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Asset Impairments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
Asset Impairment Charges [Abstract] |  |
Asset Impairment Charges [Table Text Block] |
| December 31, 2016
| Goodwill and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets |  | Finite-lived Intangible Assets |  | Property, Plant & Equipment |  | Total
Distribution & Storage | — |  |  | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | 0.7 |  |  | $ | 1.2 |
Consolidated | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | 0.7 |  |  | $ | 1.2 |
| December 31, 2015
| Goodwill and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets |  | Finite-lived Intangible Assets |  | Property, Plant & Equipment |  | Total
Energy & Chemicals | $ | 65.0 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3.8 |  |  | $ | 68.8 |
Distribution & Storage (1) | 0.3 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.7 |  |  | 2.0 |
BioMedical | 142.3 |  |  | 38.1 |  |  | 3.9 |  |  | 184.3 |
Consolidated | $ | 207.6 |  |  | $ | 38.1 |  |  | $ | 9.4 |  |  | $ | 255.1 |
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(1) | Asset impairments of $1.5 were included in cost of sales on the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2015.

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