Business Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information by Segment

Business Segment Information

	Industrial Gases– Americas	Industrial Gases– EMEA	Industrial Gases– Asia	Industrial Gases– Global	Corporate and other	Total
2020
Sales	$3,630.7	$1,926.3	$2,716.5	$364.9	$217.9	$8,856.3	(A)
Operating income (loss)	1,012.4	473.3	870.3	(40.0)	(112.2)	2,203.8	(B)
Depreciation and amortization	559.5	195.9	399.4	9.6	20.6	1,185.0
Equity affiliates' income	84.3	74.8	61.0	10.9	—	231.0	(B)
Expenditures for long-lived assets	1,264.7	327.6	690.3	35.3	191.1	2,509.0
Investments in net assets of and advances to equity affiliates	310.9	535.2	539.7	46.4	—	1,432.2
Total assets	6,610.1	3,917.0	6,842.9	397.8	7,400.7	25,168.5
2019
Sales	$3,873.5	$2,002.5	$2,663.6	$261.0	$118.3	$8,918.9	(A)
Operating income (loss)	997.7	472.4	864.2	(11.7)	(152.8)	2,169.8	(B)
Depreciation and amortization	505.2	189.5	361.5	8.6	18.0	1,082.8
Equity affiliates' income	84.8	69.0	58.4	3.2	—	215.4	(B)
Expenditures for long-lived assets	545.8	216.3	1,105.5	33.8	88.3	1,989.7
Investments in net assets of and advances to equity affiliates	301.6	493.4	445.5	35.7	—	1,276.2
Total assets	5,832.2	3,250.8	6,240.6	325.7	3,293.5	18,942.8
2018
Sales	$3,758.8	$2,193.3	$2,458.0	$436.1	$84.0	$8,930.2	(A)
Operating income (loss)	927.9	445.8	689.9	53.9	(176.0)	1,941.5	(B)
Depreciation and amortization	485.3	198.6	265.8	8.1	12.9	970.7
Equity affiliates' income	82.0	61.1	58.3	1.9	—	203.3	(B)
Expenditures for long-lived assets	546.5	163.1	791.9	17.3	49.6	1,568.4

(A)The sales information noted above relates to external customers only. All intersegment sales are eliminated in consolidation. Intersegment sales are generally transacted at market pricing. We generally do not have intersegment sales from our regional industrial gases businesses. Equipment manufactured for our regional industrial gases segments are generally transferred at cost and are not reflected as an intersegment sale.

(B)Refer to the Reconciliations to Consolidated Results section below.

Reconciliation of Segments to Consolidated Operating Income

The table below reconciles total operating income disclosed in the table above to consolidated operating income as reflected on our consolidated income statements:

Year Ended 30 September	2020	2019	2018
Total	$2,203.8	$2,169.8	$1,941.5
Change in inventory valuation method	—	—	24.1
Facility closure	—	(29.0)	—
Cost reduction actions	—	(25.5)	—
Gain on exchange of equity affiliate investments	—	29.1	—
Company headquarters relocation income (expense)	33.8	—	—
Consolidated Operating Income	$2,237.6	$2,144.4	$1,965.6

Reconciliation of Segments to Consolidated Equity Affiliates' Income

The table below reconciles total equity affiliates' income disclosed in the table above to consolidated equity affiliates' income as reflected on our consolidated income statements:

Year Ended 30 September	2020	2019	2018
Total	$231.0	$215.4	$203.3
India Finance Act 2020	33.8	—	—
Tax reform repatriation - equity method investment	—	—	(28.5)
Consolidated Equity Affiliates' Income	$264.8	$215.4	$174.8

Schedule of Revenue and Long-Lived Assets by Geographical Areas

Geographic Information

Sales to External Customers

Year Ended 30 September	2020	2019	2018
United States	$3,359.6	$3,351.8	$3,149.6
China	1,719.7	1,730.2	1,585.7
Other foreign operations	3,777.0	3,836.9	4,194.9
Total	$8,856.3	$8,918.9	$8,930.2
Long-Lived Assets(A)
30 September	2020	2019	2018
United States	$4,633.9	$3,721.3	$3,512.7
China	3,719.4	3,302.6	3,066.6
Other foreign operations	3,611.4	3,313.7	3,344.4
Total	$11,964.7	$10,337.6	$9,923.7

(A)Long-lived assets represents plant and equipment, net.