EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 Age	Dec. 31, 2011
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS [Abstract]
Service period, minimum	3 months
Employees eligible age under plan, minimum	21
Maximum annual contribution per employee (in hundredths)	100.00%
Vesting period of employer's matching contributions	5 years
Contributions by employer	$ 100,000	$ 100,000
Projected benefit obligation [Roll Forward]
Balance, beginning of year	1,270,000	1,008,000
Service cost	169,000	186,000
Interest cost	15,000	18,000
Liability (gains) and losses	94,000	11,000
Benefits paid to participants	(71,000)	(39,000)
Special termination benefit	7,000	21,000
Prior service cost	(678,000)	0
Pension adjustment	0	6,000
Foreign currency	(92,000)	59,000
Balance, end of year	714,000	1,270,000
Plan assets [Roll Forward]
Fair value, beginning of year	0	0
Company contributions	71,000	39,000
Benefits paid to participants	(71,000)	(39,000)
Fair value, end of year	0	0
Funded status of the Benefit Plan as of December 31 [Abstract]
Benefit obligation	(714,000)	(1,270,000)
Fair value of plan assets	0	0
Excess of benefit obligation over fair value of plan assets	(714,000)	(1,270,000)
Amounts recognized in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets consist of, as of December 31 [Abstract]
Accrued benefit liability	(714,000)	(1,270,000)
Transition obligation and unrealized gain	(682,000)	(190,000)
Net amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheets	(1,396,000)	(1,460,000)
Other changes recognized in comprehensive income/loss [Abstract]
Net periodic cost	158,000	221,000
Current year actuarial (gain) loss	94,000	11,000
Amortization of transition obligation	(5,000)	(5,000)
Amortization of actuarial gain	0	15,000
Total recognized in other comprehensive income	89,000	21,000
Total recognized in comprehensive income (loss)	247,000	242,000
Amounts not yet reflected in net periodic benefit cost and included in accumulated other comprehensive gain/loss [Abstract]
Transition obligation	168,000	202,000
Prior service cost	602,000	0
Net actuarial gain	(88,000)	(12,000)
Total recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss	682,000	190,000
2013 Estimated amounts of amortized transition obligation [Abstract]
Transition obligation	(5,000)
Aggregate Benefit Plan information and accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets [Abstract]
Projected benefit obligation	714,000	1,270,000
Accumulated benefit obligation	714,000	887,000
Fair value of plan assets	0	0
Weighted-average assumptions to determine the benefit obligation and net cost [Abstract]
Discount rate (in hundredths)	1.00%	1.75%
Rate of increase in compensation levels (in hundredths)	0.00%	3.00%
Pension expense for Benefit Plan included in selling, general and administrative expenses [Abstract]
Service cost	169,000	186,000
Interest cost	15,000	18,000
Amortization of transition obligation	5,000	5,000
Gain (Loss)	(9,000)	(15,000)
Special termination	7,000	21,000
Prior service cost	(29,000)	0
Benefit adjustment	0	6,000
Total pension expense	158,000	221,000
Expected employer's contributions in 2013	61,000
Period over which benefits are expected to be paid	10 years
Benefits expected to be paid by the Benefit Plan [Abstract]
2013	61,000
2014	81,000
2015	130,000
2016	41,000
2017	35,000
Next five years	124,000
Total expected benefits to be paid	$ 472,000