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Subsequent Event (Details) - Latapack-Ball Embalagens Ltda. (Latapack-Ball) shares in Millions	Oct. 27, 2015 shares
Subsequent Event
Treasury stock exchanged (in shares)	6
Subsequent Event. | Forecast
Subsequent Event
Treasury stock exchanged (in shares)	6

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Represents treasury stock issued in exchange of consideration for business acquisition.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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