Business Segment and Geographic Information

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Segment Reporting, Disclosure of Entity's Reportable Segments [Abstract]

Business Segment and Geographic Information

18.       BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Our segments are organized based on differences in product and/or type of customer. We have four business segments consisting of Merchant Gases, Tonnage Gases, Electronics and Performance Materials, and Equipment and Energy.

Business Segment Information		Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
		31 March				31 March
		2013		2012		2013		2012
Sales to External Customers
	Merchant Gases	$	1,003.2	$	883.6	$	2,012.3	$	1,771.3
	Tonnage Gases		808.5		783.5		1,706.9		1,593.3
	Electronics and Performance Materials		548.8		567.0		1,097.8		1,102.2
	Equipment and Energy		123.7		110.2		229.6		199.0
Segment and Consolidated Totals		$	2,484.2	$	2,344.3	$	5,046.6	$	4,665.8
Operating Income
	Merchant Gases	$	168.1	$	152.5	$	339.1	$	318.8
	Tonnage Gases		123.2		125.4		261.3		236.8
	Electronics and Performance Materials		77.5		85.5		138.8		163.6
	Equipment and Energy		20.6		9.8		29.0		17.1
Segment Total		$	389.4	$	373.2	$	768.2	$	736.3
	Business restructuring and cost reduction plans(A)		-		(86.8)		-		(86.8)
	Other		.3		1.5		(6.1)		(7.8)
Consolidated Total		$	389.7	$	287.9	$	762.1	$	641.7
(A)Information about how this charge related to the businesses at the segment level is discussed in Note 4, Business Restructuring and Cost Reduction Plans.

		31 March			30 September
			2013			2012
Identifiable Assets (A)
	Merchant Gases		$	6,512.2		$	6,428.5
	Tonnage Gases			5,221.4			5,059.8
	Electronics and Performance Materials			2,874.4			2,930.3
	Equipment and Energy			472.0			379.3
Segment total			$	15,080.0		$	14,797.9
	Other			907.6			925.4
	Discontinued operations			35.4			42.8
Consolidated Total			$	16,023.0		$	15,766.1
(A) Identifiable assets are equal to total assets less investment in net assets of and advances to equity affiliates.

Geographic Information
			Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
			31 March				31 March
			2013		2012		2013		2012
	Sales to External Customers
		U.S./Canada	$	1,095.6	$	1,082.9	$	2,221.3	$	2,152.7
		Europe		649.0		661.5		1,296.6		1,293.1
		Asia		560.4		547.4		1,166.0		1,120.7
		Latin America		179.2		52.5		362.7		99.3
	Consolidated Total		$	2,484.2	$	2,344.3	$	5,046.6	$	4,665.8

Geographic information is based on country of origin. The Europe region operates principally in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, the U.K. and Spain. The Asia region operates principally in China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan.