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Debt instrument payment start date.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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The average effective interest rate during the reporting period.

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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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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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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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Description of the credit facility's borrowing capacity including discussion of how the borrowing capacity is determined (for example, borrowing capacity based on the amount of current assets).

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Description of the frequency of periodic payments, which may be presented in a variety of ways (for example, monthly, quarterly, annually).

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Description of the interest rate for the amounts borrowed under the credit facility, including the terms and the method for determining the interest rate (for example, fixed or variable, LIBOR plus a percentage, increasing rate, timing of interest rate resets, remarketing provisions).

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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, Net of Debt Issuance Costs and Discount - Accounts Receivable, Secured and Unsecured Financing (EMEA) - Additional Information (Detail) - EMEA [Member]	1 Months Ended		11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 EUR (€) Customer	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2014 USD ($) Customer	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Financial Institution One [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, description				The credit agreement does not have a maturity date, however the limits are reviewed in September of each year.
Financial Institution One [Member] \| Accounts Receivable Financing [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, amount			$ 20,000,000	$ 21,100,000	€ 20,000,000
Credit agreement renewal due to number of customers \| Customer			1
Credit facility, interest rate terms				Interest accrues annually at the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR) plus 0.2% (currently 5.75%) and is paid monthly.
Debt instrument, interest rate			5.75%
Credit facility, frequency of periodic payment				monthly
Credit facility outstanding				$ 15,100,000		$ 18,700,000
Financial Institution One [Member] \| Unsecured Financing [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional debt financing		$ 7,000,000
Credit facility outstanding				$ 4,600,000		4,100,000
Financial Institution One [Member] \| EURIBOR [Member] \| Accounts Receivable Financing [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, variable interest rate			0.20%
Financial Institution Two [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, amount		$ 16,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate		6.25%
Credit facility, description				The credit agreement does not have a maturity date, however the limits are reviewed in September of each year.
Credit facility outstanding				$ 0
Financial Institution Two [Member] \| Accounts Receivable Financing [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, amount		$ 10,000,000
Credit facility outstanding						1,800,000
Financial Institution Two [Member] \| Unsecured Financing [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, amount		$ 6,000,000
Credit facility outstanding						$ 4,500,000
Financial Institution Three [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, amount	€ 33,500,000			37,900,000	36,000,000
Financial Institution Three [Member] \| Accounts Receivable Financing [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, amount	€ 20,000,000			21,100,000
Credit agreement renewal due to number of customers \| Customer	1
Financial Institution Three [Member] \| Capital Expenditures Financing [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, amount	€ 12,500,000			15,800,000	€ 15,000,000
Credit facility outstanding				15,800,000
Financial Institution Three [Member] \| Letters of Guarantee [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, amount	€ 1,000,000			$ 1,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate	2.00%
Debt instrument, maturity date				Mar. 31, 2017
Financial Institution Three [Member] \| Three month EURIBOR [Member] \| Accounts Receivable Financing [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, interest rate terms				Interest on the collateralized financing based on invoiced accounts receivable accrues at the three month EURIBOR plus 5.75% and is paid quarterly with a maturity date equal to four months from the applicable invoice date.
Debt instrument, variable interest rate	5.75%
Credit facility, frequency of periodic payment				quarterly
Debt instrument installment period				4 months
Financial Institution Three [Member] \| One month EURIBOR [Member] \| Capital Expenditures Financing [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, interest rate terms				Interest on the collateralized capital expenditures financing accrues at the one month EURIBOR, plus 6.75% (currently 6.75%) with monthly principal repayments beginning in October 2017 with a final maturity date of December 2021.
Debt instrument, variable interest rate	6.75%
Debt instrument, interest rate	6.75%
Credit facility, frequency of periodic payment				monthly
Debt instrument payment, start date				2017-10
Debt instrument payment, end date				2021-12