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	Mar. 25, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012 2012 Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Revolver [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Revolver [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Term Loan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Term Loan [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Term Loan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Secured Senior Subordinated Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Secured Senior Subordinated Notes [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Secured Senior Subordinated Notes [Member] March 2011 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Secured Senior Subordinated Notes [Member] March 2011 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Secured Senior Subordinated Notes [Member] March 2011 Notes [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Secured Senior Subordinated Notes [Member] March 2011 Note to TCOMF2 [Member]	Apr. 01, 2011 Secured Senior Subordinated Notes [Member] March 2011 Note to Northcreek [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Secured Senior Subordinated Notes [Member] March 2011 Note to Northcreek [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Secured Senior Subordinated Notes [Member] March 2011 Note to Northcreek [Member]	Sep. 16, 2011 Secured Senior Subordinated Notes [Member] September 2011 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Secured Senior Subordinated Notes [Member] September 2011 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Secured Senior Subordinated Notes [Member] September 2011 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Secured Senior Subordinated Notes [Member] March 2011 Notes And September 2011 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Secured Senior Subordinated Notes [Member] 2012 Credit Facility [Member]	Oct. 24, 2012 Secured Senior Subordinated Notes [Member] 2012 Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Subordinated Secured Promissory Note [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Subordinated Secured Promissory Note [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Standby Letters of Credit [Member] StandbyLettersofCredit	Dec. 31, 2012 Standby Letters of Credit [Member] Insurance Providers [Member] StandbyLettersofCredit	Dec. 31, 2012 Standby Letters of Credit [Member] Purchases of Materials from Overseas Suppliers [Member] StandbyLettersofCredit	Dec. 31, 2012 Standby Letters of Credit [Member] Other Credit Requirements [Member]	Oct. 24, 2012 2012 Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 2012 Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 2012 Credit Facility [Member] Prime Rate [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 2012 Credit Facility [Member] LIBOR [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 2012 Credit Facility [Member] Required [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 2012 Credit Facility [Member] Actual [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 2011 Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 2011 Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 2011 Credit Facility [Member] Prime Rate [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 2011 Credit Facility [Member] LIBOR [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 2011 Credit Facility [Member] Required [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 2011 Credit Facility [Member] Actual [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, term																																5 years						4 years
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity																																$ 80,000,000						$ 50,000,000
Line of credit facility, maturity date																																Oct. 24, 2017						Mar. 15, 2015
Line of credit facility, additional borrowings																																	20,000,000
Sub limit amount for advances																																	5,000,000
Maximum barrowing capacity available under standby letter of credit																																	20,000,000
Line of credit facility, interest rate description																																	Prime Rate plus 1.50% (or 3.75%), or LIBOR plus 1.50% (or 1.6875%)						Prime Rate plus 1.75% (or 5.00%), or LIBOR plus 2.75% (or 3.03%)
Variable rate basis																																		Prime Rate	LIBOR					Prime Rate	LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate (in hundredths)																																		1.50%	1.50%					1.75%	2.75%
Interest rate for borrowings (in hundredths)																																		3.75%	1.6875%					5.00%	3.03%
Line of credit facility, commitment fee percentage (in hundredths)																																	0.20%						0.375%
Line of credit facility, covenant terms																																	(a) a maximum consolidated total leverage ratio, measured on a quarter-end basis, not to exceed 3.50:1.00 for the 12 month period ending on such quarter-end; (b) a required minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio under the Revolver, measured on a quarter-end basis, of at least 2.25:1.00 for the 12 month period ending on such quarter-end; and (c) for fiscal year 2012, a limitation on annual capital expenditures of $8.0 million.						(a) a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, measured on a month-end basis, of at least 1.25:1.00 for the 12 month period ending on such month-end; (b) a required minimum excess availability plus qualified cash at all times under the 2011 Revolver of at least $2.0 million; and (c) for fiscal year 2011, a limitation on annual capital expenditures of $4.0 million.
Consolidated leverage ratio to be considered with compliance with asset coverage ratio																																	3.00
Minimum asset coverage ratio																																	1.00
Line of credit facility, covenant compliance																																	the Company was in compliance with all three of these financial covenants.						the Company was in compliance with all of these financial covenants.
Required financial covenants compared to actual amounts [Abstract]
Consolidated leverage ratio (12-month period)																																				3.50	1.3
Consolidated interest coverage ratio (12-month period)																																				2.25	18.4
Fixed charge coverage ratio (12-month period)																																										1.25	6.9
Excess availability plus qualified cash (end of period)																																										2,000,000	12,025,000
Annual capital expenditures limitation																																				8,000,000	7,895,000					4,000,000	2,436,000
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding																																	49,700,000						24,300,000
Line of credit facility, available borrowing base																																							35,800,000
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, gross						49,716,000	24,336,000				0	7,700,000													6,160,000	0	1,750,000
Debt discount		0	(832,000)										700,000		600,000					300,000		200,000
Total long-term debt		49,716,000	32,954,000
Less: current maturities of long-term debt		0	1,000,000
Total long-term debt, less current maturities and discount		49,716,000	31,954,000
Total short-term borrowings and long-term debt		49,716,000	32,954,000
Debt instrument, face amount													5,000,000			2,500,000			2,500,000	2,700,000						2,000,000		1,700,000	1,000,000	700,000
Interest rate of notes until March 31, 2013 (in hundredths)													10.00%
Interest rate of notes thereafter (in hundredths)													13.00%
Debt instrument, maturity date													Mar. 31, 2016							Mar. 31, 2016						Sep. 16, 2013			Dec. 31, 2013	Apr. 01, 2013	May 01, 2013
Debt instrument, option to prepay exercised (in hundredths)														10.00%							10.00%		10.00%
Debt instrument, prepaid principal amount														500,000							270,000		770,000			1,000,000
Debt instrument, price of prepayment (in hundredths)														101.00%							101.00%		101.00%	104.00%
Debt instrument, interest rate (in hundredths)																					13.00%					10.00%
Debt instrument, prepayment of principal amount allocated to March 2011 Notes held by TCOMF2																	250,000	270,000
Debt instrument, prepayment of additional principal amount allocated to March 2011 Notes held by TCOMF2																	250,000	270,000
Debt instrument, number of periodic payment																										8
Debt instrument, frequency of periodic payment																										quarterly
Debt instrument, periodic payment																										250,000
Aggregate maturities of long-term debt, 2013					0
Aggregate maturities of long-term debt, 2014					0
Aggregate maturities of long-term debt, 2015					0
Aggregate maturities of long-term debt, 2016					0
Aggregate maturities of long-term debt, 2017					49,716,000
Number of standby letters of credit																												4	2	2
Interest expense		4,037,000	4,470,000	5,525,000
Interest paid		3,907,000	4,390,000	5,563,000
Payment deferment option of interest on term loans (in hundredths)										4.50%
Increase in principal amount of outstanding term loan										1,800,000
PIK interest		0	116,000	625,000				100,000	600,000
Cash settlement on interest rate swap agreement	1,100,000
Amortized losses recognized in interest expense			700,000	300,000
Amortization of losses on swaps included in other comprehensive income as of de-designation date			79,000
Unamortized loss on swaps due to forecasted swap transactions probable of not occurring			600,000
Change in fair value of de-designated swaps recognized in earnings			100,000	300,000
Decrease in derivative liability			100,000	300,000
Interest expense resulting from net payments under swap agreements			$ 100,000	$ 900,000