Summary Of Significant Accounting Polices (Policy)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 23, 2012
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Restricted Cash	Restricted Cash We classify restricted cash as cash that cannot be made readily available for use. Restrictions may include legally restricted deposits held as compensating balances against short-term borrowing arrangements, contracts entered into with others, or company statements of intention with regard to particular deposits. During the third quarter ended September 23, 2012, we completed a project for which we had received a grant from the Chinese government that was recorded within restricted cash in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet.
Accounts Receivable	Accounts Receivable At September 25, 2011, proceeds from the sale of accounts receivable related to a sales-type lease extension with a customer to a third party financial institution totaled $30.9 million. Proceeds from the initial sale of the accounts receivable are used to fund operations. This transaction meets the criteria for sale treatment in accordance with ASC 860 "Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets". We have presented the earnings recognized on the sale of the receivables separately under the line item captioned other operating income on our Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 25, 2011. There is no comparable amount for the three and nine months ended September 23, 2012.
Internal-Use Software	Internal-Use Software Included in fixed assets is the capitalized cost of internal-use software. We capitalize costs incurred during the application development stage of internal-use software and amortize these costs over their estimated useful lives, which generally range from three to five years. Costs incurred related to design or maintenance of internal-use software is expensed as incurred. During 2009, we announced that we are in the initial stages of implementing a company-wide ERP system to handle the business and finance processes within our operations and corporate functions. The total amount of internal-use software costs capitalized since the beginning of the ERP implementation as of September 23, 2012 and December 25, 2011 were $22.3 million and $21.4 million, respectively. As of September 23, 2012, $18.1 million was recorded in machinery and equipment related to supporting software packages that were placed in service. The remaining costs of $4.2 million and $6.0 million as of September 23, 2012 and December 25, 2011, respectively, are capitalized as construction-in-progress until such time as the ERP system has been placed in service.
Assets Held For Sale	Assets Held For Sale As a result of our restructuring plans, certain long-lived assets of our manufacturing facilities met held for sale criteria during the second quarter ended June 24, 2012 and $3.7 million of property, plant, and equipment, net was reclassified into other current assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. In the third quarter ended September 23, 2012, these long-lived assets of our manufacturing facilities were sold, resulting in a gain on sale of $0.8 million that was recognized in other exit costs within restructuring expenses on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
Noncontrolling Interests	Non-controlling Interests On May 16, 2011, Checkpoint Holland Holding B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, acquired 51% of the outstanding voting shares of Shore to Shore PVT Ltd. (Sri Lanka) in exchange for $1.7 million in cash. The fair value of the non-controlling interest was estimated by applying a market approach. Key assumptions include control premiums associated with guideline transactions of entities deemed to be similar to Shore to Shore PVT Ltd. (Sri Lanka), and adjustments because of the lack of control that market participants would consider when measuring the fair value of the non-controlling interest. We have classified non-controlling interests as equity on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 23, 2012 and December 25, 2011 and presented net income attributable to non-controlling interests separately on our Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 23, 2012 and September 25, 2011.

Summary Of Significant Accounting Polices (Policy)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 23, 2012

We classify restricted cash as cash that cannot be made readily available for use. Restrictions may include legally restricted deposits held as compensating balances against short-term borrowing arrangements, contracts entered into with others, or company statements of intention with regard to particular deposits. During the third quarter ended September 23, 2012, we completed a project for which we had received a grant from the Chinese government that was recorded within restricted cash in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Accounts Receivable

At September 25, 2011, proceeds from the sale of accounts receivable related to a sales-type lease extension with a customer to a third party financial institution totaled $30.9 million. Proceeds from the initial sale of the accounts receivable are used to fund operations. This transaction meets the criteria for sale treatment in accordance with ASC 860 "Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets". We have presented the earnings recognized on the sale of the receivables separately under the line item captioned other operating income on our Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 25, 2011. There is no comparable amount for the three and nine months ended September 23, 2012.

Internal-Use Software

Included in fixed assets is the capitalized cost of internal-use software. We capitalize costs incurred during the application development stage of internal-use software and amortize these costs over their estimated useful lives, which generally range from three to five years. Costs incurred related to design or maintenance of internal-use software is expensed as incurred.

During 2009, we announced that we are in the initial stages of implementing a company-wide ERP system to handle the business and finance processes within our operations and corporate functions. The total amount of internal-use software costs capitalized since the beginning of the ERP implementation as of September 23, 2012 and December 25, 2011 were $22.3 million and $21.4 million, respectively. As of September 23, 2012, $18.1 million was recorded in machinery and equipment related to supporting software packages that were placed in service. The remaining costs of $4.2 million and $6.0 million as of September 23, 2012 and December 25, 2011, respectively, are capitalized as construction-in-progress until such time as the ERP system has been placed in service.

Assets Held For Sale

As a result of our restructuring plans, certain long-lived assets of our manufacturing facilities met held for sale criteria during the second quarter ended June 24, 2012 and $3.7 million of property, plant, and equipment, net was reclassified into other current assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. In the third quarter ended September 23, 2012, these long-lived assets of our manufacturing facilities were sold, resulting in a gain on sale of $0.8 million that was recognized in other exit costs within restructuring expenses on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Noncontrolling Interests

Non-controlling Interests

On May 16, 2011, Checkpoint Holland Holding B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, acquired 51% of the outstanding voting shares of Shore to Shore PVT Ltd. (Sri Lanka) in exchange for $1.7 million in cash. The fair value of the non-controlling interest was estimated by applying a market approach. Key assumptions include control premiums associated with guideline transactions of entities deemed to be similar to Shore to Shore PVT Ltd. (Sri Lanka), and adjustments because of the lack of control that market participants would consider when measuring the fair value of the non-controlling interest.

We have classified non-controlling interests as equity on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 23, 2012 and December 25, 2011 and presented net income attributable to non-controlling interests separately on our Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 23, 2012 and September 25, 2011.

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Entity's cash and cash equivalents accounting policy with respect to restricted balances. Restrictions may include legally restricted deposits held as compensating balances against short-term borrowing arrangements, contracts entered into with others, or company statements of intention with regard to particular deposits; however, time deposits and short-term certificates of deposit are not generally included in legally restricted deposits.

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Disclosure of accounting policy for subsidiaries or other investments that are consolidated, including the accounting treatment for intercompany accounts or transactions and any noncontrolling interest.

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Disclosure of accounting policy for costs incurred when both (1) the software is acquired, internally developed, or modified solely to meet the entity's internal needs, and (2) during the software's development or modification, no substantive plan exists or is being developed to market the software externally.

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Disclosure of accounting policy for trade and other accounts receivables. This disclosure may include the basis at which such receivables are carried in the entity's statements of financial position (for example, net realizable value), how the entity determines the level of its allowance for doubtful accounts, when impairments, charge-offs or recoveries are recognized, and the entity's income recognition policies for such receivables, including its treatment of related fees and costs, its treatment of premiums, discounts or unearned income, when accrual of interest is discontinued, how the entity records payments received on nonaccrual receivables and its policy for resuming accrual of interest on such receivables. If the enterprise holds a large number of similar loans, disclosure may include the accounting policy for the anticipation of prepayments and significant assumptions underlying prepayment estimates for amortization of premiums, discounts, and nonrefundable fees and costs.

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