Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests to be Purchased

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Term after No-transfer Period That Shareholders may Exercise

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56956515&loc=d3e1392-128463

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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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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Carrying amount, attributable to parent and noncontrolling interests, of an entity's issued and outstanding stock which is not included within permanent equity. Temporary equity is a security with redemption features that are outside the control of the issuer, is not classified as an asset or liability in conformity with GAAP, and is not mandatorily redeemable. Includes any type of security that is redeemable at a fixed or determinable price or on a fixed or determinable date or dates, is redeemable at the option of the holder, or has conditions for redemption which are not solely within the control of the issuer. Includes stock with a put option held by an ESOP and stock redeemable by a holder only in the event of a change in control of the issuer.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.27(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Oct. 01, 2012	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Redeemable noncontrolling interest		$ 18.2	$ 13.8
ProCables S.A. [Member] \| Latin America [Member]
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Percentage of interests acquired	60.00%
Term after no-transfer period that shareholders may exercise	36 months
Percentage of voting interests to be purchased	40.00%
ProCables S.A. [Member] \| Latin America [Member] \| Seller [Member]
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners	40.00%
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by parent	40.00%