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The acquired remaining percentage of Sumitomo 3M Limited from Sumitomo Electric Industries.

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The amount of sales in the prior fiscal year before Static Control business was divested to Desco, Inc.

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Amount of investments in debt and equity securities, including, but not limited to, held-to-maturity, trading and available-for-sale expected to be converted to cash, sold or exchanged within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, acquired at the acquisition date.

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The amount of property, plant, and equipment recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Amount recognized for assets, including goodwill, in excess of (less than) the aggregate liabilities assumed.

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The cash inflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period (for example, cash that was held by the acquired business).

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Acquisitions (Details)	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended								1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Details)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) Acquisition	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) Acquisition	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($) Acquisition	Sep. 30, 2014 Sumitomo 3M Limited [Member] JPY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2014 Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Weighted Average [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Weighted Average [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Static control business USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Other Acquisitions USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Federal Signal Technologies Group USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Ceradyne Inc. USD ($)
Business Acquisitions Information
Accounts receivable			$ 84,000,000									$ 29,000,000		$ 55,000,000
Inventory			125,000,000									13,000,000		112,000,000
Other current assets			37,000,000									1,000,000		36,000,000
Marketable securities			250,000,000									0		250,000,000
Property, plant and equipment			241,000,000									3,000,000		238,000,000
Purchased finite-lived intangible assets	34,000,000		213,000,000									86,000,000		127,000,000
Purchased indefinite-lived intangible assets			2,000,000									2,000,000		0
Purchased goodwill			339,000,000									141,000,000		198,000,000
Accounts payable and other liabilities, net of other assets			(127,000,000)									(27,000,000)		(100,000,000)
Interest bearing debt			(96,000,000)									(3,000,000)		(93,000,000)
Deferred tax asset/(liability)			(22,000,000)									3,000,000		(25,000,000)
Net assets acquired			1,046,000,000									248,000,000		798,000,000
Supplemental information:
Cash paid			1,098,000,000									248,000,000		850,000,000
Less: Cash acquired			52,000,000us-gaap_CashAcquiredFromAcquisition									0		52,000,000
Cash paid, net of cash acquired	94,000,000	0	1,046,000,000									248,000,000	104,000,000	798,000,000
Number of business combinations completed	1us-gaap_NumberOfBusinessesAcquired	0us-gaap_NumberOfBusinessesAcquired	3us-gaap_NumberOfBusinessesAcquired
Sales of static business											46,000,000
Finite Lived Intangible Assets
Intangible assets useful life					10 years	20 years	3 years	2 years	6 years	12 years
Transactions with 3M subsidiaries that have non controlling interests
Percent of interest acquired of Sumitomo 3M Limited				25.00%
Amount of acquisition for remaining non-controlling interest				¥ 90,000,000,000