BUSINESS SEGMENTS - Geographic Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Segment information [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, net	$ 122,078	$ 109,411
Revenue	260,115	229,161	$ 397,550
DynaEnergetics
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	175,356	146,395	310,424
NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	84,759	82,766	87,126
United States
Segment information [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, net	94,209	77,283
United States | DynaEnergetics
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	136,053	110,903	264,892
United States | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	37,283	38,311	44,934
China | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	10,365	5,389	0
Canada
Segment information [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, net	101	102
Canada | DynaEnergetics
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	12,149	3,830	11,491
Canada | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	4,779	6,597	6,196
Ukraine | DynaEnergetics
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	3,742	1,591	3,824
Egypt | DynaEnergetics
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	3,244	3,413	3,356
Oman | DynaEnergetics
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	2,830	2,551	2,922
Hong Kong | DynaEnergetics
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	1,731	435	909
Kuwait | DynaEnergetics
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	1,559	1,716	1,068
Indonesia | DynaEnergetics
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	1,131	1,832	1,686
Algeria | DynaEnergetics
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	976	1,068	645
Romania | DynaEnergetics
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	776	425	450
Russia | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	4,057	0	0
United Arab Emirates | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	3,613	4,008	1,949
Belgium | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	2,547	1,213	2,365
Germany
Segment information [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, net	27,680	31,924
Germany | DynaEnergetics
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	774	605	828
Germany | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	2,496	5,100	4,072
France
Segment information [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, net	75	85
France | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	2,197	2,895	3,591
South Korea | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	2,144	1,972	2,964
Netherlands | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	1,984	1,765	2,026
India | DynaEnergetics
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	1,154	5,814	588
India | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	1,908	1,421	1,243
Italy | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	1,422	1,220	770
Australia | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	1,301	1,519	1,498
Sweden | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	1,205	1,569	2,013
Singapore | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	1,009	207	0
Norway | DynaEnergetics
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	1,219	368	507
Norway | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	992	2,215	4,496
South Africa | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	886	870	5
Spain | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	473	2,670	1,706
Taiwan | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	415	588	565
Argentina | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	405	298	0
Pakistan | DynaEnergetics
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	543	876	850
Rest of the world
Segment information [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, net	13	17
Rest of the world | DynaEnergetics
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	7,475	10,968	16,408
Rest of the world | NobelClad
Segment information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 3,278	$ 2,939	$ 6,733
One Customer | Customer Concentration Risk | Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark
Segment information [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage		12.00%