Guarantor Financial Information (Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet) (Details) (USD $) In Millions	Jun. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Jun. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 1,259.8	$ 1,014.3	$ 821.6	$ 876.7
Accounts and notes receivable, net	2,605.0	2,258.4
Inventories	1,590.9	1,318.4
Other current assets	608.0	608.0
Assets held for sale	748.5	1,082.5
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	0	0
Total current assets	6,812.2	6,281.6
Investment in affiliates	0	0
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,640.3	1,669.6
Intangible assets, net	10,699.5	10,636.2
Other noncurrent assets	1,388.5	1,403.5
Total assets	20,540.5	19,990.9
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	3,656.4	3,364.3
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	753.3	761.6
Liabilities held for sale	197.6	152.1
Accounts and note payable affiliates	0	0
Total current liabilities	4,607.3	4,278.0
Long-term debt	2,881.3	2,922.3
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	4,676.9	4,714.8
Total liabilities	12,165.5	11,915.1
Temporary equity	10.0	16.7
Equity:
Total equity	8,365.0	8,059.1	7,156.2	7,175.7
Total liabilities and equity	20,540.5	19,990.9
IR Ireland [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0.4	0.9	0.6
Accounts and notes receivable, net	0	0.2
Inventories	0	0
Other current assets	0.2	0.1
Assets held for sale	0	0
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	321.7	93.4
Total current assets	321.9	94.1
Investment in affiliates	8,311.0	7,992.3
Property, plant and equipment, net	0.1	0.1
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	0	0
Total assets	8,633.0	8,086.5
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	3.6	3.6
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Liabilities held for sale	0	0
Accounts and note payable affiliates	254.4	7.1
Total current liabilities	258.0	10.7
Long-term debt	0	0
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	0	0
Total liabilities	258.0	10.7
Temporary equity	10.0	16.7
Equity:
Total equity	8,365.0	8,059.1
Total liabilities and equity	8,633.0	8,086.5
IR Limited [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Accounts and notes receivable, net	0	1.1
Inventories	0	0
Other current assets	0	0
Assets held for sale	0	0
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	3,035.6	2,987.3
Total current assets	3,035.6	2,988.4
Investment in affiliates	6,144.0	5,877.9
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	0	0
Total assets	9,179.6	8,866.3
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	0.3	0
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Liabilities held for sale	0	0
Accounts and note payable affiliates	58.9	10.4
Total current liabilities	59.2	10.4
Long-term debt	0	0
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	4.0	8.3
Total liabilities	63.2	18.7
Temporary equity	0	0
Equity:
Total equity	9,116.4	8,847.6
Total liabilities and equity	9,179.6	8,866.3
IR International [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	12.0	3.3	0
Accounts and notes receivable, net	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Other current assets	1.0	4.0
Assets held for sale	0	0
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	17.0	17.0
Total current assets	18.0	33.0
Investment in affiliates	19,355.8	19,131.2
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	0.8	0.9
Total assets	19,374.6	19,165.1
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	2.5	1.8
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Liabilities held for sale	0	0
Accounts and note payable affiliates	4,742.2	4,688.4
Total current liabilities	4,744.7	4,690.2
Long-term debt	299.5	299.4
Note payable affiliate	10,789.4	10,789.4
Other noncurrent liabilities	3.8	3.9
Total liabilities	15,837.4	15,782.9
Temporary equity	0	0
Equity:
Total equity	3,537.2	3,382.2
Total liabilities and equity	19,374.6	19,165.1
IR Global Holding [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	192.8	99.9	37.0	81.8
Accounts and notes receivable, net	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Other current assets	0.7	0.4
Assets held for sale	0	0
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	3,685.1	3,611.4
Total current assets	3,878.6	3,711.7
Investment in affiliates	15,602.8	15,278.0
Property, plant and equipment, net	0.2	0.2
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	16.7	18.4
Total assets	19,498.3	19,008.3
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	49.5	49.3
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	855.1	857.6
Liabilities held for sale	0	0
Accounts and note payable affiliates	7,327.9	7,107.8
Total current liabilities	8,232.5	8,014.7
Long-term debt	2,004.1	2,004.1
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	0	0
Total liabilities	10,236.6	10,018.8
Temporary equity	0	0
Equity:
Total equity	9,261.7	8,989.5
Total liabilities and equity	19,498.3	19,008.3
IR New Jersey [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	245.5	135.5	167.0	175.5
Accounts and notes receivable, net	178.1	202.8
Inventories	78.4	79.8
Other current assets	195.9	203.9
Assets held for sale	0	0
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	570.7	589.7
Total current assets	1,268.6	1,211.7
Investment in affiliates	8,874.8	8,769.2
Property, plant and equipment, net	208.2	213.6
Intangible assets, net	85.6	84.2
Other noncurrent assets	839.7	821.7
Total assets	11,276.9	11,100.4
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	443.4	443.2
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	351.0	351.0
Liabilities held for sale	0	0
Accounts and note payable affiliates	5,243.8	5,065.9
Total current liabilities	6,038.2	5,860.1
Long-term debt	373.5	381.1
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	1,731.4	1,770.8
Total liabilities	8,143.1	8,012.0
Temporary equity	0	0
Equity:
Total equity	3,133.8	3,088.4
Total liabilities and equity	11,276.9	11,100.4
Other Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	821.5	766.5	613.4	618.8
Accounts and notes receivable, net	2,426.9	2,054.3
Inventories	1,512.5	1,238.6
Other current assets	410.2	399.6
Assets held for sale	748.5	1,082.5
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	13,884.5	14,247.7
Total current assets	19,804.1	19,789.2
Investment in affiliates	82,725.8	77,272.6
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,431.8	1,455.7
Intangible assets, net	10,613.9	10,552.0
Other noncurrent assets	531.3	562.5
Total assets	115,106.9	109,632.0
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	3,157.1	2,866.4
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	67.6	82.3
Liabilities held for sale	197.6	152.1
Accounts and note payable affiliates	4,516.4	5,310.2
Total current liabilities	7,938.7	8,411.0
Long-term debt	204.2	237.7
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	2,937.7	2,931.8
Total liabilities	11,080.6	11,580.5
Temporary equity	0	0
Equity:
Total equity	104,026.3	98,051.5
Total liabilities and equity	115,106.9	109,632.0
Consolidating Adjustments [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Accounts and notes receivable, net	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Other current assets	0	0
Assets held for sale	0	0
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	(21,514.6)	(21,546.5)
Total current assets	(21,514.6)	(21,546.5)
Investment in affiliates	(141,014.2)	(134,321.2)
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	0	0
Total assets	(162,528.8)	(155,867.7)
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	0	0
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	(520.4)	(529.3)
Liabilities held for sale	0	0
Accounts and note payable affiliates	(22,143.6)	(22,189.8)
Total current liabilities	(22,664.0)	(22,719.1)
Long-term debt	0	0
Note payable affiliate	(10,789.4)	(10,789.4)
Other noncurrent liabilities	0	0
Total liabilities	(33,453.4)	(33,508.5)
Temporary equity	0	0
Equity:
Total equity	(129,075.4)	(122,359.2)
Total liabilities and equity	$ (162,528.8)	$ (155,867.7)