Condensed Consolidating Financial Information Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 29, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012
Cash flows from operating activities: [Abstract]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities of continuing operations	$ 9,561	$ 15,946
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations	(215)	(3,959)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	9,346	11,987
Cash flows from investing activities: [Abstract]
Cost of business acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(5,145)	(644)
Capital expenditures	(15,730)	(11,282)
Purchase of investment	(1,650)	0
Proceeds from insurance claim	3,036	0
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment	7,561	1,948
Proceeds from sale of intangible asset	0	1,700
Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations	(11,928)	(8,278)
Net cash provided by investing activities of discontinued operations	0	39,875
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(11,928)	31,597
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayment of 10.5% senior notes	0	(169,875)
Payment of financing related costs and expenses and debt issuance discounts	(13,884)	(32,335)
Repayments of other long-term debt	(2,413)	(2,639)
Purchase and retirement of common stock upon vesting of RSUs	(363)	(434)
Proceeds from issuance of 11.5% senior notes	0	225,000
Proceeds from issuance of 7% senior exchangeable notes	0	86,250
(Repayment) borrowings under revolving credit facility, net	(18,000)	34,700
Borrowings under ABL facility, due 2017	266,700	0
Repayments under ABL facility, due 2017	(163,900)	0
Proceeds from issuance of 15% unsecured term loan, due 2017	50,000	0
Repayment of 15% unsecured term loan, due 2017	(15,000)	0
Intercompany advances	0	0
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities of continuing operations	6,187	(45,311)
Net cash used in financing activities of discontinued operations	0	(1,652)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	6,187	(46,963)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	161	(307)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	3,766	(3,686)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	8,110	17,753
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	11,876	14,067
Parent Company [Member]
Cash flows from operating activities: [Abstract]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities of continuing operations	1,977	2,993
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations	0	0
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	1,977	2,993
Cash flows from investing activities: [Abstract]
Cost of business acquisitions, net of cash acquired	0	0
Capital expenditures	0	0
Purchase of investment	0
Proceeds from insurance claim	0
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment	0	0
Proceeds from sale of intangible asset		0
Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations		0
Net cash provided by investing activities of discontinued operations		0
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	0	0
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayment of 10.5% senior notes		0
Payment of financing related costs and expenses and debt issuance discounts	0	0
Repayments of other long-term debt	0	0
Purchase and retirement of common stock upon vesting of RSUs	(363)	(434)
Proceeds from issuance of 11.5% senior notes		0
Proceeds from issuance of 7% senior exchangeable notes		0
(Repayment) borrowings under revolving credit facility, net	0	0
Borrowings under ABL facility, due 2017	0
Repayments under ABL facility, due 2017	0
Proceeds from issuance of 15% unsecured term loan, due 2017	0
Repayment of 15% unsecured term loan, due 2017	0
Intercompany advances	(1,614)	(2,559)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities of continuing operations		(2,993)
Net cash used in financing activities of discontinued operations		0
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(1,977)	(2,993)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	0	0
Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Cash flows from operating activities: [Abstract]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities of continuing operations	(54,409)	(52,135)
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations	0	(1,616)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(54,409)	(53,751)
Cash flows from investing activities: [Abstract]
Cost of business acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(5,145)	(644)
Capital expenditures	(9,015)	(5,362)
Purchase of investment	(1,650)
Proceeds from insurance claim	0
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment	222	32
Proceeds from sale of intangible asset		1,700
Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations		(4,274)
Net cash provided by investing activities of discontinued operations		16,414
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(15,588)	12,140
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayment of 10.5% senior notes		(169,875)
Payment of financing related costs and expenses and debt issuance discounts	(13,884)	(32,335)
Repayments of other long-term debt	0	(308)
Purchase and retirement of common stock upon vesting of RSUs	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of 11.5% senior notes		225,000
Proceeds from issuance of 7% senior exchangeable notes		86,250
(Repayment) borrowings under revolving credit facility, net	(18,000)	34,700
Borrowings under ABL facility, due 2017	266,700
Repayments under ABL facility, due 2017	(163,900)
Proceeds from issuance of 15% unsecured term loan, due 2017	50,000
Repayment of 15% unsecured term loan, due 2017	(15,000)
Intercompany advances	65,307	80,993
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities of continuing operations		38,447
Net cash used in financing activities of discontinued operations		(1,652)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	74,270	36,795
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	4,273	(4,816)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	5,763	16,033
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	10,036	11,217
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Cash flows from operating activities: [Abstract]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities of continuing operations	63,204	65,116
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations	(215)	(2,343)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	62,989	62,773
Cash flows from investing activities: [Abstract]
Cost of business acquisitions, net of cash acquired	0	0
Capital expenditures	(6,654)	(5,803)
Purchase of investment	0
Proceeds from insurance claim	3,036
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment	7,339	1,916
Proceeds from sale of intangible asset		0
Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations		(3,887)
Net cash provided by investing activities of discontinued operations		23,461
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	3,721	19,574
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayment of 10.5% senior notes		0
Payment of financing related costs and expenses and debt issuance discounts	0	0
Repayments of other long-term debt	(2,413)	(2,331)
Purchase and retirement of common stock upon vesting of RSUs	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of 11.5% senior notes		0
Proceeds from issuance of 7% senior exchangeable notes		0
(Repayment) borrowings under revolving credit facility, net	0	0
Borrowings under ABL facility, due 2017	0
Repayments under ABL facility, due 2017	0
Proceeds from issuance of 15% unsecured term loan, due 2017	0
Repayment of 15% unsecured term loan, due 2017	0
Intercompany advances	(64,526)	(79,373)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities of continuing operations		(81,704)
Net cash used in financing activities of discontinued operations		0
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(66,939)	(81,704)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	7	(372)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(222)	271
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	286	280
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	64	551
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Cash flows from operating activities: [Abstract]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities of continuing operations	(1,211)	(28)
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations	0	0
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(1,211)	(28)
Cash flows from investing activities: [Abstract]
Cost of business acquisitions, net of cash acquired	0	0
Capital expenditures	(61)	(117)
Purchase of investment	0
Proceeds from insurance claim	0
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment	0	0
Proceeds from sale of intangible asset		0
Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations		(117)
Net cash provided by investing activities of discontinued operations		0
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(61)	(117)
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayment of 10.5% senior notes		0
Payment of financing related costs and expenses and debt issuance discounts	0	0
Repayments of other long-term debt	0	0
Purchase and retirement of common stock upon vesting of RSUs	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of 11.5% senior notes		0
Proceeds from issuance of 7% senior exchangeable notes		0
(Repayment) borrowings under revolving credit facility, net	0	0
Borrowings under ABL facility, due 2017	0
Repayments under ABL facility, due 2017	0
Proceeds from issuance of 15% unsecured term loan, due 2017	0
Repayment of 15% unsecured term loan, due 2017	0
Intercompany advances	833	939
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities of continuing operations		939
Net cash used in financing activities of discontinued operations		0
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	833	939
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	154	65
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(285)	859
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	2,061	1,440
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	1,776	2,299
Eliminations [Member]
Cash flows from operating activities: [Abstract]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities of continuing operations	0	0
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations	0	0
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	0	0
Cash flows from investing activities: [Abstract]
Cost of business acquisitions, net of cash acquired	0	0
Capital expenditures	0	0
Purchase of investment	0
Proceeds from insurance claim	0
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment	0	0
Proceeds from sale of intangible asset		0
Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations		0
Net cash provided by investing activities of discontinued operations		0
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	0	0
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayment of 10.5% senior notes		0
Payment of financing related costs and expenses and debt issuance discounts	0	0
Repayments of other long-term debt	0	0
Purchase and retirement of common stock upon vesting of RSUs	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of 11.5% senior notes		0
Proceeds from issuance of 7% senior exchangeable notes		0
(Repayment) borrowings under revolving credit facility, net	0	0
Borrowings under ABL facility, due 2017	0
Repayments under ABL facility, due 2017	0
Proceeds from issuance of 15% unsecured term loan, due 2017	0
Repayment of 15% unsecured term loan, due 2017	0
Intercompany advances	0	0
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities of continuing operations		0
Net cash used in financing activities of discontinued operations		0
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	0	0
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	0	0
7.875% senior subordinated notes [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayments of senior subordinated notes	(67,848)	(180,139)
7.875% senior subordinated notes [Member] | Parent Company [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayments of senior subordinated notes	0	0
7.875% senior subordinated notes [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayments of senior subordinated notes	(67,848)	(180,139)
7.875% senior subordinated notes [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayments of senior subordinated notes	0	0
7.875% senior subordinated notes [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayments of senior subordinated notes	0	0
7.875% senior subordinated notes [Member] | Eliminations [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayments of senior subordinated notes	0	0
Term Loan B, due 2016 [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayment of Term Loan	(389,105)
Proceeds from issuance of Term Loan Facility		18,948
Term Loan B, due 2016 [Member] | Parent Company [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayment of Term Loan	0
Proceeds from issuance of Term Loan Facility		0
Term Loan B, due 2016 [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayment of Term Loan	(389,105)
Proceeds from issuance of Term Loan Facility		18,948
Term Loan B, due 2016 [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayment of Term Loan	0
Proceeds from issuance of Term Loan Facility		0
Term Loan B, due 2016 [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayment of Term Loan	0
Proceeds from issuance of Term Loan Facility		0
Term Loan B, due 2016 [Member] | Eliminations [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayment of Term Loan	0
Proceeds from issuance of Term Loan Facility		0
8.375% senior subordinated notes [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayments of senior subordinated notes	0	(24,787)
8.375% senior subordinated notes [Member] | Parent Company [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayments of senior subordinated notes		0
8.375% senior subordinated notes [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayments of senior subordinated notes		(24,787)
8.375% senior subordinated notes [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayments of senior subordinated notes		0
8.375% senior subordinated notes [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayments of senior subordinated notes		0
8.375% senior subordinated notes [Member] | Eliminations [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Repayments of senior subordinated notes		0
Term loan facility, due 2017 [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Proceeds from issuance of Term Loan Facility	360,000	0
Term loan facility, due 2017 [Member] | Parent Company [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Proceeds from issuance of Term Loan Facility	0
Term loan facility, due 2017 [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Proceeds from issuance of Term Loan Facility	360,000
Term loan facility, due 2017 [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Proceeds from issuance of Term Loan Facility	0
Term loan facility, due 2017 [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Proceeds from issuance of Term Loan Facility	0
Term loan facility, due 2017 [Member] | Eliminations [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities: [Abstract]
Proceeds from issuance of Term Loan Facility	$ 0