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Employee Incentive Plans, Short Term Incentive Plans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Fabricated Products |  |  |
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs |  |  |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Compensation Expense | $ 0.1 | $ 0.2 | $ 0.3
All Other |  |  |
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs |  |  |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Compensation Expense | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.9
Short Term Incentive Plans [Member] |  |  |
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs |  |  |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Compensation Expense | 14.0 | 12.7 | 15.7
Short Term Incentive Plans [Member] | Fabricated Products |  |  |
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs |  |  |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Compensation Expense | 10.2 | 9.6 | 11.2
Short Term Incentive Plans [Member] | All Other |  |  |
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs |  |  |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Compensation Expense | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.5
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 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6
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 | $ 9.3 | $ 8.0 | $ 11.1

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