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	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Brazil [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Brazil [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Europe [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Europe [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Letter of Credit [Member] United States [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Letter of Credit [Member] United States [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2010 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 15, 2012 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 12, 2012 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] Brazil [Member] BRL	Mar. 20, 2014 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] Europe [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] Europe [Member] EUR (€)	Mar. 21, 2014 Antitrust indirect purchaser [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Atlantic Industrie [Member] Europe [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2014 Tecumseh Michigan Facility [Member] Corporate Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Tecumseh Michigan Facility [Member] Minimum [Member] Corporate Segment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Sheboygan River and Harbor Superfund Site [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2013 Grafton Facility [Member] monitoring_well	Mar. 31, 2014 Grafton Facility [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Grafton Facility [Member] residence	Dec. 31, 2014 Loss From Discontinued Operations [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 nonUS [Member] Letter of Credit [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 nonUS [Member] Letter of Credit [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 27, 2014 Chief Executive Officer [Member]	Jun. 27, 2014 Chief Executive Officer [Member] USD ($)
Commitments and Contingencies (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Purchase commitment, amount remaining	$ 19,200,000	$ 22,000,000	$ 24,800,000
Salary continuation to former CEO																											835,000
Term of salary continuation to former CEO																										20 months
Term of health benefits continuation to former CEO																										18 months
Discounted receivables sold with limited recourse				3,700,000	12,100,000	0	0
Discount rate				8.50%	5.90%
Outstanding letters of credit								6,400,000	3,200,000															16,200,000	7,900,000
Litigation settlement, expense										7,000,000
Adjusted notice and administrative costs											150,000
Litigation settlement, amount													1,500,000		250,000
Amount in controversy												1,000,000
Damages sought														63,000,000		16,715,109
Loss contingency, percent														15.00%
Litigation settlement payment period													3 years
Environmental remediation	5,700,000	2,400,000															1,600,000						3,100,000
Environmental Investigation Efforts Period																		6 months
Environmental reserve for sold building	1,500,000	200,000	600,000														1,500,000				200,000
Term of Remediation Cost Cap insurance																			30 years
Remediation Cost Cap insurance																			100,000,000
Environmental Site Liability insurance																			20,000,000
InsuranceDeductible																60,000
Insurance Coverage																€ 3,500,000
Number of Additional Monitoring Wells																				3
Off-Site Well Monitoring Period																				2 years
Vapor Intrusion Sampling Results, Number of Residences																						15
Installed Vapor Mitigation Systems, Number of Residences																						4