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General (Details)	Dec. 31, 2014 production_locations country
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China [Member]
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Number of production location worldwide. The Company has mills in the United States, France, the Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil and Poland.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 323

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-Section 50

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