Loans Payable (Details Textual) (USD $)			9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended						1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Maximum [Member] Machinery and Equipment [Member]	Jul. 31, 2012 Promissory Note [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Promissory Note [Member]	Jan. 31, 2012 Promissory Note [Member] payment	Aug. 31, 2012 Brookwood Laminating Inc [Member]	May 31, 2012 Brookwood Laminating Inc [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Brookwood Laminating Inc [Member]	Aug. 24, 2012 Brookwood Laminating Inc [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Brookwood Laminating Inc [Member]	Feb. 29, 2012 Working Capital Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Working Capital Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Working Capital Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Working Capital Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Brookwood Laminating Inc [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Working Capital Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Brookwood Laminating Inc [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Brookwood Laminating Inc [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Standby Letters of Credit [Member] Brookwood Laminating Inc [Member]	May 31, 2012 New Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 New Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Apr. 02, 2012 New Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 New Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Maximum [Member]	May 08, 2012 New Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Brookwood Laminating Inc [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 HFL Loan [Member]	May 31, 2012 HFL Loan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 HFL Loan [Member] Brookwood Laminating Inc [Member]
Loans Payable (Textual) [Abstract]
Revolving Credit facility amount	$ 3,850,000	$ 2,000,000									$ 3,850,000		$ 2,000,000			$ 25,000,000		$ 2,000,000	$ 3,850,000									$ 9,000,000
Interest rate percentage								2.99%									1.23%	1.78%								6.00%
Outstanding balance of credit facility																						3,850,000	2,000,000
Borrowings provided																			25,000,000			25,000,000
Revolving Credit facility maturity date																						Mar. 30, 2014
Line of credit facility amount																						8,000,000	2,018,000
Dividends requested																									8,000,000
Borrowing availability											2,512,000									91,000
Amount of fees paid in consideration for the amendment												31,250
Amount paid in percentage in consideration for the amendment												12.50%
Interest rate payable on the New Revolving Credit Facility - LIBOR plus			1.00%	35.00%
Onetime fee payable by Subsidiary											62,500
Interest rates percentage											0.50%
Debt covenants capital expenditures margin			5,000,000		250,000
Debt covenants percentage of annual dividends to net income of subsidiary				50.00%
Financial covenants ratio											1.40
Ratio of total liabilities to tangible net worth											1.50
Ratio of funded debt to EBITDA											4.00
Dividends														1,000,000	4,000,000
Annual discretionary dividend percentage																								50.00%
Additional dividends									1,000,000												9,000,000
Maximum aggregate amount of dividends or distributions											15,000,000
Previously disbursed dividend or distribution										8,000,000
Borrowed from Hallwood Family (BVI) L.P																										10,000,000
Anticipated refunds of federal income taxes																										5,000,000
Debt instrument maturity date							Apr. 30, 2013																			Jun. 28, 2013
Outstanding balance on the HFL Loan																										9,000,000
Principal repayment on HFL Loan																										1,000,000	1,000,000
Restriction of Brookwood's net assets											48,371,000		59,970,000
Premiums related to certain insurance policies								237,000
Down Payment								27,000
Total premiums								264,000
Number of monthly payments								9
Amount of monthly payment						27,000
Finance charges						3,000
Outstanding balance							$ 184,000