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Stockholders' Equity (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] |
Components Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | The following tables display the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss ) (“AOCI”) as of and for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in millions):
| Foreign Currency Translation Loss, net of tax(1) |  | Unrecognized Pension & Other Post-retirement Costs, net of tax |  | Derivative Hedging (Loss) Income, net of tax |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Balance at December 31, 2012 | $ | (166.5 | ) |  | $ | (621.1 | ) |  | $ | (1.4 | ) |  | $ | (789.0 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | 4.3 |  |  | 116.3 |  |  | 3.2 |  |  | 123.8 |
Amounts reclassified to earnings | 0.7 |  |  | 21.5 |  |  | (2.2 | ) |  | 20.0 |
Net current period other comprehensive income | 5.0 |  |  | 137.8 |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | 143.8 |
Balance at December 31, 2013 | (161.5 | ) |  | (483.3 | ) |  | (0.4 | ) |  | (645.2 | )
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications | (126.3 | ) |  | (84.1 | ) |  | 9.5 |  |  | (200.9 | )
Amounts reclassified to earnings | — |  |  | 55.7 |  |  | (4.0 | ) |  | 51.7 |
Net current period other comprehensive income | (126.3 | ) |  | (28.4 | ) |  | 5.5 |  |  | (149.2 | )
Balance at December 31, 2014 | (287.8 | ) |  | (511.7 | ) |  | 5.1 |  |  | (794.4 | )
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications | (153.3 | ) |  | 42.1 |  |  | 5.3 |  |  | (105.9 | )
Amounts reclassified to earnings | 29.4 |  |  | 47.3 |  |  | (10.2 | ) |  | 66.5 |
Net current period other comprehensive income | (123.9 | ) |  | 89.4 |  |  | (4.9 | ) |  | (39.4 | )
Balance at December 31, 2015 | $ | (411.7 | ) |  | $ | (422.3 | ) |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | (833.8 | )
(1) Includes foreign exchange (losses) gains of $(22.9) million, $(29.6) million and $10.0 million during 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, associated with intercompany loans designated as long-term.
Schedule Of Other Comprehensive Income, Reclassifications [Table Text Block] | The following table depicts the components of other comprehensive income (loss) reclassified to earnings presented on a pretax basis and the associated income tax impact for the year ended December 31, (in millions):
|  | Amount Reclassified to Earnings as Expense (Benefit) in the Statement of Operations |  | Affected Line Item in the Consolidated Statements of Operations
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Foreign currency translation loss: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total before tax |  | $ | 39.7 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.7 |  |  | (1)
Tax effect |  | (10.3 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |
Net of tax |  | $ | 29.4 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.7 |  |  |
Unrecognized pension and other post-retirement costs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior service benefit |  | $ | (6.8 | ) |  | $ | (6.5 | ) |  | $ | (1.6 | ) |  | (2)
Actuarial loss |  | 80.9 |  |  | 92.9 |  |  | 33.5 |  |  | (2)
Total before tax |  | 74.1 |  |  | 86.4 |  |  | 31.9 |  |  |
Tax effect |  | (26.8 | ) |  | (30.7 | ) |  | (10.4 | ) |  |
Net of tax |  | $ | 47.3 |  |  | $ | 55.7 |  |  | $ | 21.5 |  |  |
Derivatives: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts on inventory-related purchases |  | $ | (16.2 | ) |  | $ | (5.9 | ) |  | $ | (3.8 | ) |  | Cost of products sold
Foreign exchange contracts on intercompany borrowings |  | 0.1 |  |  | (0.3 | ) |  | — |  |  | Other expense, net
Forward interest rate swaps |  | 0.8 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | Interest expense, net
Cross currency swaps |  | 1.0 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | Other expense, net
Total before tax |  | (14.3 | ) |  | (5.5 | ) |  | (3.1 | ) |  |
Tax effect |  | 4.1 |  |  | 1.5 |  |  | 0.9 |  |  |
Net of tax |  | $ | (10.2 | ) |  | $ | (4.0 | ) |  | $ | (2.2 | ) |  |
(1) | The 2015 amount is included in the Venezuela deconsolidation charge and the 2013 amount is included in discontinued operations.
(2) | These accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other post-retirement benefit costs, which are recorded in the cost of products sold and selling, general and administrative expenses line items in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for 2015, 2014 and 2013. For 2015 and 2014, $52.1 million and $65.4 million of the amount, respectively, is reflected as pension settlement charge. See Footnote 13 for further details.

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