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The amount of the prior service cost or credit recognized in net periodic benefit cost relating to benefit changes attributable to plan participants' prior service pursuant to a plan amendment or a plan initiation.

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The increase in a defined benefit pension plan's projected benefit obligation or a defined benefit postretirement plan's accumulated postretirement benefit obligation due to the passage of time.

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The total amount of net periodic benefit cost for defined benefit plans for the period. Periodic benefit costs include the following components: service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) due to settlements or curtailments.

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The actuarial present value of benefits attributed by the pension benefit formula to services rendered by employees during the period. The portion of the expected postretirement benefit obligation attributed to employee service during the period. The service cost component is a portion of the benefit obligation and is unaffected by the funded status of the plan.

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Pension, Post-Retirement and Post-Employment Plans (Details) - Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost of Postretirement Benefits - USD ($) $ in Millions	8 Months Ended	10 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Domestic Pension Plan of Foreign Entity [Member] \| Successor [Member]
Net periodic benefit expense:
Service cost	$ 0.7		$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Interest cost on the projected benefit obligation	1.2		6.8	6.9
Domestic Pension Plan of Foreign Entity [Member] \| Predecessor [Member]
Net periodic benefit expense:
Service cost		$ 3.6
Interest cost on the projected benefit obligation		5.2
Domestic Pension Plan of Foreign Entity [Member] \| Post-Retirement Benefit Plans [Member] \| Successor [Member]
Net periodic benefit expense:
Service cost	0.0		0.1	0.1
Interest cost on the projected benefit obligation	0.1		0.3	0.3
Amortization of prior service cost	0.0		0.0	0.0
Net periodic (benefit) cost	0.1		0.4	0.4
Domestic Pension Plan of Foreign Entity [Member] \| Post-Retirement Benefit Plans [Member] \| Predecessor [Member]
Net periodic benefit expense:
Service cost		0.1
Interest cost on the projected benefit obligation		0.2
Amortization of prior service cost		(0.1)
Net periodic (benefit) cost		0.2
Foreign Pension Plan [Member] \| Successor [Member]
Net periodic benefit expense:
Service cost	0.1		1.4	0.8
Interest cost on the projected benefit obligation	0.5		2.8	3.0
Foreign Pension Plan [Member] \| Predecessor [Member]
Net periodic benefit expense:
Service cost		0.6
Interest cost on the projected benefit obligation		2.5
Foreign Pension Plan [Member] \| Post-Retirement Benefit Plans [Member] \| Successor [Member]
Net periodic benefit expense:
Service cost	0.0		0.1	0.0
Interest cost on the projected benefit obligation	0.0		0.1	0.0
Amortization of prior service cost	0.0		0.0	0.0
Net periodic (benefit) cost	$ 0.0		$ 0.2	$ 0.0
Foreign Pension Plan [Member] \| Post-Retirement Benefit Plans [Member] \| Predecessor [Member]
Net periodic benefit expense:
Service cost		0.0
Interest cost on the projected benefit obligation		0.0
Amortization of prior service cost		0.0
Net periodic (benefit) cost		$ 0.0