Business Segment and Geographic Information (Narrative) (Details)	Dec. 31, 2015 joint_venture
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of joint ventures that are 50% owned	2
Rogers INOAC Corporation
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Ownership interest in joint venture	50.00%
Rogers I N O A C Suzhou Corporation
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Ownership interest in joint venture	50.00%

The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571

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