Consolidated Financial Statements Consolidated Financial Statement (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 72.9
Amount of deferred payments related to acquisition	12.6dbd_DeferredPaymentsToAcquireBusinesses
Effect of Exchange Rate on Cash and Cash Equivalents	14.8	11.2
Devaluation of Venezuelan balance sheet	7.5	12.1
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Cost of sales – services
Inventory Write-down	4.1
VENEZUELA
Effect of Exchange Rate on Cash and Cash Equivalents	6.1
Impairment of assets	$ 10.3
SIMADI [Member]
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate	192.95
VENEZUELA GOVERNMENT [Member]
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate	6.30
SICAD [Member]
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate	50.86

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