Impairments Restructuring Charges and Other Items (Details Textual) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Impairments Restructuring Charges and Other Items (Textual) [Abstract]
Impairments Restructuring Charges and Other Items Net	$ (40,600,000)	$ 8,500,000	$ 50,300,000
Severance, restructuring costs and special termination benefits	3,800,000	8,000,000	2,500,000
Environmental reserve on sold building	600,000	100,000	1,200,000
Refund of settlement notice and administrative costs	100,000	0	0
Moving costs	100,000	0	0
Non-cash postretirement benefits curtailment and settlement gain	45,000,000	0	7,000,000
Non-cash settlement charges and excise tax related to reversion of pension plan			40,300,000
Legal Settlements	0	0	(7,300,000)
Final settlement of previously terminated salary retirement plan, net of excise tax	0	0	1,000,000
Other Asset Impairment Charges	0	400,000	400,000
Environmental Remediation Period	30 years
Brazil [Member]
Impairments Restructuring Charges and Other Items (Textual) [Abstract]
Severance Costs	2,600,000	4,100,000	700,000
North America [Member]
Impairments Restructuring Charges and Other Items (Textual) [Abstract]
Severance Costs	300,000	100,000
France [Member]
Impairments Restructuring Charges and Other Items (Textual) [Abstract]
Severance Costs	600,000	200,000
India [Member]
Impairments Restructuring Charges and Other Items (Textual) [Abstract]
Severance Costs		100,000	100,000
Corporate [Member]
Impairments Restructuring Charges and Other Items (Textual) [Abstract]
Severance Costs	300,000	3,500,000	1,700,000
Chief Executive Officer [Member]
Impairments Restructuring Charges and Other Items (Textual) [Abstract]
Severance Costs		1,350,000
Europe [Member]
Impairments Restructuring Charges and Other Items (Textual) [Abstract]
Severance, restructuring costs and special termination benefits	100,000
Tecumseh Michigan Facility [Member]
Impairments Restructuring Charges and Other Items (Textual) [Abstract]
Environmental reserve on sold building		100,000
Minimum [Member]
Impairments Restructuring Charges and Other Items (Textual) [Abstract]
Environmental Remediation Period	18 months
Maximum [Member]
Impairments Restructuring Charges and Other Items (Textual) [Abstract]
Environmental Remediation Period	24 months
Segment, Continuing Operations [Member]
Impairments Restructuring Charges and Other Items (Textual) [Abstract]
Non-cash postretirement benefits curtailment and settlement gain			$ 400,000