SUBSEQUENT EVENT (Details) - Subsequent Event - Merger Agreement with Creation Technologies International Inc. $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	Aug. 12, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares
SUBSEQUENT EVENT
Merger agreement, price per share \| $ / shares	$ 15.35
Implied fully diluted equity value \| $	$ 174.0
Merger agreement number of days in "go-shop" period	35 days
Percentage of shares to be acquired	66.67%

The implied fully diluted equity value of the acquired entity in the merger agreement.

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Number of days in the "go-shop" period, during which the Company will actively initiate, solicit, facilitate, encourage and evaluate alternative acquisition proposals, and potentially enter into negotiations with any parties that offer alternative acquisition proposals.

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Percentage of outstanding shares to be acquired in merger agreement.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a merger agreement.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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