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Business Segment, Geographic Area, Product and Significant Customer Information - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017 Segment Customer Product
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments | Segment	2
Number of product groups | Product	7
Number of customers with net revenues greater than 10% of total net revenues | Customer	2
Entity wide net revenue major customer percentage minimum	10.00%

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Entity wide net revenue major customer percentage minimum.

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Number of major customers.

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Number of product groups.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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