Divestitures - Schedule of Financial Information from Discontinued Operations (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
Income Statement Balance Sheet And Additional Disclosures By Disposal Groups Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax	$ 24.0	$ 2.5	$ 2.0	$ 2.0	$ 7.6	[1]	$ 28.7	[1]
Net gain on sale of discontinued operations					22.9	[1]	178.9	[1]
Rigid Medical Packaging Business [Member]
Income Statement Balance Sheet And Additional Disclosures By Disposal Groups Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net sales					89.6		88.9
Operating profit					11.4		10.6
Earnings before income tax provision					11.1		10.6
Income tax provision					3.5		2.8
Net earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax					7.6		7.8
Gain on sale of discontinued operations before income tax provision					40.2
Income tax provision on sale					17.3
Net gain on sale of discontinued operations					22.9
Diversey Japan [Member]
Income Statement Balance Sheet And Additional Disclosures By Disposal Groups Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net sales							273.5
Operating profit							34.1
Earnings before income tax provision							33.0
Income tax provision							12.1
Net earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax							20.9
Gain on sale of discontinued operations before income tax provision							210.8
Income tax provision on sale							31.9
Net gain on sale of discontinued operations							$ 178.9

[1] Certain amounts have been revised to reflect the retrospective application of the Company’s change in inventory costing method for certain U.S. inventories to the FIFO method from the LIFO method. Refer to Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Inventories,” of the notes to consolidated financial statements for further details surrounding this accounting policy change.