	182,800,000	135,000,000	5,400,000	5,400,000
Less: Current portion of long-term debt	(63,600,000)			(34,500,000)
Long-term debt excluding current maturities	2,977,500,000			2,701,600,000
Maximum borrowing capacity of revolving credit facility																										1,000,000,000
Available borrowing capacity under line of credit facility	730,000,000
Short-term uncommitted credit facilities available	526,000,000
Short-term uncommitted credit facilities outstanding	149,400,000
Term of securitization agreement (in years)			3
Minimum borrowing capacity under new accounts receivable securitization agreement			150,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity under new accounts receivable securitization agreement			275,000,000
Accounts receivable sold under the securitization program	265,800,000
Minimum borrowing capacity under previous accounts receivable securitization agreement				125,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity under previous accounts receivable securitization agreement				175,000,000
Notes issued											500,000,000
Notes redeemed	398,300,000	1,270,100,000																															509,000,000
Redemption price of senior notes (as a percent)																																		101.146%
Charge due to redemption of notes																																	$ 8,100,000
Interest coverage ratio, minimum	3.50
Leverage ratio, maximum	4.00