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General (Details) | Sep. 30, 2015 country production_locations joint_venture
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Nature of Business [Line Items] |
Number of countries in which entity operates | country | 90
Number of production locations | production_locations | 17
China [Member] |
Nature of Business [Line Items] |
Equity method investment, ownership percentage | 50.00%
Number of joint ventures | 2

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