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Variable Interest Entities (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total assets	8,067.9us-gaap_Assets	$ 4,557.6us-gaap_Assets
Minority Shareholder Of SPIA [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Interest in entity	50.90%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent / dei_LegalEntityAxis = pah_MinorityShareholderOfSPIAMember
Subsidiaries [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Interest in entity	45.00%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
SPIA [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total assets	7.2us-gaap_Assets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = pah_SPIAMember
Sale Of Platform Products [Member] | Product Concentration Risk [Member] | Saphyto S.A. [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Percentage of sales that are Platform products	94.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ProductConcentrationRiskMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = pah_SaphytoS.A.Member / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis = pah_SaleOfPlatformProductsMember
SPIA [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	31.95%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = pah_SPIAMember

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Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are recognized. Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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