Consolidated Condensed Statements Of Cash Flows (USD $) In Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Operating Activities:
Net income	$ 1,671	$ 6,222
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	15,454	1,014
Deferred tax provision	148	3,440
Stock compensation	1,565	971
Defined benefit plan expense	3	188
Loss from equity investment		22
Loss on revaluation of financial derivatives	5,574
Debt retirement expense	970
Excess tax benefit from equity awards	(3,044)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	(17,201)	(8,931)
Inventory	(5,904)	(849)
Prepaid expenses and other assets	(124)	(336)
Accounts payable	9,630	6,489
Accrued liabilities	(2,107)	447
Net cash provided by operating activities	6,635	8,677
Investing Activities:
Purchases of short-term investments		(8,895)
Sales of short-term investments		5,388
Maturities of short-term investments	9,761
Cash invested in corporate owned life insurance		(266)
Purchase of property and equipment	(3,824)	(553)
Patent costs	(921)	(617)
Net cash used in investing activities	(108,416)	(6,443)
Financing Activities:
Borrowing of debt	137,083
Repayments of debt	(105,900)
Cash paid for financing costs	(4,157)
Proceeds from the sale of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock	61,403
Proceeds from the sale of embedded derivatives	2,610
Excess tax benefit from equity awards	3,044
Proceeds from sale of W.E.T. equity to non-controlling interest	1,175
Series C Preferred Stock Holders dividend	(121)
Proceeds from the exercise of Common Stock options	1,258	1,256
Net cash provided by financing activities	96,395	1,256
Foreign currency effect	(4,136)	68
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(9,522)	3,558
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	26,584	21,677
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	17,062	25,235
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for taxes	3,062	306
Cash paid for interest	2,322
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash transactions:
Issuance of Common Stock for Series C Preferred Stock redemption	7,780
Issuance of Common Stock for Series C Preferred Stock dividend	2,242
Issuance of Common Stock under the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan	666	17
W.E.T. Automotive AG [Member]
Investing Activities:
Purchase of business, net of cash acquired	(113,432)
Z T Plus [Member]
Investing Activities:
Purchase of business, net of cash acquired		$ (1,500)