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Property, Plant and Equipment - Summary of property, plant and equipment (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, gross $ 24,284us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross $ 21,130us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization (14,909)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment (14,270)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Total property, plant and equipment 9,375us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 6,860us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Land    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, gross 21us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandMember
21us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandMember
Buildings    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, gross 7,916us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BuildingMember
7,851us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BuildingMember
Machinery, equipment and tooling    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, gross 13,530us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= svt_MachineryEquipmentAndToolingMember
12,781us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= svt_MachineryEquipmentAndToolingMember
Construction in progress    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, gross $ 2,817us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember
$ 477us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember