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Derivative Financial Instruments (Details) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended |  | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2014 Forward-Start Interest Rate Swap [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 Interest Rate Swap, Series B Note [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 Foreign Currency Hedge, Euro-Denominated Sales [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 Foreign Currency Hedge, U.S. Inventory Purchases, Yen USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 Foreign Currency Hedge, U.S. Inventory Purchases, Yen JPY (¥) | Mar. 31, 2014 Foreign Currency Hedge, Europe Inventory Purchases, Dollars USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 Euro-Denominated Revolver [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 Euro-Denominated Revolver [Member] EUR (€) | Mar. 31, 2014 Yen-Denominated Revolver [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 Yen-Denominated Revolver [Member] JPY (¥) | Mar. 31, 2014 Euro Note B [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 Euro Note B [Member] EUR (€) | Mar. 31, 2014 Euro-Denominated Debt [Member] USD ($)
Derivative [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Notional amount |  | $ 25.0 | $ 1.5 | $ 0.9 | ¥ 95.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount of hedged item | 40.8 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum term (in years) | 5 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed interest rate | 5.41% | 5.51% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maturity date of debt |  | Jul. 28, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Variable rate basis | one-month London Interbank Offering Rates (“LIBOR”) | three-month LIBOR |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of monthly contracts remaining |  |  | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Monthly notional amount, minimum |  |  |  |  |  | 1.4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Monthly notional amount, maximum |  |  |  |  |  | 3.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate notional amount of remaining contracts |  |  | 13.5 | 8.2 | 855.0 | 20.9 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Notional amount, nonderivative instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  | 28.9 | 21.0 | 4.9 | 500.0 | 84.0 | 61.1 |
Cumulative foreign currency translation loss (gain) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (0.5) |  |  |  | 5.6
Cumulative foreign currency translation loss (gain), net of tax |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (0.3) |  |  |  | $ 3.4

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