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Dividends or Other Earnings Paid on Equity Awards not Otherwise Reflected in Total Compensation for Covered Year Dividends or Other Earnings Paid on Equity Awards not Otherwise Reflected in Total Compensation for Covered Year [Member] Finance Leases Finance Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract] REVENUE RECOGNITION Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block] Document Fiscal Year Focus Document Fiscal Year Focus Product concentration risk Product Concentration Risk [Member] Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] Debt Instrument, Name [Domain] Debt Instrument, Name [Domain] Total assets Assets, Fair Value Disclosure Other accrued liabilities Other Accrued Liabilities, Current Fiscal year ending December 31, 2029 Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Expected Amortization, Year Five Document Period End Date Document Period End Date Base Rate Base Rate [Member] Total lease payments Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid 2006 Incentive Plan 2006 Incentive Plan [Member] 2006 Incentive Plan Outstanding, beginning of period (in shares) Outstanding, end of period (in shares) Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number Forward Starting Interest Rate Contract, Forward Starting [Member] Interest Rate Contract, Forward Starting Insider Trading Arrangements [Line Items] Non-Employee Director Non Employee Director [Member] Non Employee Director [Member] Other current assets Other Current Assets [Member] Fiscal year ending December 31, 2027 Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three Total services purchased Related Party Transaction, Purchases from Related Party Schedule of Purchase Price Paid for Acquisitions Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition [Table Text Block] Document Transition Report Document Transition Report Federal Federal Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations [Abstract] Fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 Accrual for Environmental Loss Contingency, Undiscounted, to be Paid, Year One Fair Value, Recurring and Nonrecurring [Table] Fair Value, Recurring and Nonrecurring [Table] Entity Current Reporting Status Entity Current Reporting Status Accumulated Deficit Retained Earnings [Member] Amortization of debt issuance costs Amortization of debt issuance costs Amortization of Debt Issuance Costs Total Undiscounted liability Accrual for Environmental Loss Contingencies, Gross Legal settlement Litigation Settlement, Fee Expense Term loan A facility payable quarterly with balance due December 2026 amended and restated in September 2024 as the Term Loan Facility Term Loan A Facility, Due December 2026 [Member] Term Loan A Facility, Due December 2026 Restricted Stock Units Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward] Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward] Executive Category: Executive Category [Axis] Schedule of Benefit for Income Taxes Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block] Derivative Asset, Statement Of Financial Position Extensible Enumeration, Not Disclosed Flag Derivative Asset, Statement Of Financial Position Extensible Enumeration, Not Disclosed Flag Derivative Asset, Statement Of Financial Position Extensible Enumeration, Not Disclosed Flag Letter of Credit Letter of Credit [Member] Company Selected Measure Name Company Selected Measure Name