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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) |  |  |  |  | 0 Months Ended |  | 0 Months Ended |  | 0 Months Ended |  | 0 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($) | Oct. 22, 2013 Customer relationships [Member] USD ($) | Oct. 22, 2013 Portola Packaging, Inc [Member] USD ($) | Oct. 22, 2013 Portola Packaging, Inc [Member] Customer relationships [Member] USD ($) | Oct. 22, 2013 Portola Packaging, Inc [Member] North America and Europe [Member] Facility | Aug. 30, 2012 Plastic Food Container Operations of Rexam PLC USD ($) | Aug. 30, 2012 Plastic Food Container Operations of Rexam PLC Customer Relationships and Technology USD ($) | Aug. 30, 2012 Plastic Food Container Operations of Rexam PLC Customer relationships [Member] USD ($) | Aug. 30, 2012 Plastic Food Container Operations of Rexam PLC Technology Know-how USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2011 Graham Packaging Company Inc. USD ($) | Mar. 01, 2011 Vogel &amp; Noot Holding AG USD ($) | Mar. 01, 2011 Vogel &amp; Noot Holding AG EUR (€) | Mar. 31, 2012 Vogel &amp; Noot Holding AG USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2012 Vogel &amp; Noot Holding AG EUR (€) | Mar. 01, 2011 Vogel &amp; Noot Holding AG Customer relationships [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 01, 2011 Vogel &amp; Noot Holding AG Trade names [Member] USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid for business acquired |  |  |  |  | $ 262,800,000 |  |  | $ 250,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 47,600,000 | € 36,400,000 |  |
Number of Plants Acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net annual sales |  |  |  |  | 200,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill | 651,049,000 | 510,836,000 | 389,922,000 |  | 124,200,000 |  |  | 113,300,000 |  |  |  |  | 56,600,000 |  |  |  |  |
Business combination, Intangible assets acquired |  |  |  | 62,000,000 |  | 62,000,000 |  |  | 78,000,000 | 67,000,000 | 11,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  | 19,300,000 | 3,400,000
Acquired finite lived intangible assets weighted average useful life |  |  |  |  |  | 17 years |  |  |  | 18 years | 8 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Termination fee cash paid to Silgan |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 39,500,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Business combination, purchase price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 292,700,000 | € 212,400,000 |  |  |  |

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