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Segment Information - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) | [1] | Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) | [2] | Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) | [3] | Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) | [4] | Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) | [6] | Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) | [7] | Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) | [8] | Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) segment | Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating Income (Loss) | $ 192.9 | $ 206.4 | $ 200.2 | $ 180.8 | $ 175.9 | [5] | $ 219.4 | $ 197.6 | $ 157.1 | $ 780.3 |  | $ 750.0 |  | $ 702.7 |
Number of reportable segments | segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ 1,476.6 | $ 1,484.0 | $ 1,417.4 | $ 1,401.0 | 1,390.9 | [5] | $ 1,470.8 | $ 1,454.3 | $ 1,425.7 | $ 5,779.0 |  | 5,741.7 |  | 5,852.6 |
Paper |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating Income (Loss) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 138.1 | [9] | 112.5 | [10] | 135.4 |
Packaging |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating Income (Loss) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 711.1 | [11] | 714.9 | [12] | 663.2 | [13]
Corporate and Other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating Income (Loss) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (68.9) | [14] | $ (77.4) | [15] | (95.9) | [16]
Office Depot | Customer Concentration Risk | Paper Segment Sales Revenue | Paper |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 42.00% |  | 45.00% |  |  |
Foreign operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 289.5 |  | $ 177.2 |  | $ 378.8 |
Foreign operations | Packaging |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-Lived Assets |  |  |  |  | $ 12.4 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 12.4 |  |  |
Boise Inc. | Packaging |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating Income (Loss) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.1 |  |  |  |  |
Boise Inc. | Corporate and Other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating Income (Loss) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9.3 |  |  |  |  |
Other Restructuring | Packaging |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating Income (Loss) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2.0 |  |  |  |  |
[1] | Includes $4.5 million of closure costs related to a corrugated products facility and a paper products facility ($2.9 million after-tax or $0.03 per diluted share), $2.7 million of costs related to ceased production of softwood market pulp operations at our Wallula, Washington mill and the permanent shutdown of the No.1 machine ($1.8 million after-tax or $0.02 per diluted share), and $1.2 million of acquisition-related costs for TimBar Corporation and Columbus Container, Inc. acquisitions ($0.8 million after-tax or $0.01 per diluted share).
[2] | Includes $2.0 million of closure costs related to a corrugated products facility and a paper products facility ($1.4 million after-tax or $0.02 per diluted share) and $2.9 million of acquisition-related costs for TimBar Corporation and Columbus Container, Inc. acquisitions ($1.9 million after-tax or $0.02 per diluted share).
[3] | Includes $1.7 million of closure costs related to a corrugated products facility and a paper products facility ($1.0 million after-tax or $0.01 per diluted share), $0.3 million of acquisition-related costs for TimBar Corporation ($0.2 million after-tax or $0.0 per diluted share), and $0.9 million related to our withdrawal from a multiemployer pension plan for one of our corrugated products facilities ($0.6 million after-tax or $0.01 per diluted share).
[4] | Includes $2.8 million of closure costs related to a corrugated products facility and a paper products facility. ($1.9 million after-tax or $0.02 per diluted share).
[5] | Includes $3.5 million of income from DeRidder restructuring ($2.2 million after-tax or $0.02 per diluted share) and $3.8 million of integration-related and other costs ($2.6 million after-tax or $0.03 per diluted share).
[6] | Includes $3.8 million of income from DeRidder restructuring ($2.3 million after-tax or $0.02 per diluted share) and $2.4 million of integration-related and other costs ($1.7 million after-tax or $0.02 per diluted share). Also includes $6.7 million gain from the sale of our paper mill site at St. Helens, Oregon ($4.4 million after tax or $0.05 per diluted share).
[7] | Includes $1.0 million of income from DeRidder restructuring ($0.7 million after-tax or $0.01 per diluted share) and $3.7 million of integration-related and other costs ($2.3 million after-tax or $0.03 per diluted share).
[8] | Includes $10.3 million of DeRidder restructuring charges ($6.6 million after-tax or $0.07 per diluted share) and $3.5 million of integration-related and other costs ($2.2 million after-tax or $0.02 per diluted share). Also includes a $3.6 million tax credit from the State of Louisiana related to our capital investment and the jobs retained at the DeRidder, Louisiana mill.
[9] | Includes $2.7 million of costs related to ceased softwood market pulp operations at our Wallula, Washington mill and the permanent shut down of the No.1 machine. Includes $1.7 million of closure costs related to a paper products facility.
[10] | In September 2015, we sold the remaining land, buildings, and equipment at our paper mill site in St. Helens, Oregon where we ceased paper production in December 2012. We recorded a $6.7 million gain on the sale.
[11] | Includes $9.3 million of closure costs related to corrugated product facilities.Includes $4.2 million of acquisition-related costs for the TimBar Corporation and Columbus Container, Inc. acquisitions. Includes $0.9 million of costs related to our withdrawal from a multiemployer pension plan for one of our corrugated products facilities.
[12] | Includes net charges of $2.0 million primarily related to restructuring activities at our mill in DeRidder, Louisiana and $4.1 million of Boise acquisition integration-related and other costs.
[13] | Includes $65.8 million of costs related primarily to the conversion of the No. 3 newsprint machine at our DeRidder, Louisiana mill to produce lightweight linerboard and corrugating medium, and our exit from the newsprint business in September 2014. Includes $4.9 million of Boise acquisition integration-related and other costs.
[14] | Includes $0.3 million of acquisition-related costs for the TimBar Corporation acquisition.
[15] | Includes $9.3 million of Boise acquisition integration-related and other costs. These costs primarily relate to professional fees, severance, retention, relocation, travel, and other integration-related costs.
[16] | Includes $13.5 million of Boise acquisition integration-related and other costs and $17.6 million of costs for the settlement of the Kleen Products LLC v Packaging Corp. of America et al class action lawsuit. See Note 18, Commitments, Guarantees, Indemnifications, and Legal Proceedings, for more information.

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