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Postretirement and Other Benefits Pension and OPEB Benefits (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Postretirement and Other Benefits [Abstract] |
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block] | The components of net pension and OPEB benefit costs for U.S. employees and net pension benefit costs for French employees during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 were as follows ($ in millions):
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| U.S. Pension Benefits |  | French Pension Benefits |  | U.S. OPEB Benefits
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Service cost | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Interest cost | 1.7 |  |  | 1.3 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Expected return on plan assets | (1.5 | ) |  | (1.8 | ) |  | (0.1 | ) |  | (0.1 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Amortizations and other | 1.0 |  |  | 1.7 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  | (0.2 | )
Net periodic benefit cost | $ | 1.2 |  |  | $ | 1.2 |  |  | $ | 0.7 |  |  | $ | 0.7 |  |  | $ | (0.1 | ) |  | $ | (0.2 | )

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (h) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28361610&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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