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Property, Plant and Equipment - Summary of property, plant and equipment (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, Gross $ 24,563us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross $ 24,284us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization (15,068)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment (14,909)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Total property, plant and equipment 9,495us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet [1] 9,375us-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 7,938us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BuildingMember
7,916us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BuildingMember
Machinery, equipment and tooling    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, Gross 13,776us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= svt_MachineryEquipmentAndToolingMember
13,530us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= svt_MachineryEquipmentAndToolingMember
Construction in progress    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, Gross $ 2,828us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember
$ 2,817us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember
[1] Unaudited