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Business Segment Information - Additional Information (Detail) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016 Segment
CECO Group, Inc. [Member] |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |
Number of reportable segments | 3

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- Definition Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Details
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