Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective tax rate for continuing operations	28.30%	34.80%
Benefit from the tax incentives	$ 0.7	$ 1.0
Benefit from the tax incentives, per share	$ 0.02	$ 0.03
Valuation allowance		$ 0.9
Terphane Ltda [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Current effective tax rate	15.25%
Income tax rate	6.25%
Percentage of social contribution on income included in current effective tax rate	9.00%
Brazil [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Federal statutory income tax rate	34.00%
Income tax rate	25.00%
Percentage of social contribution on income included in federal statutory income tax rate	9.00%

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A ratio calculated by dividing the reported amount of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for the period by GAAP-basis pretax income from continuing operations.

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The amount of income taxes from which a reporting entity is exempt or for which it will receive a reduction in income taxes as a result of the income tax holiday granted by the taxing jurisdiction.

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