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Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expected number of positions eliminated |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 54 |  |  |  | 30 |  |  | 150 |  |  | 75 |  |  | 50 |  |
Total estimated costs for rationalization of facility |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 5,100,000 |  |  |  |  |  | $ 14,400,000 |  |
Estimated non-cash write-down in carrying value of assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,800,000 |  |  |  |  |  | 7,100,000 |  |
Estimated plant exit costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,800,000 |  |  |  |  |  | 6,200,000 |  |
Estimated employee severance and benefits cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,000,000 |  |  |  | 2,000,000 |  |  | 1,500,000 |  |  | 10,900,000 |  |  | 1,100,000 |  |
Rationalization charges | 2,900,000 | 600,000 | 2,400,000 | 1,700,000 | 18,500,000 | 1,000,000 | 700,000 | 2,000,000 | 7,717,000 | 22,214,000 | 1,491,000 | 1,925,000 |  | 1,900,000 | 4,404,000 | 21,439,000 |  |  |  |  | 1,700,000 | 3,400,000 |  |  |  |  | 700,000 | 7,100,000
Estimated employee severance and benefits cash cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11,300,000 |  |  |  |  |
Non-cash write-down in carrying value of assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8,900,000 |  |  |  |  | 300,000 | 1,500,000 |  |  |  |  | 300,000 | 6,800,000
Estimate non-cash retirement benefit curtailment gain |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 400,000 |  |  |  |  |
Employee severance and benefits cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 200,000 | 1,800,000 |  | 100,000 | 1,400,000 |  | 1,800,000 | 9,100,000 |  | 400,000 | 300,000
Plant exit costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,300,000 | 500,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Rationalization charge, cash payments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 200,000 |  |  |  | 1,700,000 | 300,000 |  | 1,700,000 | 1,600,000 |  | 9,300,000 | 300,000 |  | 300,000 | 100,000
Expected rationalization charges |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,600,000 |
Rationalization charge, expected cash payments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,800,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,200,000 |  |  | 6,900,000 |
Rationalization Reserve | $ 4,600,000 |  |  |  | $ 11,300,000 |  |  |  | $ 4,600,000 | $ 11,300,000 |  |  |  |  | $ 2,627,000 | $ 10,829,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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