Acquisitions (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	May 27, 2011 New Zealand [Member] Tubes and Cores, Paper Segment [Member]	Jul. 01, 2011 United Kingdom [Member] Consumer Packaging Segment [Member]
Acquisitions (Textuals)
Acquisition Cost of Entity	$ 6,220	$ 4,175
Additional Annual Sales Expectation from the Acquisition	13,000	10,000
Net tangible assets with respect to the Acquisition	1,667	4,014
Identifiable Intangible assets with respect to the Acquisition		161
Acquisition of Goodwill	$ 4,553

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Amount of cash paid to acquire the entity.

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Amount of goodwill arising from a business combination, which is the excess of the cost of the acquired entity over the amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

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