Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail)			12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended		10 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Sep. 01, 2011 Nestle Purina PetCare USD ($)	Sep. 01, 2011 Nestle Purina PetCare Customer relationships USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Graham Packaging Company Inc. USD ($)	Mar. 01, 2011 Vogel & Noot Holding AG USD ($) Year Employee	Mar. 01, 2011 Vogel & Noot Holding AG EUR (€) Year	Dec. 31, 2011 Vogel & Noot Holding AG USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Vogel & Noot Holding AG USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Vogel & Noot Holding AG USD ($)	Mar. 01, 2011 Vogel & Noot Holding AG Customer relationships USD ($) Year	Mar. 01, 2011 Vogel & Noot Holding AG Trade names USD ($) Year	Mar. 01, 2011 DGS S.A. USD ($)	Mar. 01, 2011 DGS S.A. Customer relationships USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 IPEC Global, Inc. USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2010 IPEC Global, Inc. USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2010 IPEC Global, Inc. Customer relationships USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price, net of cash acquired				$ 292,700,000	€ 212,400,000						$ 20,700,000			$ 52,300,000
Acquisition price, cash paid	25,000,000			243,688,000
Total purchase price, payable in the future				49,000,000	35,600,000
Contingent consideration payable in 2012													3,000,000
Number of employees of acquired entity				1,400	1,400
Annual net sales of acquired entity								310,000,000
Acquired goodwill	6,300,000			56,577,000							8,100,000			27,100,000
Acquired intangible assets		6,000,000		22,732,000					19,300,000	3,400,000		2,900,000			19,000,000
Acquired intangible assets, useful life in years									20	10
Termination fee cash paid to Silgan			39,500,000
Increase in goodwill value							4,900,000
Acquired property, plant and equipment, useful life in years				35	35
Net sales of acquired entity						269,400,000
Pre-tax negative impact from inventory write-up as a result of purchase accounting of acquisition						$ 5,500,000