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Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Additional Information) (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016 | Jan. 02, 2016
Interest rate swap [Member] |  |
Financial Instruments And Derivatives [Line Items] |  |
Number of interest rate swap agreements | 2 |
Foreign exchange contracts [Member] |  |
Financial Instruments And Derivatives [Line Items] |  |
Maximum remaining maturity of foreign currency derivatives | 356 days | 349 days
October Sixth Two Thousand Seventeen [Member] | Interest rate swap [Member] |  |
Financial Instruments And Derivatives [Line Items] |  |
Expiration date | Oct. 06, 2017 |
July Thirteenth Two Thousand Twenty [Member] | Interest rate swap [Member] |  |
Financial Instruments And Derivatives [Line Items] |  |
Expiration date | Jul. 13, 2020 |

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- Definition Maximum amount of time remaining before foreign currency exchange rate derivatives mature or expire, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. + References No definition available. + Details
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