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Segment Information (Details) $ in Millions | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of reportable segments |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |
Trade sales |  |  | $ 1,484.0 |  | $ 1,470.8 |  | $ 4,302.4 |  | $ 4,350.8 |
Net sales |  |  | 1,484.0 |  | 1,470.8 |  | 4,302.4 |  | 4,350.8 |
Operating income (loss) |  |  | 206.4 |  | 219.4 |  | 587.4 |  | 574.1 |
Interest expense, net |  |  | (23.4) |  | (21.7) |  | (67.5) |  | (63.2) |
Income before taxes |  |  | 183.0 |  | 197.7 |  | 519.9 |  | 510.9 |
Facilities closure costs and other | [1] |  | 1.6 |  | 0.0 |  | 5.0 |  | 0.0 |
Acquisition-related costs | [2] |  | 2.0 |  | 0.0 |  | 2.3 |  | 0.0 |
Costs related to withdrawal from multiemployer pension plan | [3] |  | 0.0 |  | 0.0 |  | 0.9 |  | 0.0 |
Integration-related and other costs | [4] |  | 0.0 |  | 2.4 |  | 0.0 |  | 9.0 |
Asset disposals and write-offs |  |  | (0.6) |  | (5.0) |  | (3.5) |  | (9.7) |
Packaging |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade sales |  |  | 1,165.0 |  | 1,144.0 |  | 3,382.4 |  | 3,382.8 |
Operating income (loss) |  |  | 179.6 | [5] | 198.2 | [6] | 533.5 | [5] | 533.9 | [6]
Paper |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade sales |  |  | 292.8 |  | 291.9 |  | 840.1 |  | 870.3 |
Operating income (loss) |  |  | 44.5 | [5] | 39.5 |  | 105.0 | [5] | 98.6 |
Corporate and Other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade sales |  |  | 26.2 |  | 34.9 |  | 79.9 |  | 97.7 |
Operating income (loss) |  |  | (17.7) |  | (18.3) | [7] | (51.1) |  | (58.4) | [7]
Intersegment Eliminations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Intersegment sales |  |  | 0.0 |  | 0.0 |  | 0.0 |  | 0.0 |
Intersegment Eliminations | Packaging |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Intersegment sales |  |  | 2.1 |  | 0.4 |  | 5.5 |  | 3.1 |
Intersegment Eliminations | Paper |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Intersegment sales |  |  | 0.0 |  | 0.0 |  | 0.0 |  | 0.0 |
Intersegment Eliminations | Corporate and Other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Intersegment sales |  |  | 36.7 |  | 36.3 |  | 105.7 |  | 101.0 |
Operating Segments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  | 1,484.0 |  | 1,470.8 |  | 4,302.4 |  | 4,350.8 |
Operating Segments | Packaging |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  | 1,167.1 |  | 1,144.4 |  | 3,387.9 |  | 3,385.9 |
Operating Segments | Paper |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  | 292.8 |  | 291.9 |  | 840.1 |  | 870.3 |
Operating Segments | Corporate and Other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  | 62.9 |  | 71.2 |  | 185.6 |  | 198.7 |
Segment Reconciling Items |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Intersegment sales |  |  | (38.8) |  | (36.7) |  | (111.2) |  | (104.0) |
Net sales |  |  | (38.8) |  | (36.7) |  | (111.2) |  | (104.0) |
Other Expense and Cost of Sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Facilities closure costs and other |  |  | 2.0 |  |  |  | 6.5 |  |  |
Other Expense and Cost of Sales | Restructuring Charges |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating income (loss) |  |  |  |  | 3.8 |  |  |  | (5.4) |
Other Expense, Net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Costs related to withdrawal from multiemployer pension plan | [3] |  | 0.9 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other Expense, Net | Integration-Related and Other Costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Integration-related and other costs |  |  |  |  | $ 2.4 |  |  |  | 6.9 |
TimBar Corporation | Other Expense, Net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition-related costs |  |  | $ 2.9 |  |  |  | $ 3.2 |  |  |
Boise Acquisition | Other Expense, Net | Integration-Related and Other Costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Integration-related and other costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2.7 |
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] | Other Expense, Net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset disposals and write-offs |  | $ 6.7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
[1] | The three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 include facilities closure costs related to corrugated products facilities and a paper products facility.
[2] | The three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 include acquisition-related costs for the TimBar Corporation acquisition.
[3] | The nine months ended September 30, 2016 include costs related to our withdrawal from a multiemployer pension plan for one of our corrugated products facilities.
[4] | The three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 include Boise acquisition integration-related and other costs. These costs primarily relate to professional fees, severance, retention, relocation, travel, and other integration-related costs.
[5] | The three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 include $2.0 million and $6.5 million, respectively, of closure costs related to corrugated products facilities and a paper products facility. The closure costs are recorded within "Other income (expense), net" and "Cost of sales", as appropriate.
[6] | The three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 include $3.8 million of income and $5.4 million of expense, respectively, related to restructuring charges at our mill in DeRidder, Louisiana, which were recorded in "Other income (expense), net" and "Cost of sales", as appropriate.The nine months ended September 30, 2015 include $2.7 million of Boise acquisition integration-related and other costs, respectively. These costs primarily relate to professional fees, severance, retention, relocation, travel, and other integration-related costs, and are mostly recorded in "Other income (expense), net".
[7] | The three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 include $2.4 million and $6.9 million, respectively, of Boise acquisition integration-related and other costs, mostly recorded in "Other income (expense), net".

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