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Proceeds from Insurance Reimbursement

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Production Downtime, Costs Incurred

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The net amount (to the extent disclosed within this portion of the income statement) by which an insurance settlement exceeds incremental costs incurred from the event causing an interruption of business, plus the insurance award for earnings lost from the event, such as a natural catastrophe, explosion or fire.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
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The increase (decrease) during the reporting period in the public utility damage costs that will be permitted by regulatory agencies to be recovered from rate payers.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (a)
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Amount due in settlement of a claim for reimbursement from an insurance company when the Company has suffered a loss covered under an insurance policy.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale; includes cash outflows to pay for construction of self-constructed assets.

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Amount of cash inflow for proceeds from settlement of insurance claim, classified as operating activities. Excludes insurance settlement classified as investing activities.

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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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Industry Segments and Foreign Operations - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) segment	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of operating segments \| segment	2
Capital expenditures	$ 22,327		$ 23,373
Gain on insurance proceeds	11,100		0
Hurricane
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Estimated associated margin with lost sales	5,900
Production downtime, costs incurred	5,900
Proceeds from insurance reimbursement	10,000
Insurance receivable	10,000
Proceeds from insurance		$ 1,100
Gain on insurance proceeds	11,100
Hurricane \| Minimum
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Replacement cost associated with damaged equipment	9,000
Hurricane \| Maximum
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Replacement cost associated with damaged equipment	11,000
Polymer
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Capital expenditures	11,500		9,700
Gain on insurance proceeds	0		0
Chemical
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Capital expenditures	10,900		13,600
Gain on insurance proceeds	$ 11,100		$ 0