Guarantor Financial Information (Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 2,200.5	$ 882.1	$ 903.4	$ 1,160.7
Accounts and notes receivable, net	2,571.3	2,157.5
Inventories	1,435.0	1,308.8
Other current assets	621.7	594.3
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	0	0
Total current assets	6,828.5	4,942.7
Investment in affiliates	0	0
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,663.0	1,652.6
Intangible assets, net	10,240.3	10,339.8
Other noncurrent assets	1,541.9	1,557.8
Total assets	20,273.7	18,492.9
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	3,520.2	3,197.6
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	1,626.7	963.7
Accounts and note payable affiliates	0	0
Total current liabilities	5,146.9	4,161.3
Long-term debt	3,155.1	2,269.3
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	4,795.5	4,833.0
Total liabilities	13,097.5	11,263.6
Equity:
Total equity	7,176.2	7,229.3	7,386.7	7,012.4
Total liabilities and equity	20,273.7	18,492.9
IR Ireland [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Accounts and notes receivable, net	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Other current assets	0.2	0.1
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	62.7	148.9
Total current assets	62.9	149.0
Investment in affiliates	9,267.0	8,885.1
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	0	0
Total assets	9,329.9	9,034.1
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	7.1	70.5
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accounts and note payable affiliates	2,146.6	1,734.3
Total current liabilities	2,153.7	1,804.8
Long-term debt	0	0
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	0	0
Total liabilities	2,153.7	1,804.8
Equity:
Total equity	7,176.2	7,229.3
Total liabilities and equity	9,329.9	9,034.1
IR Limited [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Accounts and notes receivable, net	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Other current assets	0	0
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	3,039.2	3,039.2
Total current assets	3,039.2	3,039.2
Investment in affiliates	7,435.8	7,095.3
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	0	0
Total assets	10,475.0	10,134.5
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	0	0
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accounts and note payable affiliates	34.2	34.3
Total current liabilities	34.2	34.3
Long-term debt	0	0
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	0	4.3
Total liabilities	34.2	38.6
Equity:
Total equity	10,440.8	10,095.9
Total liabilities and equity	10,475.0	10,134.5
IR International [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Accounts and notes receivable, net	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Other current assets	0.6	0.1
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	2.2	2.0
Total current assets	2.8	2.1
Investment in affiliates	21,633.2	21,185.6
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	0.4	0.5
Total assets	21,636.4	21,188.2
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	9.2	4.0
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accounts and note payable affiliates	4,907.7	4,888.9
Total current liabilities	4,916.9	4,892.9
Long-term debt	299.7	299.7
Note payable affiliate	10,755.7	10,755.7
Other noncurrent liabilities	3.8	3.8
Total liabilities	15,976.1	15,952.1
Equity:
Total equity	5,660.3	5,236.1
Total liabilities and equity	21,636.4	21,188.2
IR Global [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	1,270.4	61.9	0	241.8
Accounts and notes receivable, net	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Other current assets	0	0.2
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	2,220.6	2,189.0
Total current assets	3,491.0	2,251.1
Investment in affiliates	19,141.0	18,589.8
Property, plant and equipment, net	0.2	0.2
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	21.3	10.0
Total assets	22,653.5	20,851.1
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	51.8	46.0
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	1,255.0	600.0
Accounts and note payable affiliates	7,389.6	7,602.2
Total current liabilities	8,696.4	8,248.2
Long-term debt	2,295.6	1,404.4
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	0	0
Total liabilities	10,992.0	9,652.6
Equity:
Total equity	11,661.5	11,198.5
Total liabilities and equity	22,653.5	20,851.1
IR New Jersey [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	314.4	59.1	76.8	77.8
Accounts and notes receivable, net	129.4	128.8
Inventories	79.5	73.1
Other current assets	140.4	149.3
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	9,693.3	8,669.5
Total current assets	10,357.0	9,079.8
Investment in affiliates	8,302.3	8,179.9
Property, plant and equipment, net	265.5	254.0
Intangible assets, net	83.7	83.8
Other noncurrent assets	843.2	867.3
Total assets	19,851.7	18,464.8
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	426.2	420.2
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	350.5	350.5
Accounts and note payable affiliates	14,702.2	13,337.7
Total current liabilities	15,478.9	14,108.4
Long-term debt	357.2	364.7
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	1,596.3	1,620.0
Total liabilities	17,432.4	16,093.1
Equity:
Total equity	2,419.3	2,371.7
Total liabilities and equity	19,851.7	18,464.8
Other Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	615.7	761.1	826.6	841.1
Accounts and notes receivable, net	2,441.9	2,028.7
Inventories	1,355.5	1,235.7
Other current assets	480.5	444.6
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	23,733.7	23,772.0
Total current assets	28,627.3	28,242.1
Investment in affiliates	100,315.0	99,205.0
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,397.3	1,398.4
Intangible assets, net	10,156.6	10,256.0
Other noncurrent assets	677.0	680.0
Total assets	141,173.2	139,781.5
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	3,025.9	2,656.9
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	21.2	13.2
Accounts and note payable affiliates	9,223.4	9,867.6
Total current liabilities	12,270.5	12,537.7
Long-term debt	202.6	200.5
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	3,195.4	3,204.9
Total liabilities	15,668.5	15,943.1
Equity:
Total equity	125,504.7	123,838.4
Total liabilities and equity	141,173.2	139,781.5
Consolidating Adjustments [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Accounts and notes receivable, net	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Other current assets	0	0
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	(38,751.7)	(37,820.6)
Total current assets	(38,751.7)	(37,820.6)
Investment in affiliates	(166,094.3)	(163,140.7)
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	0	0
Total assets	(204,846.0)	(200,961.3)
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	0	0
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accounts and note payable affiliates	(38,403.7)	(37,465.0)
Total current liabilities	(38,403.7)	(37,465.0)
Long-term debt	0	0
Note payable affiliate	(10,755.7)	(10,755.7)
Other noncurrent liabilities	0	0
Total liabilities	(49,159.4)	(48,220.7)
Equity:
Total equity	(155,686.6)	(152,740.6)
Total liabilities and equity	$ (204,846.0)	$ (200,961.3)