Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Cash

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Note Principal Amount

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Note Receivable, Accrued Interest

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Working Capital Adjustment

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Description of Business Asset Sales (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
	Oct. 22, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Apr. 16, 2015	Sep. 17, 2014
Photovoltaics Business \| Photovoltaics
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset purchase agreement, selling price				$ 150.0
Working capital adjustment, payment		$ 0.1
Digital Products Business
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset purchase agreement, selling price	$ 17.5
Asset sale, cash consideration	1.5
Asset sale, promissory note, principal amount	$ 16.0		$ 15.5
Asset sale, promissory note, accrued interest			$ 0.2