Guarantor Financial Information (Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet) (Details) (USD $) In Millions	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 1,403.8	$ 1,014.3	$ 810.7	$ 876.7
Accounts and notes receivable, net	2,366.1	2,237.6
Inventories	1,512.9	1,289.0
Other current assets	608.8	603.7
Assets held for sale	44.5	1,136.0
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	0	0
Total current assets	5,936.1	6,280.6
Investment in affiliates	0	0
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,601.2	1,669.0
Intangible assets, net	10,546.1	10,636.2
Other noncurrent assets	1,419.0	1,405.1
Total assets	19,502.4	19,990.9
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	3,529.3	3,357.2
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	760.0	761.6
Liabilities held for sale	44.0	167.1
Accounts and note payable affiliates	0	0
Total current liabilities	4,333.3	4,285.9
Long-term debt	2,881.0	2,922.3
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	4,602.7	4,706.9
Total liabilities	11,817.0	11,915.1
Temporary equity	6.7	16.7
Equity:
Total equity	7,678.7	8,059.1	7,673.5	7,175.7
Total liabilities and equity	19,502.4	19,990.9
IR Ireland [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0.4	0	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	145.6	93.4
Total current assets	145.8	94.1
Investment in affiliates	8,177.1	7,992.3
Property, plant and equipment, net	0.1	0.1
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	0	0
Total assets	8,323.0	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	634.0	7.1
Total current liabilities	637.6	10.7
Long-term debt	0	0
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	0	0
Total liabilities	637.6	10.7
Temporary equity	6.7	16.7
Equity:
Total equity	7,678.7	8,059.1
Total liabilities and equity	8,323.0	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	3,029.2	2,987.3
Total current assets	3,029.2	2,988.4
Investment in affiliates	6,348.6	5,877.9
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	0	0
Total assets	9,377.8	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	57.6	10.4
Total current liabilities	57.9	10.4
Long-term debt	0	0
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	4.0	8.3
Total liabilities	61.9	18.7
Temporary equity	0	0
Equity:
Total equity	9,315.9	8,847.6
Total liabilities and equity	9,377.8	8,866.3
IR International [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	12.0	0	0
Accounts and notes receivable, net	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Other current assets	1.1	4.0
Assets held for sale	0	0
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	17.0	17.0
Total current assets	18.1	33.0
Investment in affiliates	19,729.8	19,131.2
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	0.7	0.9
Total assets	19,748.6	19,165.1
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	15.9	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	4,764.5	4,688.4
Total current liabilities	4,780.4	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	15,873.1	15,782.9
Temporary equity	0	0
Equity:
Total equity	3,875.5	3,382.2
Total liabilities and equity	19,748.6	19,165.1
IR Global Holding [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	174.0	99.9	37.3	81.8
Accounts and notes receivable, net	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Other current assets	0	0.4
Assets held for sale	0	0
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	3,755.7	3,611.4
Total current assets	3,929.7	3,711.7
Investment in affiliates	15,669.6	15,278.0
Property, plant and equipment, net	0.2	0.2
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	14.7	18.4
Total assets	19,614.2	19,008.3
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	48.4	49.3
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	519.1	857.6
Liabilities held for sale	0	0
Accounts and note payable affiliates	7,411.3	7,107.8
Total current liabilities	7,978.8	8,014.7
Long-term debt	2,004.2	2,004.1
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	0	0
Total liabilities	9,983.0	10,018.8
Temporary equity	0	0
Equity:
Total equity	9,631.2	8,989.5
Total liabilities and equity	19,614.2	19,008.3
IR New Jersey [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	370.8	135.5	70.5	175.5
Accounts and notes receivable, net	166.5	202.8
Inventories	72.6	79.8
Other current assets	150.2	203.9
Assets held for sale	0	3.3
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	13.9	589.7
Total current assets	774.0	1,215.0
Investment in affiliates	8,049.4	8,769.2
Property, plant and equipment, net	206.2	210.2
Intangible assets, net	83.9	84.2
Other noncurrent assets	825.7	821.7
Total assets	9,939.2	11,100.3
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	435.8	443.1
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	4,848.2	5,065.9
Total current liabilities	5,635.0	5,860.0
Long-term debt	373.5	381.1
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	1,690.5	1,770.8
Total liabilities	7,699.0	8,011.9
Temporary equity	0	0
Equity:
Total equity	2,240.2	3,088.4
Total liabilities and equity	9,939.2	11,100.3
Other Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	859.0	766.5	702.9	618.8
Accounts and notes receivable, net	2,199.6	2,033.5
Inventories	1,440.3	1,209.2
Other current assets	457.3	395.3
Assets held for sale	44.5	1,132.7
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	13,794.0	14,247.0
Total current assets	18,794.7	19,784.2
Investment in affiliates	81,946.1	77,272.1
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,394.7	1,458.5
Intangible assets, net	10,462.2	10,552.0
Other noncurrent assets	577.9	564.1
Total assets	113,175.6	109,630.9
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	3,025.3	2,859.4
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	71.0	82.3
Liabilities held for sale	44.0	167.1
Accounts and note payable affiliates	3,661.0	5,309.5
Total current liabilities	6,801.3	8,418.3
Long-term debt	203.8	237.7
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	2,904.4	2,923.9
Total liabilities	9,909.5	11,579.9
Temporary equity	0	0
Equity:
Total equity	103,266.1	98,051.0
Total liabilities and equity	113,175.6	109,630.9
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	(20,755.4)	(21,545.8)
Total current assets	(20,755.4)	(21,545.8)
Investment in affiliates	(139,920.6)	(134,320.7)
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	0	0
Total assets	(160,676.0)	(155,866.5)
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	0	0
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	(181.1)	(529.3)
Liabilities held for sale	0	0
Accounts and note payable affiliates	(21,376.6)	(22,189.1)
Total current liabilities	(21,557.7)	(22,718.4)
Long-term debt	0	0
Note payable affiliate	(10,789.4)	(10,789.4)
Other noncurrent liabilities	0	0
Total liabilities	(32,347.1)	(33,507.8)
Temporary equity	0	0
Equity:
Total equity	(128,328.9)	(122,358.7)
Total liabilities and equity	$ (160,676.0)	$ (155,866.5)