The percentage of ownership in a business acquisition.

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Number of shares of common stock of the Company issued per ordinary share upon conversion.

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Number of shares of Series A Preferred stock of the Company issued per Founder Preferred Shares upon conversion.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of equity interests of the acquirer, including instruments or interests issued or issuable in consideration for the business combination.

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Number of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Number of shares of common stock outstanding. Common stock represent the ownership interest in a corporation.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Note 20 - Subsequent Events (Details)	3 Months Ended					0 Months Ended		0 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Note 20 - Subsequent Events (Details)	Mar. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 04, 2014	Jan. 23, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013	Aug. 04, 2014 Common Stock [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] Percival [Member] EUR (€)	Mar. 26, 2014 Common Stock [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 04, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] MacDermid [Member] MacDermid Savings Plan [Member] USD ($)	Aug. 04, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Percival [Member] EUR (€)	Mar. 26, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member]	Mar. 04, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 04, 2014 MacDermid [Member] MacDermid Savings Plan [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 MacDermid [Member] MacDermid Savings Plan [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 MacDermid [Member] MacDermid Savings Plan [Member]	Mar. 04, 2014 MacDermid [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 MacDermid [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 04, 2014 MacDermid [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 MacDermid [Member] USD ($)
Note 20 - Subsequent Events (Details) [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Ownership								3.00%					3.00%	3.00%	3.00%	97.00%
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross								$ 2,600,000	€ 285,000,000			$ 2,600,000					$ 2,600,000
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares								1,670,386				1,670,386					1,670,386
Common Stock, Shares Issued Upon Conversion			1								1
Series A Preferred Stock Shares Issued Upon Conversion			1								1
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per share)											$ 0.01
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding					48,742,662					4,573,602
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding		137,290,980			103,571,941					119,969,706
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights							1,524,534
Share Price (in Dollars per share)				$ 0.01			$ 11.50
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred (in Euro)	8,900,000								300,000,000							1,800,000,000		1,800,000,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable (in Euro)						€ 15,000,000