SCHEDULE II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2015	Dec. 28, 2013	Dec. 29, 2012
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items]
Balance at beginning of year	$ 2,689	$ 2,306	$ 2,308
Provision charged to expense (income)	246	374	(14)
Accounts recovered	15	109	30
Accounts written off/Activity charged to reserve	(590)	(152)	(56)
Currency translation	(162)	52	38
Balance at end of year	2,198	2,689	2,306
Accrued Restructuring Costs
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items]
Balance at beginning of year	550	254	762
Provision charged to expense (income)	805	1,843	(75)
Accounts written off/Activity charged to reserve	(1,113)	(1,394)	(438)
Currency translation	(139)	(153)	5
Balance at end of year	$ 103	$ 550	$ 254

Increase or (decrease) in allowances and reserves due to currency translation.

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Total of allowances and reserves, the valuation and qualifying accounts that are either netted against the cost of an asset (in order to value it at its carrying value) or that reflect a liability established to represent expected future costs.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 4

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 09

-Article 12

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Total of the deductions in a given period to allowances and reserves, the valuation and qualifying accounts that are either netted against the cost of an asset (in order to value it at its carrying value) or that reflect a liability established to represent expected future costs, representing receivables written off as uncollectible and portions of the reserves utilized, respectively.

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