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Investments in Joint Ventures (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Schedule of results of operations and selected other information of joint venture investment

EGS's results of operations and selected other information for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2013 were as follows:

Revenues	$	517.5
Gross profit	223.3
Income from continuing operations	89.4
Net income	89.4
Capital expenditures	13.3
Depreciation and amortization	11.0
Dividends received by SPX	30.3
Undistributed earnings attributable to SPX Corporation	20.0
SPX's equity earnings in EGS	41.9

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Tabular disclosure of equity method investments including, but not limited to, name of each investee or group of investments, percentage ownership, difference between recorded amount of an investment and the value of the underlying equity in the net assets, and summarized financial information.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571

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