Long-Term Debt and Credit Arrangements (Acquisition Note Payable - Robertex) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) yr	Dec. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2013 USD ($) Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Acquisition note payable - Robertex	$ 795	$ 791
Note Payable - Robertex Acquisition [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage \| Rate			4.50%
Acquisition note payable - Robertex	$ 3,749		$ 4,000
Term of Note Payable \| yr	5
Debt Instrument, Annual Principal Payment	$ 800

Note payable - Robertex acquisition

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- Definition

Term of Note Payable

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- Definition

Amount of the total principal payments made during the annual reporting period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(22))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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