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Segment and Geographic Information Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Segment and Geographic Information [Abstract]

Schedule of Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Revenue and Long-Lived Assets by Country [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2014				2013				2012
	(in millions)
Net sales
United States	$	2,073.6			$	1,682.0			$	1,576.6
Canada	64.6				74.4				75.0
Mexico	1,055.5				865.6				755.1
South America	156.5				201.1				216.4
Asia	238.6				255.2				214.5
Europe and other	107.2				129.0				93.3
Total net sales	$	3,696.0			$	3,207.3			$	2,930.9
Long-lived assets
United States	$	885.9			$	850.0			$	865.3
Mexico	513.2				469.3				417.7
South America	80.5				100.2				113.3
Asia	177.3				176.7				159.0
Europe	94.0				93.2				72.5
Total long-lived assets	$	1,750.9			$	1,689.4			$	1,627.8

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Tabular disclosure of information concerning material long-lived assets (excluding financial instruments, customer relationships with financial institutions, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred taxes assets) located in identified geographic areas and/or the amount of revenue from external customers attributed to that country from which revenue is material. An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries.

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