Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 16,768	$ 20,856	$ 10,666	$ 22,399
Accounts receivable, net	81,355	68,570
Inventories	101,239	96,011
Prepaid expenses and other	11,479	11,972
Deferred tax assets	2,823	2,823
Total current assets	213,664	200,232
Property, plant and equipment, net	73,226	73,861
Goodwill	182,649	182,429
Intangibles, net	137,387	140,265
Deferred financing fees	16,725	13,416
Other assets	503	502
Investments in and advances to subsidiaries	0	0
Total assets	624,154	610,705
Current Liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term obligations	1,662	1,715
Accounts payable	37,299	29,705
Accrued and other liabilities	37,643	43,560
Accrued interest	1,480	1,081
Income taxes payable	1,137	2,875
Deferred tax liabilities	3,584	3,584
Total current liabilities	82,805	82,520
Long-term obligations, less current maturities	357,853	263,607
Deferred tax liabilities	81,012	78,927
Other long-term liabilities	17,080	18,081
Net equity (deficit) and advances to / from subsidiaries	0	0
Stockholders' equity (deficit):
Common stock	0	0
Additional paid-in capital	84,172	177,790
Accumulated deficit	3,259	(7,939)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(2,027)	(2,281)
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)	85,404	167,570
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit)	624,154	610,705
Parent Victor Technologies Group, Inc.
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Accounts receivable, net	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Prepaid expenses and other	0	0
Deferred tax assets	0	0
Total current assets	0	0
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Intangibles, net	0	0
Deferred financing fees	0	0
Other assets	0	0
Investments in and advances to subsidiaries	174,467	191,135
Total assets	174,467	191,135
Current Liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term obligations	0	0
Accounts payable	0	0
Accrued and other liabilities	0	0
Accrued interest	0	0
Income taxes payable	0	0
Deferred tax liabilities	0	0
Total current liabilities	0	0
Long-term obligations, less current maturities	0	0
Deferred tax liabilities	0	0
Other long-term liabilities	0	0
Net equity (deficit) and advances to / from subsidiaries	89,063	23,565
Stockholders' equity (deficit):
Common stock	0	0
Additional paid-in capital	84,171	177,790
Accumulated deficit	3,259	(7,939)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(2,026)	(2,281)
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)	85,404	167,570
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit)	174,467	191,135
Guarantors
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	12,564	15,298	5,708	18,692
Accounts receivable, net	67,237	56,893
Inventories	89,168	85,345
Prepaid expenses and other	5,271	7,057
Deferred tax assets	2,823	2,823
Total current assets	177,063	167,416
Property, plant and equipment, net	61,049	61,971
Goodwill	182,649	182,429
Intangibles, net	133,737	136,515
Deferred financing fees	16,725	13,416
Other assets	503	502
Investments in and advances to subsidiaries	79,232	79,232
Total assets	650,958	641,481
Current Liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term obligations	1,246	1,276
Accounts payable	29,576	23,299
Accrued and other liabilities	32,137	38,120
Accrued interest	1,480	1,081
Income taxes payable	342	1,929
Deferred tax liabilities	3,584	3,584
Total current liabilities	68,365	69,289
Long-term obligations, less current maturities	357,698	263,246
Deferred tax liabilities	81,012	78,927
Other long-term liabilities	15,298	16,184
Net equity (deficit) and advances to / from subsidiaries	16,368	108,505
Stockholders' equity (deficit):
Common stock	2,555	2,555
Additional paid-in capital	111,586	111,207
Accumulated deficit	4,032	(323)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(5,956)	(8,109)
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)	112,217	105,330
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit)	650,958	641,481
Non-Guarantors
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	4,204	5,558	4,958	3,707
Accounts receivable, net	14,118	11,677
Inventories	12,071	10,666
Prepaid expenses and other	6,208	4,915
Deferred tax assets	0	0
Total current assets	36,601	32,816
Property, plant and equipment, net	12,177	11,890
Goodwill	0	0
Intangibles, net	3,650	3,750
Deferred financing fees	0	0
Other assets	0	0
Investments in and advances to subsidiaries	0	0
Total assets	52,428	48,456
Current Liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term obligations	416	439
Accounts payable	7,723	6,406
Accrued and other liabilities	5,506	5,440
Accrued interest	0	0
Income taxes payable	795	946
Deferred tax liabilities	0	0
Total current liabilities	14,440	13,231
Long-term obligations, less current maturities	155	361
Deferred tax liabilities	0	0
Other long-term liabilities	1,782	1,897
Net equity (deficit) and advances to / from subsidiaries	(36,952)	(39,149)
Stockholders' equity (deficit):
Common stock	55,145	55,145
Additional paid-in capital	15,569	15,456
Accumulated deficit	1,901	1,044
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	388	471
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)	73,003	72,116
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit)	52,428	48,456
Eliminations
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Accounts receivable, net	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Prepaid expenses and other	0	0
Deferred tax assets	0	0
Total current assets	0	0
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Intangibles, net	0	0
Deferred financing fees	0	0
Other assets	0	0
Investments in and advances to subsidiaries	(253,699)	(270,367)
Total assets	(253,699)	(270,367)
Current Liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term obligations	0	0
Accounts payable	0	0
Accrued and other liabilities	0	0
Accrued interest	0	0
Income taxes payable	0	0
Deferred tax liabilities	0	0
Total current liabilities	0	0
Long-term obligations, less current maturities	0	0
Deferred tax liabilities	0	0
Other long-term liabilities	0	0
Net equity (deficit) and advances to / from subsidiaries	(68,479)	(92,921)
Stockholders' equity (deficit):
Common stock	(57,700)	(57,700)
Additional paid-in capital	(127,154)	(126,663)
Accumulated deficit	(5,933)	(721)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	5,567	7,638
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)	(185,220)	(177,446)
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit)	$ (253,699)	$ (270,367)