Credit Facility, Covenants, Other Incremental Cash Payments Permitted

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Credit Facility, Covenants, Permitted Dividend Payments

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Guarantee Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Percentage of Outstanding Voting Capital Stock

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Line Of Credit Facility Covenant Terms Leverage Ratio Maximum

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Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity, Available Increment

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Amount of amortization expense attributable to debt issuance costs.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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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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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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The cash inflow from a contractual arrangement with the lender, including letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a specific amount at any point in time with maturities due beyond one year or the operating cycle, if longer.

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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The cash outflow for the settlement of obligation drawn from a contractual arrangement with the lender, including letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a specific amount at any point in time with maturities due beyond one year or the operating cycle, if longer.

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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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Debt - Additional Information (Details)		3 Months Ended
Debt - Additional Information (Details)	Jan. 27, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 27, 2016 CAD	Jan. 27, 2016 EUR (€)	Jan. 27, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Write off of Deferred Debt Issuance Cost		$ 0	$ 300,000
Non-US lines of credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowings		200,000.0		$ 200,000.0
Credit facility outstanding amount		0		0
2016 Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowings					CAD 85,000,000	€ 20,000,000	$ 325,000,000
Credit facility potential additional borrowings							$ 75,000,000
Percent of outstanding voting capital	65.00%
Maximum covenant leverage ratio					2.5	2.5	2.5
Debt issuance costs	$ 1,100,000
Credit facility outstanding amount		63,800,000.0
Remaining borrowing capacity		243,000,000
Proceeds from credit facility		0
Gross payments under credit facility			5,000,000
2016 Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee percent	0.15%
Credit facility permitted maximum dividend payments	$ 30,000,000
Credit facility permitted other incremental cash payments	$ 30,000,000
2016 Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee percent	0.30%
2016 Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread	0.00%
2016 Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread	1.25%
2016 Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread	1.00%
2016 Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread	2.25%
2016 Credit Agreement [Member] \| Letter of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowings							$ 50,000,000.0
Remaining borrowing capacity		$ 18,200,000
2013 Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of debt			43,400,000
Write off of Deferred Debt Issuance Cost			300,000
Credit facility outstanding amount				63,200,000.0
Remaining borrowing capacity				243,800,000
2013 Credit Agreement \| Letter of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Remaining borrowing capacity				$ 18,000,000
Domestic Revolving Credit Facility \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from credit facility			$ 5,000,000