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Special Charges, Net (Details Textual) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	8 Months Ended	9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	8 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	8 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 28, 2011	Sep. 29, 2012	Oct. 01, 2011	Sep. 29, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011 7.75% Senior secured notes [Member]	Sep. 29, 2012 Maximum [Member]	Sep. 29, 2012 Maximum [Member]	Sep. 29, 2012 Minimum [Member]	Sep. 29, 2012 Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Blackstone [Member]	Jan. 28, 2011 Professional Fees [Member]	Oct. 01, 2011 Professional Fees [Member]	Oct. 01, 2011 Professional Fees [Member]	Sep. 29, 2012 Professional Fees [Member]	Sep. 29, 2012 Consultant Fee [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 29, 2012 Consultant Fee [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 29, 2012 Consultant Fee [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 29, 2012 Europe [Member]	Jan. 28, 2011 United states [Member]	Jan. 28, 2011 Colombia [Member]	Oct. 01, 2011 Colombia [Member]	Oct. 01, 2011 Colombia [Member]	Oct. 01, 2011 United State and Argentina [Member]
Special charges net (Textual) [Abstract]
Restructuring costs												$ 6,100,000	$ 900,000	$ 26,300,000	$ 500,000	$ 1,600,000	$ 700,000	$ 1,100,000
Additional pre-tax costs								3,500,000		400,000
Employee termination expenses		800,000					800,000	8,900,000	100,000	6,200,000
Plant realignment costs			1,300,000	2,000,000															900,000	200,000				300,000
Direct financing costs											19,300,000
Special charges associated with restoration of manufacturing facility																					1,700,000	100,000	700,000
Issuance of Senior Secured Notes						560,000,000
Special charges, net (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Interest rate					7.75%
Expense associated with accelerated vesting and cancelation of share based awards	12,700,000
Exercise price of common stock	$ 6
Cost to bring manufacturing equipment to functional state capitalized			$ 8,100,000

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