Income Taxes	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Income Taxes The effective tax rate was 29.2% in the six months ended June 30, 2017 compared to 32.5% for the same period in 2016. Effective tax rates for these periods differ from statutory federal income tax rates, due to the domestic manufacturing deduction, provisions for state and local income taxes and permanent tax differences. The decrease in the effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016 is primarily due to favorable discrete items that impacted the Company's tax provision in the amount of $5.8 million, of which $3.8 million was related to a change in tax method and $2.0 million was related to the first quarter adoption of ASU 2016-09, which requires prospective recognition of excess tax benefits and deficiencies from stock-based compensation arrangements in the income statement as a component of the income tax provision. Of this $2.0 million related to the adoption of ASU 2016-09, $1.8 million was related to the first quarter 2017, and $0.2 million was related to the second quarter 2017. The new ASU and its impacts on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Income and Statements of Cash Flows are further described in Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-Q.

Income Taxes

The effective tax rate was 29.2% in the six months ended June 30, 2017 compared to 32.5% for the same period in 2016. Effective tax rates for these periods differ from statutory federal income tax rates, due to the domestic manufacturing deduction, provisions for state and local income taxes and permanent tax differences. The decrease in the effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016 is primarily due to favorable discrete items that impacted the Company's tax provision in the amount of $5.8 million, of which $3.8 million was related to a change in tax method and $2.0 million was related to the first quarter adoption of ASU 2016-09, which requires prospective recognition of excess tax benefits and deficiencies from stock-based compensation arrangements in the income statement as a component of the income tax provision. Of this $2.0 million related to the adoption of ASU 2016-09, $1.8 million was related to the first quarter 2017, and $0.2 million was related to the second quarter 2017. The new ASU and its impacts on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Income and Statements of Cash Flows are further described in Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-Q.