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Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Long-Term Debt (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2014 Guarantors | Dec. 31, 2013
7.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Percentage of Senior Secured Notes | 7.75% | 7.75%
Maturity date | Aug. 01, 2019 |
Offering date | Aug. 07, 2013 |
Aggregate principal amount of notes sold | $ 425,000,000 |
Net proceeds received from private placement of notes | 351,000,000 |
Number of unsecured guarantors | 2 |
Earliest redemption date | Aug. 01, 2016 |
Change in control purchase price | 101.00% |
Period to complete notes exchange from effective date | 180 days |
Period to have registration statement declared effective | 365 days |
Interest rate increase for default | 0.25% |
Daily penalty amount for default | 3,000 |
Default duration for increased interest rate | 90 days |
Maximum interest rate increase for default | 1.00% |
Maximum daily penalty amount for default | 12,000 |
Secured Promissory Note [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Maturity date | Feb. 01, 2016 |
Proceeds of the Secured Promissory Note | 35,000,000 |
Purchase price of business acquisition | 50,000,000 |
Secured Promissory Notes, interest rate description | Principal and interest are payable monthly based on a five-year amortization at a defined LIBOR rate plus 300 basis points |
Secured Promissory Note, interest rate | 3.24% |
Final balloon payment | 15,300,000 |
Other, with a current weighted-average interest rate of 3.96%, most of which is secured by machinery and equipment [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Weighted-average interest rate of other debt | 3.96% |
Secured Term Loan [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Repayment of outstanding borrowings | 67,200,000 |
2016 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Redemption price | 103.875% |
2017 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Redemption price | 101.938% |
2018 and Thereafter [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Redemption price | 100.00% |
Minimum [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Notice period of senior secured notes to be redeemed | Not less than 30 days |
Maximum [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Notice period of senior secured notes to be redeemed | Nor more than 60 days |
First Priority Secured Notes [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value of the assets | 427,000,000 |
Second Priority Secured Notes [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value of the assets | 138,000,000 |
Amended Working Capital Revolver [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Amended maximum amount of revolving credit facility | 100,000,000 |
Maturity date | Apr. 13, 2018 |
Description of interest rate of revolving credit facility | Interest at a base rate (generally equivalent to the prime rate) plus 0.50% if borrowing availability is greater than $25.0 million, otherwise plus 0.75% or, at our option, accrues interest at LIBOR plus 1.50% if borrowing availability is greater than $25.0 million, otherwise LIBOR plus 1.75%. |
Line of credit facility, interest rate | 3.75% |
Letters of credit maximum capacity | 15,000,000 |
Amount available for borrowing | 79,700,000 |
Fees expressed as percentage for unused letters of credit | 1.00% |
Fees expressed as percentage for unused revolving credit facility | 0.25% |
Amended working capital revolver loan requirements | A minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.10 to 1, if at any time the excess availability (as defined by the Amended Working Capital Revolver Loan), under the Amended Working Capital Revolver Loan, is less than or equal to $12.5 million. |
Amended Working Capital Revolver [Member] | Covenants [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Loan requirements description | Equal to or greater than the greater of (x) 20% of the maximum revolver commitment or (y) $20 million |
Limit of distributions/dividends | 500,000 |
Limit of treasury stock acquisition | 500,000 |
Limit of joint ventures | 35,000,000 |
Limit of other investments | $ 50,000,000 |
Events of default description | Any material misstatement or misrepresentation and breaches of representations and warranties made, violations of covenants, cross-payment default to indebtedness in excess of $2.5 million, cross-acceleration to indebtedness in excess of $2.5 million, bankruptcy and insolvency events, certain unsatisfied judgments, certain liens, and certain assertions of, or actual invalidity of, certain loan documents. |

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