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Debt, Financial Guarantees and Factoring Arrangements (Details)								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 03, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 13, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 13, 2015 EUR (€)	Nov. 03, 2014 USD ($)	Nov. 03, 2014 EUR (€)	Oct. 13, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 07, 2013 USD ($) credit_facility	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 03, 2015 EUR (€)	Dec. 01, 2015	Nov. 10, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 05, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 05, 2015 EUR (€)	Feb. 13, 2015 EUR (€)	Feb. 02, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2015 EUR (€)	Nov. 03, 2014 EUR (€)	Oct. 01, 2014 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Apr. 12, 2007 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs reclassification from assets to contra-liabilities									$ 10,300,000
Debt issuance costs reclassification from assets to current contra-liabilities									1,900,000
Number of senior secured credit facilities \| credit_facility							2
Long term debt								$ 5,326,200,000
Face amount																					$ 360,000,000
Percentage of Company’s first tier foreign subsidiaries							65.00%
Accrued Liabilities, Factoring Agreements, Additional Capacity								$ 75,500,000
Voting capital stock pledged of domestic subsidiaries								100.00%
Voting capital stock pledged of non-domestic subsidiaries								65.00%
Borrowings under lines of credit, weighted average interest rate of 6.74% at December 31, 2015								$ 16,700,000	0
Factoring agreements total current capacity								247,000,000
Factoring agreements qualifying for sales treatment								189,000,000	0
Factoring agreements recorded in accounts receivable								$ (24,800,000)	0
Additional capacity under factoring arrangements								6.90%
Overdraft facility capacity								$ 618,000,000	173,000,000
First Lien Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt							$ 805,000,000											€ 205,000,000
Face amount							$ 755,000,000
Stated interest rate							4.00%
Quarterly principal payments							$ 1,900,000
Maturity date							Jun. 07, 2020
Original issue discount percentage							$ 1,900,000													$ 1,800,000
Second Lien Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount							$ 360,000,000
Stated interest rate							7.75%
Maturity date							Dec. 07, 2020
Original issue discount percentage							$ 3,600,000
Repayments of long-term debt						$ 373,000,000
USD Incremental Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt								$ 290,800,000	292,700,000
Stated interest rate								5.50%
Spread on variable rate								4.50%
Original issue discount percentage								$ 3,500,000
New Tranche B-2 Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt		$ 500,000,000
Euro Tracnche Term Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Multicurrency revolving credit facility was increase \| €			€ 83,000,000
Revolving credit facility \| €										€ 300,000,000					€ 287,000,000
New Euro Tranche Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt								$ 87,200,000	0
Stated interest rate								5.50%
Spread on variable rate								4.50%
Original issue discount percentage								$ 1,500,000
Traunche B-2 Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt								$ 481,200,000	0
Stated interest rate								5.50%
Spread on variable rate								4.50%
Original issue discount percentage								$ 4,200,000
New Tranche B-3 Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt	$ 1,050,000,000							$ 1,001,800,000	0
Stated interest rate								5.50%
Spread on variable rate								4.50%
Original issue discount percentage								$ 20,500,000
New Euro Tranche C-2 Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt								$ 313,000,000	0
Stated interest rate								5.50%
Spread on variable rate								4.50%
Original issue discount percentage								$ 6,400,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Multicurrency revolving credit facility was increase	87,500,000	75,000,000
Revolving credit facility	250,000,000	163,000,000
Borrowed under U.S. Dollar revolving credit facility for acquisition	115,000,000	160,000,000
Outstanding letters of credit								40,000,000	1,000,000
Reduction in borrowings								$ 11,000,000	1,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| First Lien Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility							$ 25,000,000.0													$ 50,000,000.0
Maturity date							Jun. 07, 2018
Revolving Credit Facility, Multi Currency [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Multicurrency revolving credit facility was increase	87,500,000	75,000,000
Revolving credit facility	$ 250,000,000	163,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility, Multi Currency [Member] \| First Lien Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility							$ 25,000,000.0
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| First Lien Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread on variable rate							3.00%
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Second Lien Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread on variable rate							6.75%
Eurodollar [Member] \| Traunche B-2 Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread on variable rate	5.50%
Eurodollar [Member] \| New Tranche B-3 Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread on variable rate	5.50%
Eurodollar [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread on variable rate	3.00%
Base Rate [Member] \| Traunche B-2 Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread on variable rate	4.50%
Base Rate [Member] \| New Tranche B-3 Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread on variable rate	4.50%
Base Rate [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread on variable rate	2.00%
Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ratio of debt to EBITDA								1.0
Maximum [Member] \| Overdraft Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate								24.00%
Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ratio of debt to EBITDA								6.25
Minimum [Member] \| Overdraft Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate								0.45%
Barclays Bank PLC [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Second amendment increase in credit facility																			$ 300,000,000
Chemtura [Member] \| New Tranche B Term Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt				$ 130,000,000
Chemtura [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility				87,500,000.0
Borrowed under the U.S. Dollar and multicurrency revolving credit facility				60,000,000	€ 55,000,000
Chemtura [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility, Multi Currency [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility				$ 87,500,000.0
Arysta [Member] \| New Tranche B-2 Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt		500,000,000
Original issue discount percentage		$ 0.01
Arysta [Member] \| Euro Tracnche Term Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Increase in Euro tranche term loan facility \| €															83,000,000
Original issue discount percentage \| €															€ 0.02
Alent [Member] \| Euro Tracnche Term Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Increase in Euro tranche term loan facility \| €										300,000,000
Original issue discount percentage \| €										€ 0.02
Alent [Member] \| New Tranche B-3 Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt	$ 1,050,000,000
Original issue discount percentage	$ 0.02
Notes Payable to Banks [Member] \| USD Notes due 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt								$ 487,500,000	0
Stated interest rate								10.375%
Notes Payable to Banks [Member] \| Euro Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt								$ 374,000,000	0
Stated interest rate								6.00%								6.00%	6.00%
Gross debt, long term \| €																	€ 350,000,000
Original issue premium																$ 1,000,000
Notes Payable to Banks [Member] \| USD Notes due Two 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt								$ 1,081,100,000	0
Stated interest rate								6.50%								6.50%	6.50%
Original issue discount percentage								$ 900,000
Gross debt, long term																$ 1,100,000,000
Senior Notes [Member] \| USD Notes due 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount												$ 500,000,000
Stated interest rate											10.375%	10.375%
Secured Debt [Member] \| First Lien Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt								$ 735,600,000	743,000,000
Stated interest rate								5.50%
Spread on variable rate								4.50%
Other Operating Income (Expense) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Factoring agreement program gains								$ (1,400,000)	0
Factoring fees								1,900,000	0
Financial Guarantee [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Financial guarantees								46,300,000	$ 0
Interest Rate Swap [Member] \| Notes Payable to Banks [Member] \| USD Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notional amount													$ 1,160,000,000
Interest rate swap rate													1.96%	1.96%
Interest Rate Swap [Member] \| Notes Payable to Banks [Member] \| Euro Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notional amount \| €														€ 285,000,000
Interest rate swap rate													1.20%	1.20%
UNITED STATES
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Overdraft facility capacity								$ 18,000,000