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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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The amount of increase in the plan assets attributed to a business combination.

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The amount of net gain (loss) recognized in net periodic benefit cost as a result of an event that significantly reduces the expected years of future service of present employees or eliminates for a significant number of employees the accrual of defined benefits for some or all of their future services.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash						$ (8.0)	$ (23.9)	$ (28.2)
Devaluation of Venezuelan balance sheet			$ 7.5	$ 12.1		0.0	7.5	12.1
Impairment of assets	$ (9.8)					(9.8)	(18.9)	(2.1)
Advertising expense						14.0	11.6	16.7
Research, development and engineering expense						$ 110.2	86.9	93.6
Cash equivalents, maturity period						3 months
Expected rate of return period						20 years
Amortization of unrecognized net gain (loss)						5.00%
Cost of sales - services
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Inventory write-down							4.1
Financial self-service
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Service contract term						12 months
Software Solutions [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Service contract term						12 months
VENEZUELA
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash				$ (6.1)
Impairment of assets		$ 1.0	$ (10.3)		$ (9.3)
Write-off of uncollectible accounts receivable							0.4
SICAD [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Foreign currency exchange rate				50.86
VENEZUELA GOVERNMENT [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Foreign currency exchange rate				6.30
SIMADI [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Foreign currency exchange rate			192.95
Pension Plan [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Acquired benefit plans						$ 625.1	0.0
Defined Benefit Plan, Business Combinations and Acquisitions, Plan Assets						524.2	0.0
Curtailment loss						4.6	0.0	$ 0.0
Accounting Standards Update 2015-03 [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Debt Issuance Costs, Net	$ 64.5					$ 64.5	$ 6.9