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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Goodwill [Line Items] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | A summary of changes in the Company’s goodwill by reportable business segment is as follows for 2016 and 2015 (in millions):
Segment | December 31, 2015 Balance | Acquisitions(1) | Other Adjustments(2) | Foreign Currency | December 31, 2016 Balance
Writing | $ | 1,359.0 |  | $ | 502.9 |  | $ | — |  | $ | (14.7 | ) | $ | 1,847.2 |
Home Solutions | 361.1 |  | 578.4 |  | — |  | — |  | 939.5 |
Tools | 474.4 |  | 249.6 |  | (713.6 | ) | (5.3 | ) | 5.1 |
Commercial Products | 387.3 |  | 239.3 |  | — |  | (0.9 | ) | 625.7 |
Baby & Parenting | 209.4 |  | 375.5 |  | — |  | 0.4 |  | 585.3 |
Branded Consumables | — |  | 3,180.1 |  | (12.5 | ) | (50.0 | ) | 3,117.6 |
Consumer Solutions | — |  | 938.6 |  | (28.5 | ) | (5.3 | ) | 904.8 |
Outdoor Solutions | — |  | 1,810.7 |  | (7.9 | ) | (5.6 | ) | 1,797.2 |
Process Solutions | — |  | 396.5 |  | — |  | — |  | 396.5 |
| $ | 2,791.2 |  | $ | 8,271.6 |  | $ | (762.5 | ) | $ | (81.4 | ) | $ | 10,218.9 |
Segment | December 31, 2014 Balance | Acquisitions (3) | Other Adjustments (4) | Foreign Currency | December 31, 2015 Balance
Writing | $ | 1,090.9 |  | $ | 373.5 |  | $ | (50.0 | ) | $ | (55.4 | ) | $ | 1,359.0 |
Home Solutions | 379.3 |  | 1.0 |  | (19.2 | ) | — |  | 361.1 |
Tools | 478.6 |  | — |  | — |  | (4.2 | ) | 474.4 |
Commercial Products | 387.5 |  | — |  | — |  | (0.2 | ) | 387.3 |
Baby & Parenting | 209.7 |  | — |  | — |  | (0.3 | ) | 209.4 |
| $ | 2,546.0 |  | $ | 374.5 |  | $ | (69.2 | ) | $ | (60.1 | ) | $ | 2,791.2 |
(1) | Amounts primarily represent the preliminary estimate of goodwill attributable to the Jarden Acquisition and the preliminary allocation of goodwill to the Company’s segments.
(2) | Includes amounts reclassified to assets held for sale.
(3) | On October 22, 2015, the Company acquired Elmer’s Products Inc. for $571.4 million, of which $373.5 million was preliminarily allocated to goodwill.
(4) | During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company sold Endicia, including $50.0 million of goodwill. Endicia was included in the Company’s Writing segment. The Company also reclassified $19.2 million of Décor goodwill to assets held for sale.
Schedule of Indefinite and Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block] | The table below summarizes the balance of other intangible assets, net and the Company’s amortization periods using the straight-line method and attribution method for other intangible assets, including capitalized software consisted of the following as of December 31, (in millions):
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  |
| Gross Carrying Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net Book Value |  | Gross Carrying Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net Book Value |  | Amortization Periods (in years)
Trade names — indefinite life | $ | 9,935.1 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 9,935.1 |  |  | $ | 653.4 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 653.4 |  |  | N/A
Trade names — other | 286.3 |  | (34.2 | ) | 252.1 |  |  | 46.0 |  | (30.0 | ) | 16.0 |  |  | 3–30 years
Capitalized software | 482.0 |  | (252.9 | ) | 229.1 |  |  | 465.6 |  | (252.7 | ) | 212.9 |  |  | 3–12 years
Patents and intellectual property | 227.9 |  | (105.0 | ) | 122.9 |  |  | 142.8 |  | (89.9 | ) | 52.9 |  |  | 3–14 years
Customer relationships & distributor channels | 3,761.7 |  | (204.0 | ) | 3,557.7 |  |  | 231.9 |  | (104.5 | ) | 127.4 |  |  | 3–30 years
Other | 25.9 |  | (11.0 | ) | 14.9 |  |  | 4.2 |  | (3.1 | ) | 1.1 |  |  | 3–5 years
| $ | 14,718.9 |  | $ | (607.1 | ) | $ | 14,111.8 |  |  | $ | 1,543.9 |  | $ | (480.2 | ) | $ | 1,063.7 |  |  |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block] | As of December 31, 2016, the aggregate estimated intangible amortization amounts for the succeeding five years are as follows (in millions):
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021
$316.8 | $311.5 | $288.2 | $237.7 | $210.3

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