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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |  | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Jan. 12, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2016 | Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015 | [1]
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  | $ 2,931,293 |  | $ 2,931,293 | $ 2,893,811
Acquisition and integration related costs | [2] |  | 21,356 | $ 59,523 |  |
Utilization of inventory markup | [3] |  | 154 | 48,186 |  |
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Total purchase price |  | $ 5,725,321 |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  | $ 2,818,627 |  |  |  |
Change in purchase price allocation, goodwill |  |  | 1,500 |  | $ 193,800 |
Acquisition and integration related costs |  |  | 19,700 | 57,400 |  |
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets, weighted average useful life |  | 23 years |  |  |  |
Utilization of inventory markup |  |  |  | 48,200 |  |
Other significant projects |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition and integration related costs |  |  | 1,700 | 2,100 |  |
Patents and technology | Rockwood Holdings, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets, weighted average useful life |  | 20 years |  |  |  |
Trade names and trademarks | Rockwood Holdings, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets, weighted average useful life |  | 20 years |  |  |  |
Customer lists and relationships | Rockwood Holdings, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets, weighted average useful life |  | 24 years |  |  |  |
Cost of Sales | Rockwood Holdings, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition measurement period adjustments |  |  | 4,300 |  |  |
Utilization of inventory markup |  |  | $ 200 | $ 40,300 |  |
[1] | The December 31, 2015 balances have been recast to reflect a change in segments. See Note 12, "Segment Information," for further details.
[2] | See Note 2, “Acquisitions.”
[3] | In connection with the acquisition of Rockwood, the Company valued Rockwood’s existing inventory at fair value as of the Acquisition Closing Date, which resulted in a markup of the underlying net book value of the inventory totaling approximately $103 million. The inventory markup was expensed over the estimated remaining selling period. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2016, $0.2 million was included in Cost of goods sold related to the utilization of the inventory markup as a result of a measurement-period adjustment. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2015, $40.3 million was included in Cost of goods sold, and Equity in net income of unconsolidated investments was reduced by $7.9 million, respectively, related to the utilization of the inventory markup.

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