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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves [Abstract] |
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves | Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves Years Ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  |  | Deductions |  |  | Foreign Currency Translation and Other |  |  | Balance at End of Year |
|  | (in millions of dollars) |
Year ended December 31, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 17.0 |  |  | $ | 8.9 |  |  | $ | (8.2) | (1) |  | $ | (1.4) |  |  | $ | 16.3(3) |
Inventory obsolescence reserve |  | $ | 22.7 |  |  | $ | 9.5 |  |  | $ | (7.9) | (2) |  | $ | (0.8) |  |  | $ | 23.5(3) |
Year ended December 31, 2010: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 17.5 |  |  | $ | 6.9 |  |  | $ | (6.5) | (1) |  | $ | (0.9) |  |  | $ | 17.0 |
Inventory obsolescence reserve |  | $ | 26.6 |  |  | $ | 2.1 |  |  | $ | (6.5) | (2) |  | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | 22.7 |
Year ended December 31, 2009: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 19.5 |  |  | $ | 6.3 |  |  | $ | (7.2) | (1) |  | $ | (1.1) |  |  | $ | 17.5 |
Inventory obsolescence reserve |  | $ | 24.1 |  |  | $ | 6.2 |  |  | $ | (8.5) | (2) |  | $ | 4.8 |  |  | $ | 26.6 |
(1) | Primarily accounts receivable balances written off, net of recoveries.
(2) | Primarily items removed from inventory.
(3) | Includes amounts related to Diversey.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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