Special Charges, Net Narrative (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended								11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	11 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 29, 2012 reporting_unit	Dec. 31, 2011 reporting_unit	Dec. 29, 2012 7.75% Senior secured notes Senior Notes	Dec. 31, 2011 7.75% Senior secured notes Senior Notes	Jan. 28, 2011 Parent Company	Dec. 31, 2011 Parent Company	Dec. 29, 2012 Parent Company	Jan. 01, 2011 Parent Company	Dec. 31, 2011 Colombia	Dec. 29, 2012 Internal Redesign and Restructuring of Global Operations	Dec. 29, 2012 Other Restructuring Initiatives	Dec. 29, 2012 Consultant Fee Internal Redesign and Restructuring of Global Operations	Dec. 29, 2012 Employee Relocation, Professional Fees and Other Administrative Cost Internal Redesign and Restructuring of Global Operations	Dec. 29, 2012 Employee Separation and Severance IS Support Initiative	Dec. 31, 2011 Successor	Dec. 29, 2012 Successor	Dec. 31, 2011 Successor Manufacturing Facility in North Little Rock, Arkansas	Dec. 31, 2011 Successor Parent Company	Dec. 29, 2012 Successor Parent Company	Dec. 29, 2012 Successor Parent Company 7.75% Senior secured notes Senior Notes	Dec. 31, 2011 Successor Colombia	Dec. 29, 2012 Successor Colombia	Dec. 31, 2011 Successor Plant Realignment Plant Realigment Costs Initiative Americas and Europe	Dec. 29, 2012 Successor Plant Realignment Plant Realigment Costs Initiative Americas and Europe	Jan. 28, 2011 Predecessor	Jan. 01, 2011 Predecessor	Jan. 01, 2011 Predecessor Assets held for Sale in Neunkirchen, Germany	Jan. 28, 2011 Predecessor Colombia	Jan. 01, 2011 Predecessor Colombia	Jan. 01, 2011 Predecessor Employee Severance and Facility Closing Plant Realigment Costs Initiative	Jan. 28, 2011 Predecessor Employee Severance and Facility Closing Plant Realigment Costs Initiative Americas and Europe	Jan. 28, 2011 2003 Plan Predecessor
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring Charges											$ 12,400,000	$ 500,000	$ 1,600,000	$ 2,000,000	$ 900,000	$ 1,515,000	$ 15,074,000							$ 1,500,000	$ 4,100,000	$ 194,000	$ 9,098,000				$ 9,100,000	$ 200,000
Severance Costs											8,800,000
Acquisition related costs						6,137,000	27,919,000	452,000	6,388,000										27,900,000	500,000
Loan acquisition costs								19,252,000													19,300,000					6,100,000	6,400,000
Carrying amount of long-term debt				560,000,000	560,000,000
Interest on loan				7.75%
Exercises (in dollars per share)																																	$ 6.00
Expense associated with accelerated vesting and cancelation of share based awards																																	12,700,000
Special charges associated with restoration of manufacturing facility																						1,000,000	100,000						1,700,000	1,600,000
Cost to bring manufacturing equipment to functional state capitalized										8,000,000
Goodwill impairment	7,600,000	0	(7,647,000)
Number of reporting units with goodwill impairment		4	4
Number of reporting units		12
Asset impairment charge																$ 9,267,000	$ 0	$ 1,600,000								$ 0	$ 744,000	$ 700,000