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Employee Incentive Plans, Short Term Incentive Plans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2014
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs |  |  |  |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Compensation Expense | $ (0.4) | $ 0.0 | $ 0.1 | $ 0.6
Short Term Incentive Plans [Member] |  |  |  |
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs |  |  |  |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Compensation Expense | 2.9 | 2.9 | 10.8 | 9.9
Short Term Incentive Plans [Member] | Fabricated Products |  |  |  |
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs |  |  |  |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Compensation Expense | 2.2 | 2.2 | 7.7 | 7.6
Short Term Incentive Plans [Member] | All Other |  |  |  |
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs |  |  |  |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Compensation Expense | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 2.3
Short Term Incentive Plans [Member] | Cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization and other items |  |  |  |
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs |  |  |  |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Compensation Expense | 1.0 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 3.8
Short Term Incentive Plans [Member] | SG&A and R&D |  |  |  |
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs |  |  |  |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Compensation Expense | $ 1.9 | $ 1.6 | $ 7.6 | $ 6.1

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