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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective tax rate for continuing operations	31.50%	27.80%
Benefit from the tax incentives	$ 1.9	$ 3.8
Benefit from the tax incentives, per share	$ 0.06	$ 0.12
Valuation allowance	$ 0.4	$ 1.3
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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