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Employee Benefit Plans (Asset Allocation) (Details)	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
U.S. Based Pension Benefit Plans
Asset Category
Equity Securities	100.00%	100.00%
Non-U.S. Pension Benefit Plans
Asset Category
Equity Securities	100.00%	100.00%
Large and small cap domestic equity securities | U.S. Based Pension Benefit Plans
Asset Category
Equity Securities	29.00%	28.00%
International equity securities | U.S. Based Pension Benefit Plans
Asset Category
Equity Securities	11.00%	10.00%
Fixed Income Securities | U.S. Based Pension Benefit Plans
Asset Category
Equity Securities	42.00%	44.00%
Fixed Income Securities | Non-U.S. Pension Benefit Plans
Asset Category
Equity Securities	54.00%	36.00%
Equity Securities | Non-U.S. Pension Benefit Plans
Asset Category
Equity Securities	39.00%	44.00%
Other Investments | U.S. Based Pension Benefit Plans
Asset Category
Equity Securities	18.00%	18.00%
Other Investments | Non-U.S. Pension Benefit Plans
Asset Category
Equity Securities	7.00%	20.00%

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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.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
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-Section 50
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