Business Acquisition, Percentage of Equity Interests Acquired

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Business Acquisition Pro Forma Adjustment Amortization Expense Intangible Assets

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Business Acquisition Pro Forma Interest Expense And Other

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Business Acquisitions Pro Forma Additional Compensation Expense

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Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable Before Market Value Adjustment

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Payments to Acquire Businesses

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Amount the entity agreed to pay to settle obligations under an agreement.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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For contingent consideration arrangements recognized in connection with a business combination, this element represents an estimate of the high-end of the potential range (undiscounted) of the consideration which may be paid.

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This element represents the amount of earnings or loss of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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This element represents the amount of revenue of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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This element represents the amount of any measurement period adjustment (as defined) realized during the reporting period to items of consideration transferred in connection with a business combination for which the initial accounting was incomplete.

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This element represents the amount of any measurement period adjustment (as defined) realized during the reporting period to inventory acquired in connection with a business combination for which the initial accounting was incomplete.

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The interest rate used to adjust for the time value of money for the plan.

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1) For defined benefit pension plans, the benefit obligation is the projected benefit obligation, which is the actuarial present value as of a date of all benefits attributed by the pension benefit formula to employee service rendered prior to that date. 2) For other postretirement defined benefit plans, the benefit obligation is the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation, which is the actuarial present value of benefits attributed to employee service rendered to a particular date.

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The total amount of net periodic benefit cost for defined benefit plans for the period. Periodic benefit costs include the following components: service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) due to settlements or curtailments.

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Amount of net gain (loss) recognized in net periodic benefit cost as a result of an irrevocable action that relieves the employer (or the plan) of primary responsibility for a benefit obligation and eliminates significant risks related to the obligation and the assets used to effect the settlement. Examples of transactions that constitute a settlement include, but are not limited to, lump-sum cash payments to plan participants in exchange for their rights to receive specified benefits and purchasing nonparticipating annuity contracts to cover vested benefits.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail)	0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended					0 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail)	Jan. 15, 2014 Thomas Plant USD ($)	Jan. 15, 2014 Thomas Plant GBP (£)	Sep. 30, 2014 Thomas Plant USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Thomas Plant USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Thomas Plant USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Thomas Plant USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Thomas Plant GBP (£)	Jan. 15, 2014 Thomas Plant USD ($)	Jan. 15, 2014 Thomas Plant GBP (£)	Oct. 31, 2014 Thomas Plant Subsequent Event USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 Thomas Plant Subsequent Event GBP (£)	Sep. 30, 2014 Thomas Plant Cost of Sales USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Other Acquisitions USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interests acquired								100.00%	100.00%
Business acquisition cash paid	$ 61,500,000	£ 37,400,000
Business acquisition, issuance of common stock shares	581,432	581,432
Business acquisition, common stock value	9,000,000	5,500,000
Business acquisition, contingent cash consideration payable								9,000,000	5,500,000
Projected benefit obligation			11,700,000		11,700,000		7,100,000
Discount rate of obligation plan			3.30%		3.30%
Additional payment on plan settlement										2,400,000	1,500,000
Net impact on plan settlements										0
Net periodic benefit cost			0		0
Net Sales			16,800,000		47,200,000
Income from operations			1,600,000		1,900,000
Business combination increase in fair value of inventory												900,000
Amortization of intangible assets				900,000		2,600,000
Elimination of acquisition costs					900,000
Interest Expense and Debt Issuance Cost				400,000		1,400,000
Adjustment to compensation expense						2,100,000
Business acquisition cash paid	$ 61,302,000												$ 5,300,000