Subsequent Events	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events [Text Block]	Subsequent Events On April 16, 2013, the Company and its indirect subsidiary, Lucas-Milhaupt Warwick LLC (together with the Company, "Buyer"), entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of April 16, 2013 ("Purchase Agreement") with Wolverine Tube, Inc. ("Wolverine") and its subsidiary, Wolverine Joining Technologies, LLC ("Wolverine Joining" and, together with Wolverine, "Seller"), pursuant to which the Buyer agreed to purchase substantially all of the assets of the Seller used in the business of Wolverine Joining, consisting of assets used for the development, manufacturing and sale of brazing, flux and soldering products and the alloys for electrical, catalyst and other industrial specialties, other than certain leased real property, and to assume certain liabilities related to such business (the "Acquisition"). The purchase price for the Acquisition is approximately $60 million, subject to a working capital adjustment and certain potential reductions as provided in the Purchase Agreement. The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants. Subject to certain limitations, the Seller and the Buyer have each agreed to indemnify the other for breaches of representations, warranties and covenants and other specified matters, and the Seller's indemnification obligations are secured, in part, by an escrow of a portion of the purchase price. The closing of this transaction occurred on April 26, 2013. Funding of the purchase price for the Acquisition was from cash on hand and borrowings under the Company's Senior Credit Facility, which was amended in connection with the Acquisition to increase the lenders' commitments under the Company's Revolving Facility and Senior Term Loan by $20.0 million and $10.0 million, respectively. Substantially all of the assets of Wolverine Joining have been pledged to guarantee borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility.

Subsequent Events

On April 16, 2013, the Company and its indirect subsidiary, Lucas-Milhaupt Warwick LLC (together with the Company, "Buyer"), entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of April 16, 2013 ("Purchase Agreement") with Wolverine Tube, Inc. ("Wolverine") and its subsidiary, Wolverine Joining Technologies, LLC ("Wolverine Joining" and, together with Wolverine, "Seller"), pursuant to which the Buyer agreed to purchase substantially all of the assets of the Seller used in the business of Wolverine Joining, consisting of assets used for the development, manufacturing and sale of brazing, flux and soldering products and the alloys for electrical, catalyst and other industrial specialties, other than certain leased real property, and to assume certain liabilities related to such business (the "Acquisition"). The purchase price for the Acquisition is approximately $60 million, subject to a working capital adjustment and certain potential reductions as provided in the Purchase Agreement.

The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants. Subject to certain limitations, the Seller and the Buyer have each agreed to indemnify the other for breaches of representations, warranties and covenants and other specified matters, and the Seller's indemnification obligations are secured, in part, by an escrow of a portion of the purchase price.

The closing of this transaction occurred on April 26, 2013. Funding of the purchase price for the Acquisition was from cash on hand and borrowings under the Company's Senior Credit Facility, which was amended in connection with the Acquisition to increase the lenders' commitments under the Company's Revolving Facility and Senior Term Loan by $20.0 million and $10.0 million, respectively. Substantially all of the assets of Wolverine Joining have been pledged to guarantee borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility.