Facility covenants include an annual capital expenditure limit of $10,000

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Maximum Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio - Debt

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Maximum Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio - Ebitda

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Facility covenants include a minimum tangible net worth of $50,000

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Number of Quarters

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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The amount of cash paid for interest during the period.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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The effective interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Debt (Detail)	3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended									3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
Debt (Detail)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) quarter	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Domestic Line of Credit USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Domestic Line of Credit USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 China Facility USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 China Facility USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 China Facility USD ($)	Jun. 27, 2014 China Facility USD ($)	Jun. 27, 2014 China Facility CNY	Mar. 31, 2015 Standby Letters of Credit USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Standby Letters of Credit USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 Amended Amount USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 Amount Available for Increase Upon Approval of Lender USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Minimum	Mar. 31, 2015 Maximum	Jun. 27, 2014 Base Rate China Facility
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity								$ 5,729,000	35,000,000			$ 15,000,000	$ 25,000,000
Basis spread on variable rate (as percent)														2.50%	3.75%	125.00%
Line of credit, amount outstanding	0us-gaap_LineOfCredit	0us-gaap_LineOfCredit			818,000		1,625,000
Maximum funded deb to EBITA ratio , debt	2.0ftek_MaximumFundedDebttoEBITDARatioDebt
Maximum funded to debt to EBITDA ratio, EBITDA	1.0
Number of Quarters (in quarters)	4ftek_NumberofQuarters
Annual capital expenditure limit	10,000,000ftek_AnnualCapitalExpenditureLimit
Minimum tangible net worth	50,000,000ftek_MinimumTangibleNetWorth
Letters of credit, amount outstanding			6,969,000	8,284,000	0		0			197,000	336,000
Interest rate period end (as a percent)					7.00%		7.00%
Line of credit, remaining borrowing capacity			8,031,000	6,716,000						4,714,000	3,727,000
Line of credit, commitment fee percentage			0.25%
Interest paid					$ (27,000)	$ (29,000)