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Short-term Debt and Credit Lines (Revolving Loan Facility and Credit Lines) (Details)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Apr. 30, 2014
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Line of Credit
Apr. 30, 2014
Line of Credit
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Line of Credit
May 31, 2013
Line of Credit
USD ($)
May 31, 2012
Line of Credit
USD ($)
May 30, 2012
Line of Credit
USD ($)
Apr. 30, 2014
Foreign Line of Credit
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Revolving Credit Facility
Euro-Based Revolving Loan Facility
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Revolving Credit Facility
Euro-Based Revolving Loan Facility
EUR (€)
Dec. 31, 2013
Revolving Credit Facility
Euro-Based Revolving Loan Facility
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Revolving Credit Facility
Euro-Based Revolving Loan Facility
EUR (€)
Dec. 31, 2014
Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit
EUR (€)
Line of Credit Facility                            
Revolving loan facility                   $ 4,500,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= bmi_EuroBasedRevolvingLoanFacilityMember
  $ 4,800,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= bmi_EuroBasedRevolvingLoanFacilityMember
   
Maximum borrowing capacity       105,000,000.0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
    125,000,000.0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
90,000,000.0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
  4,800,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= bmi_EuroBasedRevolvingLoanFacilityMember
4,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= bmi_EuroBasedRevolvingLoanFacilityMember
5,500,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= bmi_EuroBasedRevolvingLoanFacilityMember
4,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= bmi_EuroBasedRevolvingLoanFacilityMember
37,500,000.0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
Interest rate (as a percent)     1.25%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
  1.25%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
        1.51%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= bmi_EuroBasedRevolvingLoanFacilityMember
1.51%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= bmi_EuroBasedRevolvingLoanFacilityMember
1.72%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= bmi_EuroBasedRevolvingLoanFacilityMember
1.72%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= bmi_EuroBasedRevolvingLoanFacilityMember
 
Line of credit period (in years)     3 years                      
Expected decrease in line of credit facility           16,700,000bmi_LineOfCreditFacilityExpectedDecrease
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
               
Maximum amount issuable   70,000,000.0bmi_CommercialPaperMaximumAmountIssuable             5,000,000.0bmi_CommercialPaperMaximumAmountIssuable
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignLineOfCreditMember
         
Current borrowing capacity $ 33,600,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity