DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Held For Sale Income Statement) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015		Mar. 31, 2014
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net Sales	$ 34,259		$ 98,453
Earnings /(loss) before income taxes	(40,112)	[1]	(1,980)	[1]
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net Sales	33,678		34,568
Earnings /(loss) before income taxes	(38,786)		212
Surface Technologies Domestic [Member] | Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net Sales	1,110		1,328
Earnings /(loss) before income taxes	38		165
Engineered Packaging [Member] | Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net Sales	4,377		6,148
Earnings /(loss) before income taxes	105		1,047
Downstream [Member] | Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net Sales	28,191		27,092
Earnings /(loss) before income taxes	$ (38,929)		$ (1,000)

[1] Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes includes approximately $41 million of Held for sale impairment expense in the three months ended March 31, 2015.