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Property (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

	Estimated Useful Lives in Years		December 31, 2016				December 31, 2015
Land			$	1,645			$	1,636
Buildings and improvements	5-40		6,655				5,562
Machinery and equipment	3-27		22,855				19,338
Construction in progress			5,347				4,633
Real estate, plants and equipment			36,502				31,169
Less: accumulated depreciation			(11,614		)		(9,516		)
Real estate, plants and equipment, net			24,888				21,653
Special tools, net	1-9		10,932				9,576
Total property, net			$	35,820			$	31,229

Depreciation Amortization and Impairment of Property Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

	Years Ended December 31,
	2016				2015				2014
Depreciation and amortization expense	$	5,015			$	4,251			$	4,187
Impairment charges	$	68			$	628			$	709
Capitalized software amortization expense(a)	$	466			$	378			$	295

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(a) Included in depreciation and amortization expense.

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Tabular disclosure of the amount of depreciation, amortization and impairment of property, plant and equipment directly related to goods produced and sold and services rendered by an entity during the reporting period.

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Tabular disclosure of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, balances by class of assets, depreciation and depletion expense and method used, including composite depreciation, and accumulated deprecation.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(13))
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