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Acquisitions Summary of Costs Incurred and Cumulative Cost by Cost type (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Restructuring and Related Activities - Summary of Costs incurred and Cumulative costs by cost type [Abstract] |
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes restructuring and related charges for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 and cumulative costs for current restructuring initiatives as of June 30, 2017, by cost type. Termination costs consist of involuntary employee termination benefits and severance pursuant to a one-time benefit arrangement recognized as part of a restructuring initiative. Other costs consist of non-termination type costs related to restructuring initiatives such as incremental costs to consolidate or close facilities, relocate employees, costs to retrain employees to use newly deployed assets or systems, lease termination costs, asset write-downs and disposals, carrying costs of closed facility until sale, and redundant or incremental transitional operating costs and customers fines during transition, among others:
|  | Termination Benefits |  | Other Costs |  | Total
Three months ended June 30, 2017 |  | $ | 4.4 |  |  | $ | 16.8 |  |  | $ | 21.2 |
Three months ended June 30, 2016 |  | 1.3 |  |  | 4.1 |  |  | 5.4 |
Nine months ended June 30, 2017 |  | 7.7 |  |  | 25.0 |  |  | 32.7 |
Nine months ended June 30, 2016 |  | 3.0 |  |  | 5.2 |  |  | 8.2 |
Cumulative costs through June 30, 2017 |  | 8.0 |  |  | 30.0 |  |  | 38.0 |
Future costs to be incurred |  | 7.9 |  |  | 20.3 |  |  | 28.2 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4(b)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 + Details
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