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Pre-Production Costs Related to Long-Term Supply Agreements - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 29, 2019 | Jun. 30, 2018
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |  |
Pre-production E&D costs for which reimbursement is contractually guaranteed by the customer | $ 125.8 | $ 67.8
Pre-production tooling costs related to customer-owned tools for which reimbursement is contractually guaranteed by the customer | 91.3 | 100.3
Cash collected related to E&D and tooling costs | $ 163.7 | $ 165.4

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- Definition Amount of recoverable preproduction tooling costs related to long term supply agreements capitalized during the reporting period. + References No definition available. + Details
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