Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Gross Profit

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Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Net Income (Loss)

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Commission Settlement Charge

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Defined Benefit Plan, Non-Cash Plan Settlement Charge

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Impact on net income due to reversal of valuation allowances associated with foreign tax credit carryovers.

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Represents the amount of increase (decrease) in operating income due to discrete tax benefits.

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Represents the amount of increase/ (decrease) in operating income from nonrecurring customer project.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 10

-Section 25

-Paragraph 23

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=21917927&loc=d3e1043-128460

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Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited) (Additional Information) (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Increase Decrease In Operating Income Nonrecurring			$ 1.8
Increase Decrease In Operating Income By Discrete Tax Benefits		0.3	0.5
Impact On Net Income Due To Reversal Of Valuation Allowances	0.9
Industrial Filtration [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase accounting adjustment to gross profit				(0.2)	(0.5)	(1.3)
Purchase accounting adjustment to net income				(0.2)	(0.4)	(0.9)
Transaction related costs	0.7					2.2
United States Pension Plan of US Entity, Defined Benefit [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Non-Cash Plan Settlement Charge				3.0
Thermalacoustical Metals Segment [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Commission Settlement Charge					$ 2.0		$ 2.9