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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Parenthetical)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2015
Mar. 29, 2014
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY    
Purchase of treasury shares, shares 598,227us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired  
Stock plan exercises; shares acquired 16,950vmi_TreasuryStockSharesAcquiredStockPlan 57,854vmi_TreasuryStockSharesAcquiredStockPlan
Stock options exercised; shares issued 25,119us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised 110,339us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
Stock awards; shares issued 9,656us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures 8,290us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures