Stockholders' Equity - Number of PSUs Granted and Grant Date Fair Value of PSUs (Details) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017
TSR
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance Stock Unit Award Period	3 years
Number of units granted (in shares)		100,958
Fair value on grant date (in dollars per share)		$ 46.07
Net Sales CAGR
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of units granted (in shares)		99,522
Fair value on grant date (in dollars per share)		$ 45.36
Net Sales CAGR
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of units granted (in shares)		99,522
Fair value on grant date (in dollars per share)		$ 45.36

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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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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