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INCOME TAXES (Details Textuals) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended |  |
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Mar. 31, 2017 | Mar. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Statutory federal tax rate | 35.00% | 35.00% |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Deduction, Other, Amount | $ 1.5 |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Prior Year Income Taxes, Amount | 1.0 |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Tax Contingency, Amount |  | $ 0.9 |  |
Income Taxes Receivable, Noncurrent |  | 1.5 |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits | 43.3 | 33.5 | $ 38.4 | $ 35.1
Impact on the effective tax rate, if recognized | 41.4 | $ 31.9 |  |
Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible, Amount of Unrecorded Benefit | $ 12.9 |  |  |
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | Early Open Year |  |  |  |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open Tax Year | 2008 |  |  |
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | Late Range Minimum |  |  |  |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open Tax Year | 2010 |  |  |
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | Late Range Maximum |  |  |  |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open Tax Year | 2016 |  |  |
State and Local Jurisdiction | Minimum |  |  |  |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open Tax Year | 2006 |  |  |
State and Local Jurisdiction | Maximum |  |  |  |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open Tax Year | 2016 |  |  |
Foreign Country | Minimum |  |  |  |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open Tax Year | 2012 |  |  |
Foreign Country | Maximum |  |  |  |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open Tax Year | 2016 |  |  |
Brazil | Foreign Country | Minimum |  |  |  |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open Tax Year | 2014 |  |  |
Brazil | Foreign Country | Maximum |  |  |  |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open Tax Year | 2016 |  |  |
Germany | Foreign Country | Minimum |  |  |  |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open Tax Year | 2015 |  |  |
Germany | Foreign Country | Maximum |  |  |  |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open Tax Year | 2016 |  |  |
China | Foreign Country | Minimum |  |  |  |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open Tax Year | 2014 |  |  |
China | Foreign Country | Maximum |  |  |  |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open Tax Year | 2016 |  |  |
The Netherlands | Foreign Country | Minimum |  |  |  |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open Tax Year | 2014 |  |  |
The Netherlands | Foreign Country | Maximum |  |  |  |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open Tax Year | 2016 |  |  |
South Korea | Foreign Country | Minimum |  |  |  |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open Tax Year | 2014 |  |  |
South Korea | Foreign Country | Maximum |  |  |  |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open Tax Year | 2016 |  |  |

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