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Subsequent Event
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Event
20. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On October 1, 2014, we completed the acquisition of all of the outstanding equity of Spezialpapierfabrik Oberschmitten GmbH (SPO) from FINSPO Beteiligungs-GmbH for $10.7 million in cash. SPO has annual sales of approximately $33 million. SPO, located near Frankfurt, Germany, produces primarily electrical products and applications include highly technical papers for a wide range of capacitors used in consumer and industrial products; insulation papers for cables and transformers; and materials for industrial power inverters, electromagnetic current filters and electric rail traction. SPO also produces glassine products, which are used in cosmetics packaging, food packaging, and pharmaceutical dosage bags. SPO will become part of the Composite Fibers business unit, and complements other technical specialties such as the electrical products sector.