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Inventories (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Inventory [Line Items]
Goods in transit	$ 2.1	$ 0.1
Obsolete inventory due to product integration	$ 0.8

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- Definition

Inventory specific reserve for obsolete product due to line integration.

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No definition available.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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No definition available.

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X

- Definition

Gross amount of merchandise or supplies to which the entity holds the title but does not hold physical possession because the goods are currently being transported.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.6(a))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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