Credit Facility, Covenants, Other Incremental Cash Payments Permitted

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Credit Facility, Covenants, Permitted Dividend Payments

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Guarantee Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Percentage of Outstanding Voting Capital Stock

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Line Of Credit Facility Covenant Terms Leverage Ratio Maximum

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Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity, Available Increment

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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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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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of debt issuance costs (for example, but not limited to, legal, accounting, broker, and regulatory fees).

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
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Period remaining on line of credit facility before it terminates, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Amount of long-term debt, after unamortized discount or premium, scheduled to be repaid within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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The cash inflow from a contractual arrangement with the lender, including letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a specific amount at any point in time with maturities due beyond one year or the operating cycle, if longer.

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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The cash outflow for the settlement of obligation drawn from a contractual arrangement with the lender, including letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a specific amount at any point in time with maturities due beyond one year or the operating cycle, if longer.

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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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Debt - Additional Information (Details)			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Debt - Additional Information (Details)	Jan. 27, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 13, 2013 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 27, 2016 EUR (€)	Jan. 27, 2016 CAD	Jan. 27, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowings		$ 225,000,000.0
Non-US lines of credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowings				$ 200,000.0					$ 1,300,000.0
Credit facility outstanding amount				0					0
Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowings		$ 75,000,000.0
Credit facility term		5 years
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowings		$ 150,000,000.0
Credit facility term		5 years
2016 Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term	5 years
2016 Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowings						€ 20,000,000	CAD 85,000,000	$ 325,000,000
Credit facility potential additional borrowings								$ 75,000,000
Percent of outstanding voting capital	65.00%
Maximum covenant leverage ratio						2.5	2.5	2.5
Debt issuance costs	$ 1,100,000
Credit facility outstanding amount				64,700,000.0
Remaining borrowing capacity				240,900,000
Proceeds from credit facility				69,800,000
Gross payments under credit facility				5,000,000
2016 Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee percent	0.15%
Credit facility permitted maximum dividend payments	$ 30,000,000
Credit facility permitted other incremental cash payments	$ 30,000,000
2016 Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee percent	0.30%
2016 Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread	0.00%
2016 Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread	1.25%
2016 Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread	1.00%
2016 Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread	2.25%
2016 Credit Agreement \| Letter of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowings								$ 50,000,000.0
Remaining borrowing capacity				$ 19,400,000
2013 Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowings									150,000,000.0
Current portion of term loan debt outstanding									6,900,000
Repayments of debt			$ 43,400,000
Unamortized deferred financing fees			$ 300,000
Credit facility outstanding amount									0
Remaining borrowing capacity									130,800,000
2013 Credit Agreement \| Letter of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Remaining borrowing capacity									$ 19,200,000
Domestic Revolving Credit Facility \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from credit facility					$ 0
Gross payments under credit facility					$ 0