Amount of the monthly rent required for operating lease.

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Area of a real estate property.

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- Definition

Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents 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
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

Rental expense for the reporting period incurred under operating leases, including minimum and any contingent rent expense, net of related sublease income.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 840
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77902758&loc=d3e41499-112717

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Note 15 - Commitments (Details Textual)			1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
Note 15 - Commitments (Details Textual)	Mar. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 01, 2017 MXN ($)	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($) ft²	Aug. 31, 2015 USD ($) ft²	Aug. 31, 2011 USD ($) ft²	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 a
Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Net \| $						$ 1.40
Warehouse and Office Space in Lake Zurich, Illinois [Member]
Area of Real Estate Property \| a							118,000
Lessee, Operating Lease, Renewal Term	3 years	3 years
CTI Balloons Limited [Member] \| Warehouse and Office Space in Rugby, England [Member]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Term of Contract				5 years
Area of Real Estate Property \| ft²				9,000
Operating Lease, Monthly Rent \| $				$ 6,000
CTI Europe [Member] \| Office and Warehouse Space in Heusenstamm, Germany [Member]
Area of Real Estate Property \| ft²			13,000
Operating Lease, Monthly Rent \| $			$ 9,000
Flexo Universal [Member] \| Warehouse and Office Space in Guadalajara, Mexico [Member]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Term of Contract	5 years	5 years			5 years
Area of Real Estate Property \| ft²					73,000
Operating Lease, Monthly Rent	$ 26,000	$ 493,090			$ 22,000