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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - USD ($)					8 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
		Mar. 04, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Oct. 25, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Jan. 23, 2014	May. 22, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Share price (in usd per share)						$ 12.83			$ 0.01
Goodwill, impairment loss (in Dollars)						$ 0
Weighted average useful life (years)						15 years	15 years
Non-elective contribution to MacDermid, Incorporated Employee Savings and 401(k) Plan						$ 600,000
Assets using NAV						119,600,000	$ 86,300,000
Restricted cash						300,000	600,000,000	$ 300,000
MacDermid, Incorporated Employee Savings And 401(k) Plan [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Non-elective contribution to MacDermid, Incorporated Employee Savings and 401(k) Plan						1,500,000	1,400,000
Employer contributions						$ 1,400,000	700,000
MacDermid [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership		3.00%	97.00%
Arysta [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Restricted cash deposits							$ 600,000,000
Customer Lists [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average useful life (years)						20 years 3 months 18 days	20 years 3 months 18 days
Customer Lists [Member] | Alent, OMG, Arysta, CAS, Agriphar [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average useful life (years)						8 years
Customer Lists [Member] | Alent, OMG, Arysta, CAS, Agriphar [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average useful life (years)						30 years
Developed Technology Rights [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average useful life (years)	[1]					11 years 9 months 18 days	11 years 9 months 18 days
Developed Technology Rights [Member] | Alent, OMG, Arysta, CAS, Agriphar [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average useful life (years)						5 years
Developed Technology Rights [Member] | Alent, OMG, Arysta, CAS, Agriphar [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average useful life (years)						14 years
Trade Names [Member] | Alent, OMG, Arysta, CAS, Agriphar [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average useful life (years)						5 years
Trade Names [Member] | Alent, OMG, Arysta, CAS, Agriphar [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average useful life (years)						20 years
Noncompete Agreements [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average useful life (years)						5 years	5 years
Noncompete Agreements [Member] | Alent, OMG, Arysta, CAS, Agriphar [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average useful life (years)						1 year
Noncompete Agreements [Member] | Alent, OMG, Arysta, CAS, Agriphar [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average useful life (years)						5 years
Building and Building Improvements [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life						5 years
Building and Building Improvements [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life						20 years
Machinery and Equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life						3 years
Machinery and Equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life						15 years
Computer Hardware And software [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life						3 years
Computer Hardware And software [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life						5 years
Cost of Sales [Member] | Fair Value Adjustment to Inventory [Member] | Various [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value of assets						$ 76,500,000	$ 35,500,000
Successor [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Share price (in usd per share)										$ 18.00
Successor [Member] | MacDermid [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership				3.00%
Successor [Member] | Cost of Sales [Member] | Fair Value Adjustment to Inventory [Member] | Various [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value of assets					$ 23,900,000
Adjustments for New Accounting Principle, Early Adoption [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs							$ 10,300,000
Agricultural Solutions [Member] | Product Registration [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average useful life (years)						12 years
Agricultural Solutions [Member] | Product Registration [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average useful life (years)						14 years
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