Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Operations
Net sales	$ 752.1us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 850.0us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales	569.6us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	624.3us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold
Engineering, selling and administrative expenses	158.6	161.3
Amortization expense	8.6us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	8.8us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Restructuring expense	1.1us-gaap_RestructuringCharges	2.0us-gaap_RestructuringCharges
Separation expense	1.5mtw_Separationexpenses	0mtw_Separationexpenses
Total operating costs and expenses	739.4us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses	796.4us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
Earnings from operations	12.7us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	53.6us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Other income (expense):
Interest expense	(23.6)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(19.3)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Amortization of deferred financing fees	(1.1)us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts	(1.2)us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
Loss on debt extinguishment	0	(25.3)
Other income, net	2.5us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	0.8us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Total other expense	(22.2)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(45.0)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
(Loss) earnings from continuing operations before taxes on income	(9.5)	8.6
(Benefit) provision for taxes on income	(1.2)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	2.6us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
(Loss) earnings from continuing operations	(8.3)	6.0
Discontinued operations:
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes of $(0.1) and $0.0, respectively	(0.1)	(1.0)
Loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of income taxes of $0.0 and $0.0, respectively	0	(9.9)
Net loss	(8.4)us-gaap_ProfitLoss	(4.9)us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of income taxes	0	(3.9)
Net loss attributable to Manitowoc	(8.4)	(8.8)
Amounts attributable to the Manitowoc common shareholders:
(Loss) earnings from continuing operations	(8.3)	1.7
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	(0.1)	(0.6)
Loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of income taxes	0	(9.9)
Net loss attributable to Manitowoc	$ (8.4)	$ (8.8)
Basic earnings (loss) per common share:
(Loss) earnings from continuing operations attributable to Manitowoc common shareholders	$ (0.06)	$ 0.01
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to Manitowoc common shareholders	$ 0.00	$ 0.00
Loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$ 0.00	$ (0.07)
Loss per share attributable to Manitowoc common shareholders	$ (0.06)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ (0.07)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share:
(Loss) earnings from continuing operations attributable to Manitowoc common shareholders	$ (0.06)	$ 0.01
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to Manitowoc common shareholders	$ 0.00	$ 0.00
Loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$ 0.00	$ (0.07)
Loss per share attributable to Manitowoc common shareholders	$ (0.06)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ (0.06)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares outstanding — basic	135,641,914	134,187,169
Weighted average shares outstanding — diluted	135,641,914	137,047,710

The aggregate total costs related to engineering, selling and administrative expenses. Engineering expenses pertains to improving existing products and developing new products, selling administrative expenses relate to selling a firm's product and services, as well as all other general and administrative expenses. It includes direct selling expenses (for example, credit, warranty, and advertising) are expenses that can be directly linked to the sale of specific products. Indirect selling expenses are expenses that cannot be directly linked to the sale of specific products. Finally general and administrative expenses include salaries of non-sales personnel, rent, utilities, communication, etc.

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