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Nontrade Receivables, Current, Net Of Present Value Discount

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Proceeds From Sale Of Property, Plant, And Equipment, Maximum Period For Full Receipt, Period Post Effective Date

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Revenue From Contract With Customer, Estimated Contract Completion Period

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Sale Of Property, Plant, And Equipment, Down Payment, Percent Received

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Amount of identifiable indefinite-lived intangible asset acquired in business combination and recognized at acquisition date. Excludes goodwill and financial asset.

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of receivable from customer for banker's acceptance.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Amount of transaction price allocated to performance obligation that has not been recognized as revenue.

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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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Period in which remaining performance obligation is expected to be recognized as revenue, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Percentage of remaining performance obligation to total remaining performance obligation not recognized as revenue.

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Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		15 Months Ended
	Jul. 04, 2026 USD ($)	Jun. 28, 2025 USD ($)	Apr. 02, 2022	Jul. 04, 2026 USD ($) segment	Jun. 28, 2025 USD ($)	Apr. 02, 2022	Jan. 03, 2026 USD ($)
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments \| segment				3
Bank guarantees, expiration period (in months)				12 months
Revenue recognized	$ 18,898	$ 13,238		$ 50,906	$ 30,797
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, amount	32,673			$ 32,673
Banker's acceptance drafts, maturity period (in months)				6 months
Banker's acceptance drafts	6,347			$ 6,347			$ 9,115
2026 Acquisitions
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Business combination, recognized asset acquired, identifiable intangible asset, indefinite-lived	22,219			22,219
CHINA \| Land and Building
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Down payment percentage						31.00%
Period of recognition of gain on sale and a receivable for remaining amount of sales proceeds (in years)			2 years
Nontrade receivables, current	$ 13,553			$ 13,553
Certain Capital Contracts
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Lead time for for certain capital contracts (up to) (in months)				24 months
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2026-07-05
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, percent	54.00%			54.00%
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, expected timing of satisfaction, period	12 months			12 months
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2027-07-05
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, percent	46.00%			46.00%
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, expected timing of satisfaction, period