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General (Details)	Sep. 30, 2017 country joint_venture production_locations
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Number of countries in which entity operates | country	90
Number of production locations | production_locations	23
China [Member]
Nature of Business [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage	50.00%
Number of joint ventures | joint_venture	2

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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
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
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The number of countries in which the entity operates as of balance sheet date.

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