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Segment Information - Total Assets by Segment (Detail) (USD $)
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Total assets    
Total assets $ 125,542,000us-gaap_Assets $ 131,776,000us-gaap_Assets
Operating Segments [Member] | SLPE [Member]    
Total assets    
Total assets 33,108,000us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= sli_SLPEMember
34,989,000us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= sli_SLPEMember
Operating Segments [Member] | High Power Group [Member]    
Total assets    
Total assets 36,786,000us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= sli_HighPowerGroupMember
33,306,000us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= sli_HighPowerGroupMember
Operating Segments [Member] | SL-MTI [Member]    
Total assets    
Total assets 23,842,000us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= sli_SLMTIMember
22,752,000us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= sli_SLMTIMember
Unallocated Corporate [Member]    
Total assets    
Total assets $ 31,806,000us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
$ 40,729,000us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember