Balances of Intangible Assets (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period	12 years	12 years
Gross Intangible Assets	$ 207,578	$ 207,848
Accumulated Amortization	(70,478)	(48,667)
Net Intangible Assets	137,100us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	159,181us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Tradenames and trademarks
Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period	20 years	20 years
Gross Intangible Assets	39,222	39,222
Accumulated Amortization	(8,252)	(6,291)
Net Intangible Assets	30,970	32,931
Customer relationships
Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period	10 years	10 years
Gross Intangible Assets	151,839	152,109
Accumulated Amortization	(58,534)	(40,112)
Net Intangible Assets	93,305	111,997
Technology
Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period	12 years	12 years
Gross Intangible Assets	16,517	16,517
Accumulated Amortization	(3,692)	(2,264)
Net Intangible Assets	$ 12,825	$ 14,253

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

-Topic 350

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (a)(1)

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