Annual Impairment Discounted Cash Flow, Discount Rate

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Annual Impairment Discounted Cash Flow, Sales Growth Rate

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Annual Impairment Discounted Cash Flow, Terminal Growth Rate

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Annual Impairment Testing, Fair Value

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Annual Impairment Testing, Percent Decline, Fair Value

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Annual Impairment Testing, Percent Decline in Operating Segment

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The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to an identifiable intangible asset that will be amortized.

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Amount of goodwill arising from a business combination, which is the excess of the cost of the acquired entity over the amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

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Amount of amortization expense expected to be recognized in the remainder of the fiscal year following the latest fiscal year ended for assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount of amortization expense expected to be recognized during the fifth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year for assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount of amortization expense expected to be recognized during the fourth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year for assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount of amortization expense expected to be recognized during the third fiscal year following the latest fiscal year for assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount of amortization expense expected to be recognized during the second fiscal year following the latest fiscal year for assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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(Additional Information) (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
(Additional Information) (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2010	Feb. 04, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012 High Performance Foams [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 High Performance Foams [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Elastomer Component Division [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Elastomer Component Division [Member]	Feb. 04, 2013 Minimum [Member]	Feb. 04, 2013 Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Curamik Electronics GmbH [Member]	Jan. 04, 2011 Curamik Electronics GmbH [Member]	Jan. 04, 2011 Curamik Electronics GmbH [Member] Unclassified Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Line Items]
Amortization expense	$ 4,400,000	$ 5,400,000	$ 1,100,000
Anticipated future amortization expense for remainder of 2013	5,900,000	5,900,000
Anticipated future amortization expense for 2014	6,000,000	6,000,000
Anticipated future amortization expense for 2015	5,700,000	5,700,000
Anticipated future amortization expense for 2016	5,300,000	5,300,000
Anticipated future amortization expense for 2017	4,800,000	4,800,000
Intangible assets													52,354,000	52,400,000	5,300,000
Goodwill													$ 79,837,000	$ 79,800,000
Annual Impairment Testing, Fair Value					14.60%	55.10%	470.00%	415.00%	170.00%	140.00%
Annual Impairment Testing, Percent Decline in Operating Segment	10.00%	10.00%			10.00%
Annual Impairment Testing, with Decline, Fair Value					3.10%
Annual Impairment Discounted Cash Flow, Discount Rate	14.00%	14.00%		14.00%
Annual Impairment Discounted Cash Flow, Terminal Growth Rate	3.00%	3.00%		3.00%
Annual Impairment Discounted Cash Flow, Sales Growth Rate				11.00%							0.00%	18.60%