Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective tax rate for continuing operations	35.60%	32.60%
Benefit from the tax incentives	$ 0.1	$ 1.6
Benefit from the tax incentives, per share	$ 0.00	$ 0.05
Terphane Ltda
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Current effective tax rate	15.25%
Income tax rate	6.25%
Percentage of social contribution on income included in current effective tax rate	9.00%
Brazil
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Federal statutory income tax rate	34.00%
Income tax rate	25.00%
Percentage of social contribution on income included in federal statutory income tax rate	9.00%

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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The amount of income taxes from which a reporting entity is exempt or for which it will receive a reduction in income taxes as a result of the income tax holiday granted by the taxing jurisdiction.

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