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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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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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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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Long-Term Debt (Revolving Credit Facility) (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 06, 2013	Mar. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Nov. 15, 2016	Dec. 31, 2012	Jul. 22, 2011
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding borrowings		$ 1,169,400,000	$ 1,085,700,000
Outstanding letters of credit		$ 41,700,000
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,000,000,000.0			$ 700,000,000	$ 700,000,000	$ 400,000,000
Increase, additional borrowings	$ 250,000,000
Capital expenditures to fixed charges ratio	100.00%
Threshold for line of credit facility percentage of asset based revolving credit facilities	10.00%
Equity interest pledged in all domestic subsidiaries, percentage		100.00%
Equity interest pledged		65.00%
Non-voting equity interest pledged in certain foreign subsidiaries, percentage		100.00%
Outstanding borrowings		$ 355,200,000	259,500,000
Total credit under facility		700,000,000	700,000,000
Undrawn availability		$ 255,100,000	$ 326,200,000
Interest rate		3.10%	2.80%
Outstanding letters of credit		$ 39,400,000	$ 24,600,000
Original issuance		Jul. 31, 2011	Jul. 31, 2011
Maturity date		May 31, 2022	May 31, 2022
Revolving Credit Facility \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Threshold for line of credit facility borrowings	$ 70,000,000
Commitment fee percentage		0.25%
Undrawn availability		$ 70,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee percentage		0.375%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Europe
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity				210,000,000
Outstanding borrowings		$ 87,500,000	$ 39,600,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| United States
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity				441,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Canada
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity				$ 49,000,000