Acquisitions.

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The number of employees employed by acquired entity at the acquisition date.

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The capitalized costs incurred (excluded from amortization), as of the date of the balance sheet, to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire an unproved property, including costs of lease bonuses and options to purchase or lease properties, the portion of costs applicable to minerals when land including mineral rights is purchased in fee, brokers' fees, recording fees, legal costs, and other costs incurred in acquiring properties.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 932

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-10.(c)(7)(ii))

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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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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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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, acquired at the acquisition date. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

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Aggregate revenue during the period from the sale of goods in the normal course of business, after deducting returns, allowances and 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(a))

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Acquisitions (Details Textual) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Details Textual) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) Person	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) Person	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 01, 2015 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Cash and Equivalents	$ 0.1		$ 0.1
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 707.4	$ 788.0	$ 2,157.9	$ 2,314.0
Carlstar [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition Costs, Cumulative						$ 213.7
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Cash and Equivalents						0.1
Business Acquisition, Transaction Costs						$ 1.0
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Business Acquisition Number of Employees Employed \| Person	750		750
Net sales					$ 140.0