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Employee Benefit Plans (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 03, 2014 | Dec. 28, 2012 | Dec. 30, 2011
Change in Plan Assets: |  |  |
Employer contributions | $ 270,000 | $ 284,000 | $ 150,000
Swiss Plan [Member] |  |  |
Change in Projected Benefit Obligation: |  |  |
Projected benefit obligation, beginning of period | 4,853 | 4,710 |
Service Cost | 320 | 301 | 414
Interest cost | 101 | 116 | 127
Participant contributions | 239 | 234 |
Benefits paid | (157) | (639) |
Actuarial (gain) loss on obligation | (173) | 131 |
Projected benefit obligation, end of period | 5,183 | 4,853 | 4,710
Change in Plan Assets: |  |  |
Plan assets at fair value, beginning of period | 3,053 | 3,058 |
Actual return on plan assets (including foreign currency impact) | 144 | 166 |
Employer contributions | 239 | 234 |
Participant contributions | 239 | 234 |
Benefits paid | (158) | (639) |
Plan assets at fair value, end of period | 3,517 | 3,053 | 3,058
Funded status (pension liability), end of year | (1,666) | (1,800) |
Amount Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, net of tax: |  |  |
Actuarial loss on plan assets | (521) | (558) |
Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial Gain Loss Benefit Obligation | (331) | (466) |
Actuarial gain recognized in current year | 247 | 205 |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (605) | (819) |
Accumulated benefit obligation at end of year | (4,824) | (4,410) |
Japan Plan [Member] |  |  |
Change in Projected Benefit Obligation: |  |  |
Projected benefit obligation, beginning of period | 1,188 | 1,108 |
Service Cost | 158 | 185 | 174
Interest cost | 8 | 13 | 6
Benefits paid | (123) | (65) |
Actuarial (gain) loss on obligation | 47 | 63 |
Foreign exchange adjustment | (229) | (116) |
Projected benefit obligation, end of period | 1,049 | 1,188 | 1,108
Change in Plan Assets: |  |  |
Plan assets at fair value, beginning of period | 0 | 0 |
Actual return on plan assets (including foreign currency impact) | 0 | 0 |
Employer contributions | 0 | 0 |
Benefits paid | 0 | 0 |
Distribution of plan assets | 0 | 0 |
Underfunded, end of year | (1,049) | (1,188) |
Foreign exchange adjustment | 0 | 0 |
Plan assets at fair value, end of period |  | 0 | 0
Amount Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, net of tax: |  |  |
Transition obligation | 81 | 117 |
Actuarial gain recognized in current year | 191 | 353 |
Prior service cost | 17 | 28 |
Net loss | (184) | (204) |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | 105 | 294 |
Accumulated benefit obligation at end of year | $ (857) | $ (972) |

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- Definition For defined benefit pension plans, the actuarial present value of benefits (whether vested or nonvested) attributed by the pension benefit formula to employee service rendered before a specified date and based on employee service and compensation (if applicable) before that date. The accumulated benefit obligation differs from the projected benefit obligation in that it includes no assumption about future compensation levels. For plans with flat-benefit or nonpay-related pension benefit formulas, the accumulated benefit obligation and the projected benefit obligation are the same. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Accumulated Benefit Obligation -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6503844 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (e) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28361610&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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- Definition The difference between fair value of plan assets at the end of the period and the fair value at the beginning of the period, adjusted for contributions and payments of benefits during the period, and after adjusting for taxes and other expenses, as applicable. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Actual Return on Plan Assets (Component of Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6504192 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28361610&loc=d3e1928-114920 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Actual Return on Plan Assets (Component of Net Periodic Pension Cost) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6504226 + Details
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