Employee Benefit Plans (Pension and Postretirement Plans Target and Weighted-Average Asset Allocations) (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Pension Benefits U.S. Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations	100.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocation	100.00%	100.00%
Pension Benefits Non-U.S. Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations	100.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocation	100.00%	100.00%
Equity Securities [Member] \| Pension Benefits U.S. Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Minimum	30.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Maximum	35.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocation	28.00%	58.00%
Equity Securities [Member] \| Pension Benefits Non-U.S. Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Minimum	30.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Maximum	35.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocation	60.00%	63.00%
Debt Securities [Member] \| Pension Benefits U.S. Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Minimum	65.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Maximum	70.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocation	69.00%	42.00%
Debt Securities [Member] \| Pension Benefits Non-U.S. Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Minimum	65.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Maximum	70.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocation	38.00%	35.00%
Real Estate Funds [Member] \| Pension Benefits U.S. Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations	0.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocation	0.00%	0.00%
Real Estate Funds [Member] \| Pension Benefits Non-U.S. Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations	0.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocation	0.00%	0.00%
Other plan assets [Member] \| Pension Benefits U.S. Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations	0.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Minimum	0.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Maximum	0.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocation	3.00%	0.00%
Other plan assets [Member] \| Pension Benefits Non-U.S. Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Minimum	0.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Maximum	5.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocation	2.00%	2.00%

Target allocation of investments of this type to total plan assets presented on a weighted average basis.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (d)(i)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35743120&loc=d3e1928-114920

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 5

-Subparagraph (c)(i)

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Percentage of fair value of investments (categorized by debt securities, equity securities, real estate and other plan assets) to the fair value of plan assets held.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 5

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35743120&loc=d3e2446-114920

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

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