SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION RSU (Details)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016 $ / shares shares
Schedule of Share-based compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock units activity [Line Items]
Weighted average price per share of restricted shares granted \| $ / shares	$ 26.66
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding [Roll Forward]
Number of RSU outstanding, beginning of period	272,326
RSU Granted	12,878
RSU Issued	(18,774)
RSU Forfeited	15,400
Number of RSU outstanding, end of period	251,030
Minimum
Schedule of Share-based compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock units activity [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, award vesting period	1 year
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding [Roll Forward]
Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award estimated forfeiture rate	0.00%
Minimum \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Schedule of Share-based compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock units activity [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, award vesting period	1 year
Maximum
Schedule of Share-based compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock units activity [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, award vesting period	4 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding [Roll Forward]
Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award estimated forfeiture rate	40.00%
Maximum \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Schedule of Share-based compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock units activity [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, award vesting period	4 years

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Represents the estimated forfeiture rate applied to determine the amount of compensation expense to be recognized for an equity-based award.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Number of shares related to Restricted Stock Award forfeited during the period.

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