Guarantor Financial Information (Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 1,083.9	$ 882.1	$ 929.6	$ 1,160.7
Accounts and notes receivable, net	2,443.1	2,157.5
Inventories	1,447.5	1,308.8
Other current assets	655.2	594.3
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	0	0
Total current assets	5,629.7	4,942.7
Investment in affiliates	0	0
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,651.7	1,652.6
Intangible assets, net	10,160.9	10,339.8
Other noncurrent assets	1,559.7	1,557.8
Total assets	19,002.0	18,492.9
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	3,475.4	3,197.6
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	373.2	963.7
Accounts and note payable affiliates	0	0
Total current liabilities	3,848.6	4,161.3
Long-term debt	3,154.1	2,269.3
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	4,812.7	4,833.0
Total liabilities	11,815.4	11,263.6
Equity:
Total equity	7,186.6	7,229.3	7,530.0	7,012.4
Total liabilities and equity	19,002.0	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	128.3	148.9
Total current assets	128.5	149.0
Investment in affiliates	9,503.6	8,885.1
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	0	0
Total assets	9,632.1	9,034.1
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	7.5	70.5
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accounts and note payable affiliates	2,529.9	1,734.3
Total current liabilities	2,537.4	1,804.8
Long-term debt	0	0
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	0	0
Total liabilities	2,537.4	1,804.8
Equity:
Total equity	7,094.7	7,229.3
Total liabilities and equity	9,632.1	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	7,657.0	7,095.3
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	0	0
Total assets	10,696.2	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	10,662.0	10,095.9
Total liabilities and equity	10,696.2	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	3.5	0.1
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	2.2	2.0
Total current assets	5.7	2.1
Investment in affiliates	21,825.5	21,185.6
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	0.3	0.5
Total assets	21,831.5	21,188.2
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	6.3	4.0
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accounts and note payable affiliates	4,924.4	4,888.9
Total current liabilities	4,930.7	4,892.9
Long-term debt	299.8	299.7
Note payable affiliate	10,755.7	10,755.7
Other noncurrent liabilities	3.8	3.8
Total liabilities	15,990.0	15,952.1
Equity:
Total equity	5,841.5	5,236.1
Total liabilities and equity	21,831.5	21,188.2
IR Global [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0.8	61.9	0	241.8
Accounts and notes receivable, net	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Other current assets	0.9	0.2
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	2,376.8	2,189.0
Total current assets	2,378.5	2,251.1
Investment in affiliates	19,428.7	18,589.8
Property, plant and equipment, net	0.1	0.2
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	19.6	10.0
Total assets	21,826.9	20,851.1
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	26.5	46.0
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	0	600.0
Accounts and note payable affiliates	7,647.2	7,602.2
Total current liabilities	7,673.7	8,248.2
Long-term debt	2,295.6	1,404.4
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	0	0
Total liabilities	9,969.3	9,652.6
Equity:
Total equity	11,857.6	11,198.5
Total liabilities and equity	21,826.9	20,851.1
IR New Jersey [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	99.1	59.1	19.4	77.8
Accounts and notes receivable, net	126.4	128.8
Inventories	76.1	73.1
Other current assets	148.1	149.3
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	10,068.5	8,669.5
Total current assets	10,518.2	9,079.8
Investment in affiliates	8,322.2	8,179.9
Property, plant and equipment, net	272.7	254.0
Intangible assets, net	83.7	83.8
Other noncurrent assets	880.0	867.3
Total assets	20,076.8	18,464.8
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	473.6	420.2
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	350.5	350.5
Accounts and note payable affiliates	14,830.6	13,337.7
Total current liabilities	15,654.7	14,108.4
Long-term debt	357.2	364.7
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	1,591.2	1,620.0
Total liabilities	17,603.1	16,093.1
Equity:
Total equity	2,473.7	2,371.7
Total liabilities and equity	20,076.8	18,464.8
Other Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	984.0	761.1	910.2	841.1
Accounts and notes receivable, net	2,316.7	2,028.7
Inventories	1,371.4	1,235.7
Other current assets	502.5	444.6
Accounts and notes receivable affiliates	26,002.4	23,772.0
Total current assets	31,177.0	28,242.1
Investment in affiliates	100,694.4	99,205.0
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,378.9	1,398.4
Intangible assets, net	10,077.2	10,256.0
Other noncurrent assets	659.8	680.0
Total assets	143,987.3	139,781.5
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals	2,961.5	2,656.9
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	22.7	13.2
Accounts and note payable affiliates	11,294.5	9,867.6
Total current liabilities	14,278.7	12,537.7
Long-term debt	201.5	200.5
Note payable affiliate	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	3,217.7	3,204.9
Total liabilities	17,697.9	15,943.1
Equity:
Total equity	126,289.4	123,838.4
Total liabilities and equity	143,987.3	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	(41,617.4)	(37,820.6)
Total current assets	(41,617.4)	(37,820.6)
Investment in affiliates	(167,431.4)	(163,140.7)
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	0	0
Total assets	(209,048.8)	(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	(41,260.8)	(37,465.0)
Total current liabilities	(41,260.8)	(37,465.0)
Long-term debt	0	0
Note payable affiliate	(10,755.7)	(10,755.7)
Other noncurrent liabilities	0	0
Total liabilities	(52,016.5)	(48,220.7)
Equity:
Total equity	(157,032.3)	(152,740.6)
Total liabilities and equity	$ (209,048.8)	$ (200,961.3)