Stock Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details) - Performance-based restricted stock units [Member] - $ / shares	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance-based shares available for vesting	0
Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance-based shares available for vesting	364,652
Q1 2017 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting date	Mar. 15, 2020
Grant date fair value (in dollars per share)	$ 21.35
Award vesting period (in years)	3 years
Percent of performance measurement based on ROIC	50.00%
Percent of performance measurement based on Adjusted EPS	50.00%
Performance period (start date)	Jan. 01, 2017
Performance period (end date)	Dec. 31, 2019
Q1 2017 [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock units granted	0
Q1 2017 [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock units granted	158,402
Q1 2016 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting date		Mar. 15, 2019
Award vesting period (in years)		3 years
Performance period (start date)		Jan. 01, 2016
Performance period (end date)		Dec. 31, 2018
Q1 2016 [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock units granted		0
Q1 2016 [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock units granted		206,250

Percent of performance measurement based on adjusted earnings per share (Adjusted EPS).

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Percentage of performance measurement based on return on invested capital (ROIC).

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Amount of performance based shares that will be available for vesting.

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Ending date of period in which performance criteria are measured.

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Date the equity-based award vests.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The weighted average fair value of nonvested awards on equity-based plans excluding option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, revenue or profit achievement stock award plan) for which the employer is contingently obligated to issue equity instruments or transfer assets to an employee who has not yet satisfied service or performance criteria necessary to gain title to proceeds from the sale of the award or underlying shares or units.

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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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