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Weighted average SSAR exercise prices per share, Exercised (in dollars per share) Share Based Compensation Shares Authorized Under Stock Settled Stock Appreciation Rights Plan Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share Exercised In Period Share based compensation shares authorized under stock settled stock appreciation rights plan weighted average exercise price range per share exercised in period. Weighted average SSAR exercise prices per share, Canceled or forfeited (in dollars per share) Share Based Compensation Shares Authorized Under Stock Settled Stock Appreciation Rights Plan Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share Forfeited In Period Share based compensation shares authorized under stock settled stock appreciation rights plan weighted average exercise price per share exercised in period. 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Change in valuation allowance Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Change in Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance, Amount Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Incomplete Accounting, Provisional Income Tax Expense (Benefit) Change in tax contingency reserves Research and development tax credits Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Tax Credit, Research, Amount Impacts related to changes in tax laws Other Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Other Reconciling Items, Amount Income tax provision Accounts Receivable Sales Agreements [Abstract] Accounts Receivable Sales Agreements. 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SSARs Exercisable, Exercisable as of December 31 (in shares) Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instrument Other than Options, Exercisable, Number The number of share-based awards that were exercisable as of the reporting date, excluding options. SSARs Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share) Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price The weighted average exercise price of share-based awards that were exercisable as of the reporting date, excluding options. 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Schedule Of SSAR Exercise Price Range, Number Of Shares, Weighted Average Exercise Price And Remaining Contractual Lives Schedule Of Share Based Compensation Shares Authorized Under Settled Stock Appreciation Rights By Exercise Price Range [Text Block] Schedule of share based compensation shares authorized under settled stock appreciation rights by exercise price range. Indebtedness Long-term Debt [Text Block] Lessee, Lease, Description [Table] Lessee, Lease, Description [Table] Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items] Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items] Lessor, operating lease, renewal term Lessor, Operating Lease, Renewal Term Lease expense, noncancelable operating leases Lessee, Operating Lease, Noncancelable, Expense Lessee, Operating Lease, Noncancelable, Expense Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment [Table] Property, Plant and Equipment [Table] Property, Plant and Equipment by Type [Axis] Land Land [Member] Buildings and improvements Machinery and equipment Furniture and fixtures Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] Gross property, plant and equipment Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross Accumulated depreciation and amortization Accumulated Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization, Property, Plant, and Equipment Property, plant and equipment, net 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