Goodwill (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Goodwill Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

	Industrial		Industrial		Industrial		Industrial
	Gases–		Gases–		Gases–		Gases–		Materials
	Americas		EMEA		Asia		Global		Technologies			Total
Balance at 30 September 2014	$	327.2	$	433.3	$	140.0	$	21.4	$	315.4	$	1,237.3
Acquisitions and adjustments		2.2		3.2		-		-		-		5.4
Currency translation and other		(9.8)		(58.5)		(4.0)		(1.2)		(13.8)		(87.3)
Balance at 31 March 2015	$	319.6	$	378.0	$	136.0	$	20.2	$	301.6	$	1,155.4

		31 March		30 September
		2015		2014
Goodwill, gross	$	1,427.6	$	1,522.1
Accumulated impairment losses(A)		(272.2)		(284.8)
Goodwill, net	$	1,155.4	$	1,237.3
(A)Amount is attributable to the Industrial Gases – Americas segment and includes currency translation of $33.0 and $20.4 as of 31 March 2015
and 30 September 2014, respectively.