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Acquisitions of Businesses (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 1,832.9	$ 88.0
Earnings or loss of acquiree	(133.5)	(28.8)
Alent [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenues	70.8	0.0
Earnings or loss of acquiree	(12.4)	0.0
OMG [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenues	20.7	0.0
Earnings or loss of acquiree	(0.4)	0.0
Arysta [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenues	1,197.0	0.0
Earnings or loss of acquiree	(86.7)	0.0
CAS [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenues	363.0	61.9
Earnings or loss of acquiree	(57.9)	(20.5)
Agriphar [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenues	181.4	26.1
Earnings or loss of acquiree	$ 23.9	$ (8.3)

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