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Contingencies - Additional Information (Details 2) (Business Interruption Caused by Flood [Member], Components and Sensors, Continuing Operations [Member], THAILAND, USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Business Interruption Caused by Flood [Member] | Components and Sensors | Continuing Operations [Member] | THAILAND |
Extraordinary items |
Insurance recovery | $ 637,000 us-gaap_InsuranceRecoveries / us-gaap_ExtraordinaryItemAxis = cts_BusinessInterruptionCausedByFloodMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cts_ComponentsAndSensorsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_TH / us-gaap_StatementOperatingActivitiesSegmentAxis = us-gaap_SegmentContinuingOperationsMember

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- Definition The amount recovered from insurance. These recoveries reduce costs and losses that are reported as a separate line item under operating expenses. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 225 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688 + Details
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