Accounts receivable major customer threshold percentage.

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Amount due from customers or clients, within one year of the balance sheet date (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer), for goods or services (including trade receivables) that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to the estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Aggregate revenue during the period from the sale of goods in the normal course of business, after deducting returns, allowances and discounts.

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Accounts Receivable and Sales Concentrations - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 153,761us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 125,632us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 106,680us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 102,528us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 90,081us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 93,023us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 96,305us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 93,797us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 488,601us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 373,206us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 370,084us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Accounts receivable, net	97,510us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent				58,929us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent				97,510us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	58,929us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
SKF [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Net sales									127,946	132,654	124,349
Accounts receivable concentrations in excess									10.00%	10.00%
Accounts receivable, net	17,510				17,005				17,510	17,005
SNR [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Accounts receivable concentrations in excess									10.00%	10.00%
Accounts receivable, net					$ 6,893					$ 6,893
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Sales [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Percentage of consolidated revenue									10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Sales [Member] \| SKF [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Percentage of consolidated revenue									26.00%	36.00%	34.00%