Fixed interest rate related to the interest rate derivative.

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Stated rate on an interest rate forward or futures contract.

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Date the derivative contract matures, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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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.

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Number of interest rate derivative instruments held by the entity at the reporting date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64837297&loc=SL5580258-113959

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1A
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64837297&loc=SL5579245-113959

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Financial Instruments And Derivatives [Line Items]

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Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Additional Information) (Details)	8 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 10, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Foreign exchange contracts [Member]
Financial Instruments And Derivatives [Line Items]
Maximum remaining maturity of foreign currency derivatives	335 days	363 days	356 days
Interest rate swaps [Member]
Financial Instruments And Derivatives [Line Items]
Number of interest rate swap agreements		2
Cross currency swap [Member]
Financial Instruments And Derivatives [Line Items]
Derivative, Fixed Interest Rate		2.75%
Derivative, Forward Interest Rate		5.00%
October Sixth Two Thousand Seventeen [Member] \| Interest rate swaps [Member]
Financial Instruments And Derivatives [Line Items]
Financial instrument expiration date		Oct. 06, 2017
July Thirteenth Two Thousand Twenty [Member] \| Interest rate swaps [Member]
Financial Instruments And Derivatives [Line Items]
Financial instrument expiration date		Jul. 13, 2020
September First Two Thousand Twenty One [Member] \| Cross currency swap [Member]
Financial Instruments And Derivatives [Line Items]
Financial instrument expiration date		Sep. 01, 2021