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Pension Plans Fair Value of Pension Plan Assets (Details) - Foreign Pension Plan [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
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Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | $ 17.4 | $ 13.8
Total assets at fair value |  | 231.0 | 198.1
Quoted Prices in Active Market (Level 1) |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 5.6 | 4.4
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 11.8 | 9.4
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 0.0 | 0.0
Cash and equivalents |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 5.6 | 4.4
Cash and equivalents | Quoted Prices in Active Market (Level 1) |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 5.6 | 4.4
Cash and equivalents | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 0.0 | 0.0
Cash and equivalents | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 0.0 | 0.0
Corporate bonds |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 0.3 | 0.3
Corporate bonds | Quoted Prices in Active Market (Level 1) |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 0.0 | 0.0
Corporate bonds | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 0.3 | 0.3
Corporate bonds | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 0.0 | 0.0
Mutual funds |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 9.7 | 7.7
Investments measured at NAV | [1] | 211.7 | 179.8
Mutual funds | Quoted Prices in Active Market (Level 1) |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 0.0 | 0.0
Mutual funds | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 9.7 | 7.7
Mutual funds | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 0.0 | 0.0
Insurance contracts |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 1.8 | 1.4
Insurance contracts | Quoted Prices in Active Market (Level 1) |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 0.0 | 0.0
Insurance contracts | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 1.8 | 1.4
Insurance contracts | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 0.0 | 0.0
Other private investments |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Investments measured at NAV |  | $ 1.9 | $ 4.5
[1] | The fair value amounts presented in the table above are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the total fair value of plan assets.

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