Goodwill and Intangibles - Intangible Assets and Accumulated Amortization (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	$ 176,977,000	$ 213,845,000
Intangible assets gross excluding goodwill	186,794,000	223,662,000
Accumulated Amortization	(49,010,000)	(63,354,000)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net, Total	127,967,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	150,491,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Total	137,784,000	160,308,000
Capitalized Software Costs [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	161,589,000	160,979,000
Accumulated Amortization	(39,831,000)	(31,771,000)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net, Total	121,758,000	129,208,000
Land Use Rights [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	3,465,000	20,041,000
Accumulated Amortization	(540,000)	(3,802,000)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net, Total	2,925,000	16,239,000
Trademarks and Tradenames [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	8,800,000	10,973,000
Accumulated Amortization	(6,188,000)	(6,850,000)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net, Total	2,612,000	4,123,000
Patents and Technology [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross		14,637,000
Accumulated Amortization		(14,634,000)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net, Total		3,000
Other [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	3,123,000	7,215,000
Accumulated Amortization	(2,451,000)	(6,297,000)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net, Total	672,000	918,000
Trademarks [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	9,817	9,817
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net	$ 9,817	$ 9,817

Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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