Derivative, Notional Amount, Net

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Percentage of Coverage Using Cash Flow Hedges

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The aggregate costs related to goods produced and sold and services rendered by an entity during the reporting period. This excludes costs incurred during the reporting period related to financial services rendered and other revenue generating activities.

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The effective portion of net gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income into income on derivative instruments designated and qualifying as hedging instruments.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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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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Foreign exchange rate used to translate amounts denominated in functional currency to reporting currency.

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Amount before tax of increase (decrease) in accumulated gain (loss) from derivative instruments designated and qualifying as the effective portion of cash flow hedges and an entity's share of an equity investee's increase (decrease) in deferred hedging gain (loss).

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Financial Instruments Financial Instruments (Summary of Location and Fair Value of Currency Forward Derivative Financial Instruments - Terphane (Details). R$ in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 BRL (R$)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Cost of Goods and Services Sold	$ 558,967	$ 641,140	$ 679,665
Terphane Ltda [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation	5.4913			5.4913
Percentage of Coverage Using Cash Flow Hedges	75.00%			75.00%
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 16,295			R$ 89,481
Flexible Packaging Films [Member] [Domain]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Amount of pre-tax gain (loss) recognized in other comprehensive income	0	0	0
Aluminum Futures Contracts [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Amount of pre-tax gain (loss) recognized in other comprehensive income	74	(2,359)	(1,123)
Derivative, Notional Amount, Net	12,100	20,200
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] \| Flexible Packaging Films [Member] [Domain]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Amount of pre-tax gain (loss) recognized in other comprehensive income	(4,437)	(856)	(2,105)
Cost of Sales [Member] \| Flexible Packaging Films [Member] [Domain]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Amount of pre-tax gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to net income (effective portion)	62	62	62
Cost of Sales [Member] \| Aluminum Futures Contracts [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Amount of pre-tax gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to net income (effective portion)	$ (2,717)	$ (2,736)	$ 1,069
Jan-19 [Member] \| Terphane Ltda [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation	5.4638			5.4638
Percentage of Coverage Using Cash Flow Hedges	70.00%			70.00%
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 1,270			R$ 6,939
Feb-19 [Member] \| Terphane Ltda [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation	5.4674			5.4674
Percentage of Coverage Using Cash Flow Hedges	71.00%			71.00%
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 1,290			R$ 7,053
Mar-19 [Member] \| Terphane Ltda [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation	5.4693			5.4693
Percentage of Coverage Using Cash Flow Hedges	70.00%			70.00%
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 1,270			R$ 6,946
Apr-19 [Member] \| Terphane Ltda [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation	5.4765			5.4765
Percentage of Coverage Using Cash Flow Hedges	73.00%			73.00%
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 1,320			R$ 7,229
May-19 [Member] \| Terphane Ltda [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation	5.4778			5.4778
Percentage of Coverage Using Cash Flow Hedges	71.00%			71.00%
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 1,285			R$ 7,039
Jun-19 [Member] \| Terphane Ltda [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation	5.4882			5.4882
Percentage of Coverage Using Cash Flow Hedges	77.00%			77.00%
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 1,395			R$ 7,656
Jul-19 [Member] \| Terphane Ltda [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation	5.4945			5.4945
Percentage of Coverage Using Cash Flow Hedges	80.00%			80.00%
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 1,450			R$ 7,967
Aug-19 [Member] \| Terphane Ltda [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation	5.4993			5.4993
Percentage of Coverage Using Cash Flow Hedges	79.00%			79.00%
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 1,430			R$ 7,864
Sep-19 [Member] \| Terphane Ltda [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation	5.5105			5.5105
Percentage of Coverage Using Cash Flow Hedges	84.00%			84.00%
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 1,520			R$ 8,376
Oct-19 [Member] \| Terphane Ltda [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation	5.5100			5.5100
Percentage of Coverage Using Cash Flow Hedges	78.00%			78.00%
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 1,400			R$ 7,714
Nov-19 [Member] \| Terphane Ltda [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation	5.5224			5.5224
Percentage of Coverage Using Cash Flow Hedges	83.00%			83.00%
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 1,495			R$ 8,256
Dec-19 [Member] \| Terphane Ltda [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation	5.5060			5.5060
Percentage of Coverage Using Cash Flow Hedges	65.00%			65.00%
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 1,170			R$ 6,442