Treasury Stock	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Equity [Abstract]
Treasury Stock	Note 9. Treasury Stock On February 28, 2014, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase by us of up to an aggregate of $300.0 million of our common stock, inclusive of prior authorizations, from time to time through and including December 31, 2019. During the first three months of 2014, we issued 250,394 treasury shares which had an average cost of $6.35 per share for restricted stock units that vested during the period. In accordance with the Silgan Holdings Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, we repurchased 109,293 shares of our common stock at an average cost of $48.19 to satisfy minimum employee withholding tax requirements resulting from the vesting of such restricted stock units. We account for treasury shares using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) cost method. As of March 31, 2014, 24,002,203 shares of our common stock were held in treasury.

Note 9. Treasury Stock

On February 28, 2014, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase by us of up to an aggregate of $300.0 million of our common stock, inclusive of prior authorizations, from time to time through and including December 31, 2019.

During the first three months of 2014, we issued 250,394 treasury shares which had an average cost of $6.35 per share for restricted stock units that vested during the period. In accordance with the Silgan Holdings Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, we repurchased 109,293 shares of our common stock at an average cost of $48.19 to satisfy minimum employee withholding tax requirements resulting from the vesting of such restricted stock units.

We account for treasury shares using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) cost method. As of March 31, 2014, 24,002,203 shares of our common stock were held in treasury.