Percentage Of Weighted Average Adjusted Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization

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Percentage of weighted average return on capital.

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Performance Achievement, Maximum Percentage Adjustment, Based on Results of Total Shareholder Return Modifier

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Performance period.

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Performance stock unit award period.

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Period in beginning of each year to award performance share unit.

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Shareholder Return, Bottom Quartile of Comparator Group, Decrease Overall Achievement Of Performance Metrics, Percentage

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Shares to be issued as a percentage of target shares under the performance incentive plan.

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Shares to be issued under performance incentive plan.

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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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1)
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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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Number of shares used to settle grantee's tax withholding obligation for award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Stockholders' Equity - PSU Awards (Details) - shares	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Stockholders' Equity - PSU Awards (Details) - shares	Feb. 28, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Period in the beginning of each year to award PSU's		90 days
Performance period		3 years
2021 Three-year PSU Awards
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
PSU awards performance period		3 years
Weighted average return on total shareholders, EBITDA		50.00%
Weighted average net sales compound average growth rate on capital		50.00%
Achievement of each performance metric upward or downward, percentage adjustment (up to), based on results of total shareholder return modifier		25.00%
Shareholder return in the top quartile of the comparator group increases overall achievement of performance metrics, percentage		25.00%
Shareholder return in the top quartile of the comparator group decrease overall achievement of performance metrics, percentage		25.00%
2021 Three-year PSU Awards \| Minimum
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares to be issued as percentage of target shares under performance incentive plan		0.00%
2021 Three-year PSU Awards \| Maximum
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares to be issued as percentage of target shares under performance incentive plan		250.00%
2018 Three-year PSU Awards
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
PSU awards performance period			3 years
2018- 2020 PSUs
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares to be issued as percentage of target shares under performance incentive plan	54.60%
Shares to be issued under performance incentive plan (in shares)	84,696
Shares withheld for tax (in shares)	36,966
Shares issued (in shares)	47,730