Divestitures and Discontinued Operations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

The operating results for the Hussmann Business and Branches are included in Net revenues and Segment operating income for the Climate Solutions segment for the years ended December 31 as follows:

In millions	2011		2010		2009
Net revenues	$	818.5	$	1,106.1	$	1,008.9
Segment operating income	$	58.6	$	84.4	$	19.4

Summarized Financial Information For Discontinued Operations Text Block [Table Text Block]

The components of discontinued operations for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

In millions	2011			2010			2009
Net revenues	$	72.2		$	143.6		$	186.1
Pre-tax earnings (loss) from operations	(69.0		)	(173.4		)	(95.6		)
Pre-tax gain (loss) on sale	(57.7		)	(5.4		)	(28.6		)
Tax benefit (expense)	69.9			61.3			87.6
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(56.8	)	$	(117.5	)	$	(36.6	)

discontinued operations by business net of tax [Table Text Block]

Discontinued operations by business for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

In millions	2011			2010			2009
Integrated Systems and Services, net of tax	$	(6.3	)	$	(0.8	)	$	(3.0	)
Energy Systems, net of tax	0.2			(17.6		)	(4.3		)
KOXKA, net of tax	(3.3		)	(54.0		)	(17.7		)
Other discontinued operations, net of tax	(47.4		)	(45.1		)	(11.6		)
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(56.8	)	$	(117.5	)	$	(36.6	)

Hussmann Divestiture [Member]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Results for the Hussmann Business and Branches for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

In millions	2011*				2010		2009
Net revenues	$	818.5			$	1,106.1	$	1,008.9
Loss on sale/asset impairment	(646.9		)	**	—		—
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Ingersoll-Rand plc	(513.1		)		55.7		13.1
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to Ingersoll-Rand plc ordinary shareholders:	(1.51		)		0.16		0.04

* Results represent the operating results of Hussmann Business and Branches through their respective divestiture transaction dates.

** Included in Loss on sale/asset impairment for the year ended December 31, 2011 are transaction costs of $12.2 million.

Disclosure of Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Table Text Block]

The components of Hussmann assets and liabilities recorded as held for sale on the Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2010 are as follows:

In millions	December 31, 2010
Assets
Current assets	$	225.0
Property, plant and equipment, net	107.4
Goodwill	407.4
Intangible assets, net	389.5
Other assets and deferred income taxes	5.5
Assets held for sale	$	1,134.8
Liabilities
Current liabilities	$	106.1
Noncurrent liabilities	61.0
Liabilities held for sale	$	167.1

Integrated Systems and Services divestiture [Member]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Net revenues and after-tax earnings of the Integrated Systems and Services business for the year ended December 31 were as follows:

In millions	2011			2010			2009
Net revenues	$	72.2		$	78.0		$	92.7
After-tax earnings (loss) from operations	$	(1.3	)	$	(0.8	)	$	(3.0	)
Gain (loss) on sale, net of tax	(5.0		)	—			—
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(6.3	)	$	(0.8	)	$	(3.0	)

Disclosure of Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Table Text Block]

The components of Integrated Systems and Services assets and liabilities recorded as held for sale on the Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2010 are as follows:

In millions	December 31, 2010
Assets
Current assets	$	25.3
Goodwill	2.5
Intangible assets, net	4.4
Assets held for sale	$	32.2
Liabilities
Current liabilities	$	9.1
Liabilities held for sale	$	9.1

Energy Systems Divestiture [Member]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Net revenues and after-tax earnings of the Energy Systems business for the years ended December 31 were as follows:

In millions	2011			2010				2009
Net revenues	$	—		$	8.9			$	10.9
After-tax earnings (loss) from operations	$	(0.4	)	$	(14.4	)	*	$	(4.3	)
Gain (loss) on sale, net of tax	0.6			(3.2		)		—
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	0.2		$	(17.6	)		$	(4.3	)

* Included in discontinued operations for Energy Systems in 2010 is an after-tax impairment loss of $8.3 million related to the initial write-down of the net assets to their estimated fair value.

KOXKA Divestiture [Member]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Net revenues and after-tax earnings of the KOXKA business for years ended December 31 were as follows:

In millions	2011			2010				2009
Net revenues	$	—		$	56.7			$	82.5
After-tax earnings (loss) from operations	$	(3.3	)	$	(53.1	)	*	$	(17.7	)
Gain (loss) on sale, net of tax	—			(0.9		)		—
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(3.3	)	$	(54.0	)		$	(17.7	)

* Included in discontinued operations for KOXKA for 2010 is an after-tax impairment loss of $53.9 million related to the write-down of the net assets to their estimated fair value. Also included in 2010 is a $12.2 million tax benefit resulting from a reduction in the Company’s deferred tax asset valuation allowance for net operating losses.

Other Discontinued Operations [Member]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

The components of other discontinued operations for the years ended December 31 were as follows:

In millions	2011			2010			2009
Retained costs, net of tax	$	(31.8	)	$	(45.0	)	$	12.4
Net gain (loss) on disposals, net of tax	(15.6		)	(0.1		)	(24.0		)
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(47.4	)	$	(45.1	)	$	(11.6	)