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Commission Settlement Charge

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Defined Benefit Plan, Non-Cash Plan Settlement Charge

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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The gain (loss) resulting from the sale of a disposal group that is not a discontinued operation. It is included in income from continuing operations before income taxes in the income statement.

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Gain (loss) from sale or disposal of an organization or integrated set of activities (for example, but not limited to, a partnership or corporation) engaged in providing a product or service in a commercial, industrial, or professional environment.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Aggregate revenue during the period from the sale of goods in the normal course of business, after deducting returns, allowances and discounts.

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Segment Information (Additional Information) (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2014	Jan. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
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Entity-Wide Revenue, Major Customer, Percentage			10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
Ford Motor Company [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	88,400,000	79,700,000	71,200,000
Entity-Wide Revenue, Major Customer, Percentage	16.50%	20.00%	18.80%
Chrysler Group Llc [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	43,500,000	38,000,000
Entity-Wide Revenue, Major Customer, Percentage		10.90%	10.00%
Industrial Filtration Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Business Combination, Inventory Step-Up	2,100,000
Net sales	112,220,000	0	0
Thermalacoustical Metals Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Commission Settlement Charge	2,900,000			2,000,000
Performance Materials [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Business		800,000
Asset impairment charges		300,000
Corprates [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Non-Cash Plan Settlement Charge	4,900,000
Transaction related costs	2,600,000	1,200,000
Asset impairment charges		1,500,000
Vital Fluids [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
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Proceeds from Divestiture of Businesses					29,900,000
Maximum [Member] \| Scenario, Forecast [Member] \| Vital Fluids [Member]
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Gain on disposal of business						12,000,000
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Gain on disposal of business						10,000,000
Industrial Filtration [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Transaction related costs							$ 2,200,000	$ 700,000