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Business Acquisition Acquired Intangible Assets (Details) (Pronamic And SNN [Member], USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
0 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination [Line Items]  
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill $ 11.6us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 15 years
Customer relationships [Member]
 
Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination [Line Items]  
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill 6.1us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= swm_PronamicAndSNNMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 15 years
Developed Technology [Member]
 
Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination [Line Items]  
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill 2.1us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= swm_PronamicAndSNNMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 20 years
Patents [Member]
 
Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination [Line Items]  
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill 1.5us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= swm_PronamicAndSNNMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_PatentsMember
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 17 years
Customer Contracts [Member]
 
Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination [Line Items]  
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill $ 1.9us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= swm_PronamicAndSNNMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerContractsMember
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 6 years