CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS (Details) - item	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Largest customer
Major customers and concentration of credit risk
Number of divisions	2	2
Credit concentration risk
Major customers and concentration of credit risk
Excess cash balance, number of high credit quality financial institution	2
Net sales \| Customer concentration risk
Major customers and concentration of credit risk
Percentage of export sales to consolidated net sales	13.40%	11.10%
Net sales \| Customer concentration risk \| Largest customer
Major customers and concentration of credit risk
Percentage of concentration risk (as a percent)	10.00%	10.00%
Net sales \| Customer concentration risk \| Division one of largest customer
Major customers and concentration of credit risk
Percentage of concentration risk (as a percent)	24.40%	17.50%
Net sales \| Customer concentration risk \| Division two of largest customer
Major customers and concentration of credit risk
Percentage of concentration risk (as a percent)	2.30%	6.50%
Net sales \| Customer concentration risk \| Divisions one & two
Major customers and concentration of credit risk
Percentage of concentration risk (as a percent)	26.70%	24.00%
Accounts receivable \| Customer concentration risk \| Largest customer
Major customers and concentration of credit risk
Percentage of concentration risk (as a percent)	19.10%	17.00%

Represents the number of divisions related to concentration risk.

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Represents the number of high credit quality financial institution with whom excess cash balances are maintained for checking accounts.

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Represents the export sales, expressed as a percentage of consolidated net sales.

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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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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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