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Inventories
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
Inventories

4.

Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:

 

 

December 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Raw materials and supplies

$

85.6

 

 

$

69.8

 

Work in process

 

30.8

 

 

 

28.8

 

Finished goods

 

214.3

 

 

 

159.6

 

Total

$

330.7

 

 

$

258.2

 

 

Inventories valued using the LIFO method totaled $54.8 and $51.8 at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and would have been approximately $4.0 and $4.2 higher, respectively, had they been valued using the FIFO method.  The amount of LIFO liquidations in 2017 and 2016 were immaterial.