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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective tax rate for continuing operations	31.20%	33.70%
Valuation allowance	$ 1,300,000	$ 61,000
Possible additional tax payments	$ 12,000,000
Terphane Ltda [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Current effective tax rate	15.25%
Income tax rate	6.25%
Percentage of social contribution on income included in current effective tax rate	9.00%
Brazil [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Federal statutory income tax rate	34.00%
Income tax rate	25.00%
Percentage of social contribution on income included in federal statutory income tax rate	9.00%

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