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Acquisitions (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012 employee	Jan. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Feb. 28, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Nov. 30, 2013
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Acquisitions
Sale proceeds	3,800,000
Gain from discontinued operations, before income taxes	1,400,000
Keymark \| Software development
Acquisitions
Intangible assets							3,000,000
Weighted-average amortization period		4 years 10 months 24 days
Amount paid		9,100,000
Number of employees hired to perform development work		39
Europe
Acquisitions
Goodwill	42,690,000	41,263,000				42,690,000	37,788,000
North America
Acquisitions
Goodwill	84,822,000	78,739,000				84,822,000	84,526,000
North America \| Keymark \| Software development
Acquisitions
Goodwill	5,900,000					5,900,000
S&P Clever
Acquisitions
Purchase price			58,100,000
Intangible assets			20,500,000
Weighted-average amortization period			9 years 9 months 18 days
Cash paid for acquisition			57,500,000
Contingent consideration payable			600,000
Maximum period for payment of contingent consideration			3 years
Cash and cash equivalent			6,800,000
Other current assets			10,800,000
Non-current assets			53,400,000
Current liabilities			12,600,000
Non-current liabilities			200,000
Long-lived intangibles related to in-progress product development			4,800,000
S&P Clever \| Europe
Acquisitions
Goodwill			19,300,000
CarbonWrap Solutions, L.L.C
Acquisitions
Purchase price				5,500,000
Intangible assets				1,700,000
Cash paid for acquisition				5,300,000
Contingent consideration payable				200,000
CarbonWrap Solutions, L.L.C \| North America
Acquisitions
Goodwill				3,500,000
ShearBrace
Acquisitions
Intangible assets					1,900,000
Weighted-average amortization period						13 years 4 months 24 days
Cash paid for acquisition					5,300,000
ShearBrace \| North America
Acquisitions
Goodwill					2,600,000
Bierbach GmbH and Co KG
Acquisitions
Intangible assets								600,000
Weighted-average amortization period						9 years 8 months 12 days
Cash paid for acquisition							1,200,000
Contingent consideration payable							200,000	800,000
Bierbach GmbH and Co KG \| Europe
Acquisitions
Goodwill								500,000
General and Administrative Expense [Member] \| Bierbach GmbH and Co KG
Acquisitions
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Change in Amount of Contingent Consideration, Liability							$ (500,000)