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Property, Plant and Equipment - Estimated useful lives (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Buildings |
IFRS Statement [Line Items] |
Useful life measured as period of time, property, plant and equipment | 25 years
Minimum [Member] | Building and improvements |
IFRS Statement [Line Items] |
Useful life measured as period of time, property, plant and equipment | 4 years
Minimum [Member] | Machinery |
IFRS Statement [Line Items] |
Useful life measured as period of time, property, plant and equipment | 4 years
Minimum [Member] | Research and development equipment |
IFRS Statement [Line Items] |
Useful life measured as period of time, property, plant and equipment | 2 years
Minimum [Member] | Office furniture and equipment |
IFRS Statement [Line Items] |
Useful life measured as period of time, property, plant and equipment | 3 years
Minimum [Member] | Others |
IFRS Statement [Line Items] |
Useful life measured as period of time, property, plant and equipment | 2 years
Maximum [Member] | Building and improvements |
IFRS Statement [Line Items] |
Useful life measured as period of time, property, plant and equipment | 16 years
Maximum [Member] | Machinery |
IFRS Statement [Line Items] |
Useful life measured as period of time, property, plant and equipment | 10 years
Maximum [Member] | Research and development equipment |
IFRS Statement [Line Items] |
Useful life measured as period of time, property, plant and equipment | 6 years
Maximum [Member] | Office furniture and equipment |
IFRS Statement [Line Items] |
Useful life measured as period of time, property, plant and equipment | 8 years
Maximum [Member] | Others |
IFRS Statement [Line Items] |
Useful life measured as period of time, property, plant and equipment | 15 years

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- Definition The useful life, measured as period of time, used for property, plant and equipment. [Refer: Property, plant and equipment] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 16 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 73 -Subparagraph c -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=16&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_73_c&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 + Details
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