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The net of assets and liabilities.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Aggregate revenue recognized during the period (derived from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an entity's earning process). For financial services companies, also includes investment and interest income, and sales and trading gains.

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Segment Information (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
Segment Information (Details Textual) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jul. 01, 2012	Apr. 01, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Oct. 02, 2011	Jul. 03, 2011	Apr. 03, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012 Segment	Dec. 31, 2011
Segment information (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of revenue derived from outsourced services	6.00%				9.00%				6.00%	9.00%
Intersegment net revenue recognized									$ 0	$ 0
Net revenue	67,466,000	78,763,000	98,912,000	96,463,000	83,580,000	91,177,000	85,058,000	75,810,000	341,604,000	335,625,000
Segment information (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Number of business groups									2
International Operation [Member]
Segment information (Textual) [Abstract]
Export sales									53,019,000	37,914,000
Net revenue									100,003,000	99,074,000
Long lived assets	18,214,000				17,527,000				18,214,000	17,527,000
Net assets	26,495,000				16,697,000				26,495,000	16,697,000
Industrial Group [Member]
Segment information (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of revenue derived from outsourced services	78.00%				77.00%				78.00%	77.00%
Net revenue									286,046,000	273,305,000
Electronics Group [Member]
Segment information (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of revenue derived from outsourced services	6.00%				7.00%				6.00%	7.00%
Net revenue									$ 55,558,000	$ 62,320,000