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Capital Lease Obligations [Abstract]
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Standby Letters of Credit [Member]
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Letters of credit outstanding		100,000	100,000
Term Loan II [Member] \| Development Bank of Japan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of loan		30,000,000	30,000,000
Term Loans [Abstract]
Term of loan		5 years
Number of quarterly installments		19
Quarterly payments of principal		500,000
Debt instrument final payment		21,500,000	21,500,000
Capital Lease Obligations [Member]
Capital Lease Obligations [Abstract]
Average fixed and floating interest rates		2.30%	2.30%
Maturity date range start		Mar. 01, 2015
Maturity date range end		Jun. 01, 2019
Capital Lease Obligations [Member] \| Rental Equipment [Member]
Revolving Credit Facility [Abstract]
Net book value		4,300,000	4,300,000
Amortizing Term Loan [Member] \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fixed rate, asset-backed notes								2.70%
Term Loans [Abstract]
Term of loan		5 years
Long term debt maturity [Abstract]
Long-term debt								9,200,000
Non-Amortizing Term Loan [Member] \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Term Loans [Abstract]
Term of loan		5 years
Long term debt maturity [Abstract]
Long-term debt								1,600,000
Short Term Line Of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum credit commitment		$ 75,000,000	75,000,000
Average Interest (in hundredths)		1.50%	1.50%
Fixed rate, asset-backed notes		1.50%	1.50%