Acquired finite lived intangible assets weighted average useful life expiration year.

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Bad debt expense (recovery).

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Business acquisition equity interests issuable period.

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Business acquisition equity interests issuable period percentage of shares.

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Non-time and material jobs of short term nature duration description.

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Number of customers represented 10% or more of the Company's net sales.

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Schedule of accounting policies.

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Amount before amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount of increase in assets, excluding financial assets, lacking physical substance with a definite life, from an acquisition.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 08, 2012 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) Customer	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Customer	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Schedule Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Bad debt expense		$ 214	$ 172
Non-time and material jobs of short term nature duration description		less than one month
Number of Customers \| Customer		1	1
Geographic Concentration Risk \| Sales \| Gulf Coast region
Schedule Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Customer accountability percentage		47.00%	68.00%
Customer one \| Credit Concentration Risk \| Sales
Schedule Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Customer accountability percentage		19.00%	14.00%
Customer one \| Credit Concentration Risk \| Accounts Receivable
Schedule Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Customer accountability percentage		17.00%	3.00%
Acquired Technology \| Amnor Technologies
Schedule Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Cash payment for acquisition	$ 100
Shares payment for acquisition \| shares	44,000
Common stock, per share \| $ / shares	$ 4.95
Equity Interests Issuable Period	3 years
Intangible assets acquired	$ 320
Transaction cost	$ 4
Business acquisition equity interests issued during period, percentage of shares	25.00%
Estimated useful life	3 years
Estimated useful life expiration year	2015
Acquired Technology \| Amnor Technologies \| General and Administrative Expense
Schedule Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Amortization expense related to intangible assets			$ 20
Acquired Technology \| First Anniversary \| Amnor Technologies
Schedule Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Business acquisition equity interests issued during period, percentage of shares	25.00%
Acquired Technology \| Second Anniversary \| Amnor Technologies
Schedule Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Business acquisition equity interests issued during period, percentage of shares	25.00%
Acquired Technology \| Third Anniversary \| Amnor Technologies
Schedule Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Business acquisition equity interests issued during period, percentage of shares	25.00%
Arc-resistant Technology
Schedule Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired				$ 220
Arc-resistant Technology \| IntelliSafe Products
Schedule Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life		5 years
Intangible assets capitalized cost		$ 360
Arc-resistant Technology \| Cost of Sales \| IntelliSafe Products
Schedule Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Amortization expense related to intangible assets		$ 50