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Represents the number of high credit quality financial institution with whom excess cash balances are maintained for checking accounts.

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Represents the export sales, expressed as a percentage of consolidated net sales.

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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Excludes cash and cash equivalents within disposal group and discontinued operation.

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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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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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CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) item	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Major customers and concentration of credit risk
Cash \| $	$ 397		$ 397
Largest customer
Major customers and concentration of credit risk
Number of divisions \| item			2
China
Major customers and concentration of credit risk
Cash \| $	$ 395		$ 395
Credit concentration risk
Major customers and concentration of credit risk
Excess cash balance, number of high credit quality financial institutions \| item			2
Net sales \| Customer concentration risk
Major customers and concentration of credit risk
Percentage of export sales to consolidated net sales	20.00%	18.00%	19.00%	16.00%
Net sales \| Customer concentration risk \| Largest customer
Major customers and concentration of credit risk
Percentage of concentration risk (as a percent)	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Net sales \| Customer concentration risk \| Division one of largest customer
Major customers and concentration of credit risk
Percentage of concentration risk (as a percent)	20.00%	23.00%	20.00%	20.00%
Net sales \| Customer concentration risk \| Other division of largest customer
Major customers and concentration of credit risk
Percentage of concentration risk (as a percent)	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	2.00%
Net sales \| Customer concentration risk \| Divisions one & other
Major customers and concentration of credit risk
Percentage of concentration risk (as a percent)	21.00%	24.00%	21.00%	26.00%
Accounts receivable \| Customer concentration risk \| Largest customer
Major customers and concentration of credit risk
Percentage of concentration risk (as a percent)			21.00%		16.00%