Business Acquisition Cost of Acquired Entity Financed by Borrowings

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- Definition

Business Acquisition Cost Of Acquired Entity Purchase Price Per Share

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- Definition

Business Acquisition, Number of Shares Acquired

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Business acquisition percentage of share.

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- Definition

Amount of cash paid to acquire the entity.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 141R

-Paragraph 68

-Subparagraph f(1)

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 141

-Paragraph 51

-Subparagraph d

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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- Definition

Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 141

-Paragraph 51

-Subparagraph d

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired in the business combination.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7659399&loc=d3e1392-128463

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 141R

-Paragraph 68

-Subparagraph c

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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Company - Additional Information (Detail) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended
	Feb. 22, 2013 USD ($)	Feb. 22, 2013 EUR (€)	Aug. 02, 2013 W.E.T. Bank of America credit facility Subsequent Event USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2013 W.E.T. Bank of America credit facility Subsequent Event EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2013 W.E.T. Bank of America credit facility Subsequent Event Minimum	Feb. 22, 2013 WET Historical Gentherm	Aug. 02, 2013 WET Subsequent Event Historical Gentherm
Nature Of Company [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, shares acquired						442,253	309,460
Business Acquisition, percentage of shares acquired						14.00%
Business Acquisition, shares issued for acquisition	3,300,000	3,300,000
Business Acquisition, cash paid	$ 7,247	€ 5,408	$ 35,247	€ 26,304
Business Acquisition, percentage of shares acquired					99.00%
Business Acquisition, purchase price per share				€ 85
Business Acquisition cost of acquisition, financed by borrowings			$ 40,441