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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) |  | 12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 10 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended |  |  |
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Sep. 01, 2011 Nestle Purina PetCare USD ($) | Sep. 01, 2011 Nestle Purina PetCare Customer relationships USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2011 Graham Packaging Company Inc. USD ($) | Mar. 01, 2011 Vogel & Noot Holding AG USD ($) Year Employee | Mar. 01, 2011 Vogel & Noot Holding AG EUR (€) Year | Dec. 31, 2011 Vogel & Noot Holding AG USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2011 Vogel & Noot Holding AG USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2010 Vogel & Noot Holding AG USD ($) | Mar. 01, 2011 Vogel & Noot Holding AG Customer relationships USD ($) Year | Mar. 01, 2011 Vogel & Noot Holding AG Trade names USD ($) Year | Mar. 01, 2011 DGS S.A. USD ($) | Mar. 01, 2011 DGS S.A. Customer relationships USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2011 IPEC Global, Inc. USD ($) | Nov. 30, 2010 IPEC Global, Inc. USD ($) | Nov. 30, 2010 IPEC Global, Inc. Customer relationships USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total purchase price, net of cash acquired |  |  |  | $ 292,700,000 | € 212,400,000 |  |  |  |  |  | $ 20,700,000 |  |  | $ 52,300,000 |
Acquisition price, cash paid | 25,000,000 |  |  | 243,688,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total purchase price, payable in the future |  |  |  | 49,000,000 | 35,600,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent consideration payable in 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,000,000 |  |
Number of employees of acquired entity |  |  |  | 1,400 | 1,400 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Annual net sales of acquired entity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 310,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquired goodwill | 6,300,000 |  |  | 56,577,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8,100,000 |  |  | 27,100,000 |
Acquired intangible assets |  | 6,000,000 |  | 22,732,000 |  |  |  |  | 19,300,000 | 3,400,000 |  | 2,900,000 |  |  | 19,000,000
Acquired intangible assets, useful life in years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20 | 10 |  |  |  |  |
Termination fee cash paid to Silgan |  |  | 39,500,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Increase in goodwill value |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4,900,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquired property, plant and equipment, useful life in years |  |  |  | 35 | 35 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales of acquired entity |  |  |  |  |  | 269,400,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre-tax negative impact from inventory write-up as a result of purchase accounting of acquisition |  |  |  |  |  | $ 5,500,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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