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Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Revenue from Contract with Customers [Abstract] |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block] | Disaggregation of Net Sales Net sales recognized from contracts with customers, disaggregated by segment and geographical location, are presented in the following table for the years ended December 31, 2018, December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016. Net sales are attributed to regions based on the location of production. Intersegment sales have been excluded from the table.
|  | Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2018
|  | Driveline |  | Metal Forming |  | Powertrain |  | Casting |  | Total
North America |  | $ | 3,435.4 |  |  | $ | 824.9 |  |  | $ | 775.7 |  |  | $ | 804.3 |  |  | $ | 5,840.3 |
Asia |  | 557.8 |  |  | 6.0 |  |  | 114.5 |  |  | — |  |  | 678.3 |
Europe |  | 135.9 |  |  | 266.5 |  |  | 219.7 |  |  | — |  |  | 622.1 |
South America |  | 124.9 |  |  | — |  |  | 4.8 |  |  | — |  |  | 129.7 |
Total |  | $ | 4,254.0 |  |  | $ | 1,097.4 |  |  | $ | 1,114.7 |  |  | $ | 804.3 |  |  | $ | 7,270.4 |
|  | Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2017
|  | Driveline |  | Metal Forming |  | Powertrain |  | Casting |  | Total
North America |  | $ | 3,400.2 |  |  | $ | 644.2 |  |  | $ | 564.7 |  |  | $ | 589.7 |  |  | $ | 5,198.8 |
Asia |  | 409.4 |  |  | 3.3 |  |  | 99.8 |  |  | — |  |  | 512.5 |
Europe |  | 97.4 |  |  | 182.5 |  |  | 141.6 |  |  | — |  |  | 421.5 |
South America |  | 132.7 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | — |  |  | 133.2 |
Total |  | $ | 4,039.7 |  |  | $ | 830.0 |  |  | $ | 806.6 |  |  | $ | 589.7 |  |  | $ | 6,266.0 |
|  | Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2016
|  | Driveline |  | Metal Forming |  | Powertrain |  | Casting |  | Total
North America |  | $ | 3,283.1 |  |  | $ | 217.3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,500.4 |
Asia |  | 265.9 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 265.9 |
Europe |  | 83.5 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 83.5 |
South America |  | 98.2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 98.2 |
Total |  | $ | 3,730.7 |  |  | $ | 217.3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,948.0 |
Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability [Table Text Block] | Contract Assets and Liabilities The following table summarizes our beginning and ending balances for accounts receivable and contract liabilities associated with our contracts with customers:
| Accounts Receivable, Net | Contract Liabilities (Current) | Contract Liabilities (Long-term)
December 31, 2017 | $ | 1,035.9 |  | $ | 34.1 |  | $ | 78.8 |
December 31, 2018 | 966.5 |  | 44.3 |  | 77.6 |
Increase/(decrease) | $ | (69.4 | ) | $ | 10.2 |  | $ | (1.2 | )

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