PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS - Reconciliation For Assets Measure At Fair Value Using Level 3 (Details) - Int'l $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) item	Jan. 02, 2016 USD ($)
Reconciliation of Level 3 assets
Impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates	$ (51.1)	$ (52.1)
Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Insurance contracts
Reconciliation of Level 3 assets
Balance at the beginning of the period	21.4
Acquisition	8.9
Net realized and unrealized gain	0.5
Purchases	2.6
Settlements	(1.5)
Impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates	(1.4)
Balance at the end of the period	$ 30.5	$ 21.4
Belgium \| Mactac Acquisition
Reconciliation of Level 3 assets
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Amount of acquired financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Represents amount of gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and other comprehensive income (loss) for financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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The amount of increase or decrease in plan assets attributed to foreign currency changes. The effects of foreign currency exchange rate changes that are to be disclosed are those applicable to plans of a foreign operation whose functional currency is not the reporting currency.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount of purchases of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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Fair value of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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