Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26713463&loc=d3e16323-109275

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Amount before amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Schedule Of Intangible Assets With Determinable Useful Lives By Major Category) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Aug. 14, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Predecessor [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount		$ 162,047	$ 162,047
Accumulated Amortization		(97,688)	(86,949)
Net Carrying Amount		64,359	75,098
Predecessor [Member] \| Trade Name [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount		7,900	7,900
Accumulated Amortization		(5,173)	(4,817)
Net Carrying Amount		2,727	3,083
Predecessor [Member] \| Technological Know-How [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount		43,349	43,349
Accumulated Amortization		(28,649)	(24,940)
Net Carrying Amount		14,700	18,409
Predecessor [Member] \| Customer Related Intangible [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount		110,798	110,798
Accumulated Amortization		(63,866)	(57,192)
Net Carrying Amount		$ 46,932	$ 53,606
Successor [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 155,700
Accumulated Amortization	(6,188)
Net Carrying Amount	149,512
Successor [Member] \| Trade Name [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	26,800
Accumulated Amortization	(1,048)
Net Carrying Amount	25,752
Successor [Member] \| Technological Know-How [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	63,200
Accumulated Amortization	(3,327)
Net Carrying Amount	59,873
Successor [Member] \| Customer Related Intangible [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	65,700
Accumulated Amortization	(1,813)
Net Carrying Amount	$ 63,887