Intangible Assets Including Goodwill - Carrying Value of Other Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	33,596	31,599
Accumulated Amortization	(6,799)	(4,373)
Net Carrying Amount	26,797us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	27,226us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Indefinite Trade Names		1,450us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedTradeNames
Total intangible assets, gross carrying amount		33,049
Total intangible assets, accumulated amortization		(4,373)
Total intangible assets, net carrying amount	26,797	28,676
Intellectual Property [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	2,460	2,460
Accumulated Amortization	(1,003)	(920)
Net Carrying Amount	1,457	1,540
Intellectual Property [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	6 years	6 years
Intellectual Property [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	15 years	15 years
Customer Relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	28,168	27,662
Accumulated Amortization	(5,090)	(2,949)
Net Carrying Amount	23,078	24,713
Customer Relationships [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	1 year 6 months	1 year 6 months
Customer Relationships [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	15 years	15 years
Noncompete Agreements [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	1,353	1,312
Accumulated Amortization	(657)	(471)
Net Carrying Amount	696	841
Noncompete Agreements [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	3 years	3 years
Noncompete Agreements [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	5 years	5 years
Trade Names [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	1,615	165
Accumulated Amortization	(49)	(33)
Net Carrying Amount	1,566	132

Intangible assets accumulated amortization excluding goodwill.

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Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Sum of the carrying amounts of all intangible assets, excluding goodwill, as of the balance sheet date, net of accumulated amortization and impairment charges.

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