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Dec. 18, 2013 USD ($) | Dec. 29, 2012 USD ($) | Dec. 28, 2013 USD ($) | Dec. 28, 2013 Parent Company USD ($) | Nov. 15, 2013 Parent Company USD ($) | Jan. 28, 2011 Parent Company USD ($) | Nov. 15, 2013 Trade names Parent Company USD ($) | Jan. 28, 2011 Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Parent Company USD ($) | Nov. 15, 2013 Fiberweb USD ($) | Dec. 28, 2013 Fiberweb USD ($) | Sep. 17, 2013 Fiberweb GBP (£) | Jan. 28, 2011 Predecessor USD ($) | Dec. 28, 2013 Senior Secured Credit Agreement Line of Credit USD ($) | Dec. 28, 2013 7.75% Senior secured notes Senior Notes USD ($) | Dec. 29, 2012 7.75% Senior secured notes Senior Notes USD ($) | Jan. 28, 2011 Trade names Parent Company USD ($) | Nov. 27, 2013 Bridge Loan Senior Secured Bridge Credit Agreement USD ($) | Nov. 27, 2013 Bridge Loan Senior Unsecured Bridge Credit Agreement USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tangible asset impairment charges |  |  |  | $ 5,100,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share price (in pounds per share) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | £ 1.02 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchase price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 287,800,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from bridge loan |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 631,000 |  |  |  |  | 268,000,000 | 50,000,000
Proceeds from credit agreement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 295,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from Blackstone | 30,700,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Indefinite-lived intangibles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Finite-lived intangibles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 83,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue since acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 51,900,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss since acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,900,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregrate purchase price of company |  |  |  |  |  | 403,500,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term Debt |  | 599,689,000 | 896,668,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 560,000,000 | 560,000,000 |  |  |
Increase in carrying value of inventory |  |  |  |  | 9,300,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill acquired through merger |  | 86,400,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquired intangible assets |  |  |  |  | $ 85,000,000 | $ 72,000,000 | $ 2,000,000 | $ 48,492,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 23,500,000 |  |

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