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Segment and Geographic Information (Details Textual)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 Customer	Dec. 31, 2011 Customer	Dec. 31, 2010 Customer
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Number of customers accounting for percentage of net sales	0	0	0
Segment And Geographic Information (Textual) [Abstract]
Customers accounted for certain percentage in net sales	10.00%
Advanced Airlaid Materials [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Number of customers accounting for percentage of net sales	1	1	1

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Number of customers accounting for percentage of net sales.

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