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Schedule of Goodwill (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | Goodwill The following table provides a reconciliation of changes in goodwill for the year ended December 31, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018:
| Driveline |  | Metal Forming |  | Powertrain |  | Casting |  | Consolidated
| (in millions)
Balance as of January 1, 2018 | $ | 211.1 |  |  | $ | 558.9 |  |  | $ | 478.8 |  |  | $ | 405.5 |  |  | $ | 1,654.3 |
Acquisition of MPG | — |  |  | 0.9 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.9 |
Acquisition of USM Mexico | 1.3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1.3 |
Impairment charge | — |  |  | — |  |  | (80.0 | ) |  | (405.5 | ) |  | (485.5 | )
Sale of business | — |  |  | — |  |  | (15.1 | ) |  | — |  |  | (15.1 | )
Foreign currency translation | (0.3 | ) |  | (7.4 | ) |  | (6.4 | ) |  | — |  |  | (14.1 | )
Balance as of December 31, 2018 | $ | 212.1 |  |  | $ | 552.4 |  |  | $ | 377.3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,141.8 |
Reorganization | 187.2 |  |  | 190.1 |  |  | (377.3 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Impairment charge | — |  |  | (440.0 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (440.0 | )
Foreign currency translation | (1.0 | ) |  | (1.7 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2.7 | )
Balance as of December 31, 2019 | $ | 398.3 |  |  | $ | 300.8 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 699.1 |

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