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Pre-Production Costs Related to Long-Term Supply Agreements - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended
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Apr. 03, 2021 | Apr. 04, 2020
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |  |
Pre-production E&D costs for which reimbursement is contractually guaranteed by the customer | $ 66.7 | $ 50.4
Pre-production tooling costs related to customer-owned tools for which reimbursement is contractually guaranteed by the customer | 31.4 | 54.1
Cash collected related to E&D and tooling costs | $ 77.0 | $ 66.8

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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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