Goodwill and Intangible Assets, net - Schedule of Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	142,857	$ 77,900
Accumulated Amortization	(13,549)	(11,953)
Net	129,308us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	65,947us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Patents, related technologies and know-how
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	41,872	41,872
Accumulated Amortization	(11,768)	(10,849)
Net	30,104	31,023
Customer relationships
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	10,700	10,700
Accumulated Amortization	(1,289)	(806)
Net	9,411	9,894
Trademarks
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	5,900	5,900
Accumulated Amortization	(476)	(298)
Net	5,424	5,602
Covenant not to compete
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	382
Accumulated Amortization	(16)
Net	366
In-process research and development
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	84,003	19,428
Accumulated Amortization	0	0
Net	84,003	$ 19,428
Weighted Average \| Patents, related technologies and know-how
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Life (Years)	11 years 6 months 11 days
Weighted Average \| Customer relationships
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Life (Years)	6 years 5 months 19 days
Weighted Average \| Trademarks
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Life (Years)	8 years 5 months 1 day
Weighted Average \| Covenant not to compete
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Life (Years)	2 years

Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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