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Retirement and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans - Schedule of Actual Allocations for the Pension Assets and Target Allocations by Asset Class (Details)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Change in plan assets:    
Total plan assets invested in active corporate bond funds (as a percent) 100.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations 100.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
Target allocations by asset class (as a percent) 100.00%hxl_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAssetAllocationPercentage 100.00%hxl_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAssetAllocationPercentage
Diversified Growth Funds    
Change in plan assets:    
Total plan assets invested in active corporate bond funds (as a percent) 27.60%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= hxl_DiversifiedGrowthFundsMember
 
Target allocations by asset class (as a percent) 32.00%hxl_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAssetAllocationPercentage
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= hxl_DiversifiedGrowthFundsMember
 
Liability Driven Investments    
Change in plan assets:    
Total plan assets invested in active corporate bond funds (as a percent) 23.40%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= hxl_LiabilityDrivenInvestmentsMember
 
Target allocations by asset class (as a percent) 20.00%hxl_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAssetAllocationPercentage
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= hxl_LiabilityDrivenInvestmentsMember
 
All Other Regions Equity Fund    
Change in plan assets:    
Total plan assets invested in active corporate bond funds (as a percent) 19.50%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= hxl_AllOtherRegionsEquityFundMember
27.70%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= hxl_AllOtherRegionsEquityFundMember
Target allocations by asset class (as a percent) 23.00%hxl_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAssetAllocationPercentage
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= hxl_AllOtherRegionsEquityFundMember
30.60%hxl_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAssetAllocationPercentage
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= hxl_AllOtherRegionsEquityFundMember
U.K. Equity Fund    
Change in plan assets:    
Total plan assets invested in active corporate bond funds (as a percent) 13.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= hxl_UKEquityFundsMember
28.10%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= hxl_UKEquityFundsMember
Target allocations by asset class (as a percent) 15.00%hxl_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAssetAllocationPercentage
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= hxl_UKEquityFundsMember
30.60%hxl_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAssetAllocationPercentage
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= hxl_UKEquityFundsMember
Debt Securities    
Change in plan assets:    
Total plan assets invested in active corporate bond funds (as a percent) 8.90%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
39.20%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
Target allocations by asset class (as a percent) 10.00%hxl_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAssetAllocationPercentage
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
34.50%hxl_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAssetAllocationPercentage
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
Index Linked Gilts    
Change in plan assets:    
Total plan assets invested in active corporate bond funds (as a percent) 3.70%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= hxl_IndexLinkedGiltsMember
 
Diversified Investment, Funds    
Change in plan assets:    
Total plan assets invested in active corporate bond funds (as a percent) 2.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= hxl_DiversifiedInvestmentFundsMember
1.90%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= hxl_DiversifiedInvestmentFundsMember
Target allocations by asset class (as a percent)   1.90%hxl_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAssetAllocationPercentage
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= hxl_DiversifiedInvestmentFundsMember
Other Insurance Product Line    
Change in plan assets:    
Total plan assets invested in active corporate bond funds (as a percent) 1.50%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_OtherInsuranceProductLineMember
2.40%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_OtherInsuranceProductLineMember
Target allocations by asset class (as a percent)   2.40%hxl_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAssetAllocationPercentage
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_OtherInsuranceProductLineMember
Cash and Cash Equivalents    
Change in plan assets:    
Total plan assets invested in active corporate bond funds (as a percent) 0.40%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsMember
0.70%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsMember