Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate, Base Rate

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Debt Instrument, Debt Default, Increase In Interest Rate On Obligations Upon Default

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Debt Instrument, Interest Charges, Percentage

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Line of Credit Facility. Multiplier Used to Calculate Borrowing Capacity

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Line of Credit Facility, Additional Borrowing Capacity Upon Satisfaction of Loan Covenants

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Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Compliance, Minimum EBITDA

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Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Compliance, Minimum Liquidity

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Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Compliance, Minimum Liquidity After Satisfaction of Covenant Term

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Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Compliance, Stock Repurchases, Minimum Liquidity Requirement

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Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity If Additional Capacity Is Accepted

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Line of Credit Facility, Periodic Payment, Percentage of Principal

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Line of Credit Facility, Prepayment Premium Percentage

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of debt issuance costs (for example, but not limited to, legal, accounting, broker, and regulatory fees).

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.16)
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-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
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Debt (Loan and Security Agreements) (Details)		6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Debt (Loan and Security Agreements) (Details)	May. 14, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Write off of deferred financing costs			$ 200,000	$ 400,000	$ 200,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Domestic Line of Credit [Member] \| Base Rate [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	3.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Domestic Line of Credit [Member] \| Base Rate [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	4.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Domestic Line of Credit [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate (percent)	1.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Domestic Line of Credit [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	4.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Domestic Line of Credit [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	5.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Domestic Line of Credit [Member] \| Federal Funds Effective Swap Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate (percent)	0.50%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Foreign Line of Credit [Member] \| Base Rate [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	3.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Foreign Line of Credit [Member] \| Base Rate [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	4.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Foreign Line of Credit [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	4.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Foreign Line of Credit [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	5.00%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Domestic Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term line of credit			0
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Foreign Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term line of credit			0
Term Loan [Member] \| Domestic Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term line of credit			18,500,000
Term Loan [Member] \| Foreign Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term line of credit			$ 5,900,000
Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest charges (percent)			5.20%
Debt issuance expense			$ 1,200,000
Credit Agreement [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 60,000,000.0
Additional borrowing capacity upon satisfaction of loan covenants	$ 15,000,000.0
Credit Agreement [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| Period from May 14, 2015 to May 14, 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Prepayment premium percentage	2.00%
Credit Agreement [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| Period from May 14, 2016 to May 14, 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Prepayment premium percentage	1.00%
Credit Agreement [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| Period from after May 14, 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Prepayment premium percentage	0.00%
Credit Agreement [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 10,000,000.0
Credit Agreement [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 10,000,000.0
Multiplier used to calculate borrowing capacity	0.80
Credit Agreement [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member] \| Domestic Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 500,000.0
Credit Agreement [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member] \| Foreign Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	250,000.00
Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Domestic Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	9,000,000.0
Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Foreign Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	1,000,000.0
Credit Agreement [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Domestic Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 19,000,000.0
Periodic payment as a percentage of principal	5.00%
Credit Agreement [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Foreign Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 6,000,000.0
Credit Agreement [Member] \| Delayed Draw Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 10,000,000.0
Periodic payment as a percentage of principal	5.00%
Loan Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Minimum liquidity covenant	$ 10,000,000.0
Minimum liquidity covenant after satisfaction of covenant term	8,000,000.0
Minimum EBITDA per covenant	$ 8,000,000.0
Increase in interest rate upon default	2.00%
Stock repurchases minimum liquidity requirement	$ 20,000,000.0
U.S. Comerica Agreement and the Canadian Comerica Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Write off of deferred financing costs		$ 200,000