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Line of Credit, Commitment Fee

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Line Of Credit Facility Length In Years

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Percentage Of Direct Foreign Subsidiaries Voting Capital Stock, Used To Secure Credit Agreement

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Percentage Of Domestic Subsidiaries Stock, Used To Secure Credit Agreement

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Possible increase to the borrowing capacity of credit agreement

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Amount borrowed under the credit facility as of the balance-sheet date.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 19, 22
-Article 5

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Reflects when the credit facility terminates, which may be presented in a variety of ways (year, month and year, day, month and year, quarter).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 19, 22
-Article 5

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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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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
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-Article 5

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Borrowing Facilities (Details) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 Libor Plus [Member] Minimum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Libor Plus [Member] Maximum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Prime Rate Plus [Member] Minimum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Prime Rate Plus [Member] Maximum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Minimum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Maximum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Thailand Subsidiary [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 Thailand Subsidiary [Member] THB
Revolving credit facility	$ 100.0							$ 11.3	350.0
Revolving credit facility, length in years	five
Credit facility, maturity date	December 21, 2012
Possible increase to the borrowing capacity of credit agreement	100
Credit facility, frequency of payments	quarterly
LIBOR rates		0.75	1.75	0.00	0.25
Credit facility, commitment fee						0.15%	0.35%
Revolving credit facility, borrowings outstanding	0							0
Credit facility, available for future borrowings	$ 100.0
Credit agreement, secured by percentage of stock of the Company's domestic subsidiaries	100.00%
Credit agreement, secured by percentage of voting capital stock of each direct foreign subsidiary	65.00%