pke_MinimumInterestCoverageRatio
Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio
Represents the minimum interest coverage ratio.
Document And Entity Information
us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized
Note To Financial Statement Details Textual
pke_NumberOfStandbyLetterOfCreditIssued
Number of Standby Letter of Credit Issued
Represents the number of standby letters of credit.
statementnote3marketablesecuritiestables
pke_NumberOfQuarterlyInstallments
Number of Quarterly Installments
Quarterly installments of repayment for the debt.
statementnote4inventoriestables
statementnote6stockbasedcompensationtables
pke_QuickRatio
Quick Ratio
Measures the company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets.
statementnote8earningspersharetables
statementnote11geographicregionstables
statementnote3marketablesecuritiessummaryofavailableforsalesecuritiesdetails
statementnote3marketablesecuritiessummaryofunrealizedgainslossesonavailableforsalesecuritiesdetails
pke_Pledgeofstockpercentageasguaranteeforcreditagreement
Pledge of Stock Percentage as Guarantee for Credit Agreement
Represents the pledge of stock percentage as guarantee for credit agreement.
Amendment Flag
statementnote3marketablesecuritiesestimatedfairvalueofsecuritiesbycontractualmaturitydetails
statementnote4inventoriesinventoriesdetails
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
statementnote6stockbasedcompensationoptionactivitydetails
statementnote8earningspersharebasicanddilutedearningspersharedetails
us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
Purchase of treasury stock
us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense
statementnote11geographicregionsfinancialinformationbygeographicregionsaledetails
statementnote11geographicregionsfinancialinformationbygeographicregionassetsdetails
Domestic Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Minimum [Member]
Notes To Financial Statements
Maximum [Member]
Range [Axis]
Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract]
Range [Domain]
PNC Bank National Association [Member]
Lender to credit facility.
Document Fiscal Year Focus
us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net earnings
Net earnings
Net earnings
Document Fiscal Period Focus
Daily LIBOR Plus [Member]
Represents information related to the daily LIBOR rate.
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]
Federal Funds Rate [Member]
Represents information relating to the federal funds rate.
us-gaap_ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised
Proceeds from Stock Options Exercised
Document Period End Date
Fair Value Disclosures [Text Block]
Current Fiscal Year End Date
us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardExpirationPeriod
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period
Entity Current Reporting Status
Entity Voluntary Filers
Entity Filer Category
All Countries [Domain]
Document Type
Investment, Name [Axis]
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Investment, Name [Domain]
us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
Marketable securities (Note 3)
Cost of sales
us-gaap_OtherAssetImpairmentCharges
Other Asset Impairment Charges
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]
Cash flows from investing activities:
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer
us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities
Net cash provided by operating activities
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOperatingCapital
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Exercised (in dollars per share)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Granted (in dollars per share)
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Terminated or expired (in dollars per share)
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $400 and $396, respectively
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable
Statement [Table]
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Balance (in dollars per share)
Balance (in dollars per share)
us-gaap_LineOfCredit
Long-term Line of Credit
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
Short-term Debt, Type [Domain]
Short-term Debt, Type [Axis]
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Letter of Credit [Member]
Current assets:
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents
Income Statement [Abstract]
us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseExcludingExchangeRateEffect
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents before effect of exchange rate changes
Interest expense (Note 5)
Interest Expense
Europe [Member]
North America [Member]
us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesNetOfTax
Less: reclassification adjustment for gains (losses) included in net earnings
us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities
Net cash used in financing activities
Nelco Technology Zhuhai FTZ Ltd [Member]
Represents information related to the company Nelco Technology Zhuhai FTZ Ltd.
New England Laminates Co Inc [Member]
Information related to the company New England Laminates Co Inc.
Geographical [Axis]
Credit Facility [Domain]
Asia [Member]
Special Dividend [Member]
Special dividend to shareholders.
Credit Facility [Axis]
Nelco Products Pte Ltd [Member]
Represents information related to the company Nelco Products Pte Ltd.
us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIRealizedUponSaleOrLiquidationBeforeTax
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Foreign Currency Transaction and Translation Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, Realized upon Sale or Liquidation, before Tax
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriod
Terminated or expired (in shares)
us-gaap_RealEstateHeldforsale
Real Estate Held-for-sale
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
Balance (in shares)
Balance (in shares)
us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Total shareholders' equity
us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends
Dividends paid
Selling, general and administrative expenses
us-gaap_TableTextBlock
Notes Tables
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRateMaximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate, Maximum
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRateMinimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate, Minimum
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRateMaximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate, Maximum
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRateMinimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate, Minimum
us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
Stock Repurchase Program, Number of Shares Authorized to be Repurchased
us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedTerm1
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term
us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Number of Shares Authorized to be Repurchased
us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax
Foreign currency translation
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Text Block]
pke_StockRepurchaseProgramPercentageOfOutstandingSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
Stock Repurchase Program, Percentage of Outstanding Shares Authorized to be Repurchased
The percent of outstanding stock authorized to be repurchased
us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare
Treasury Stock Acquired, Average Cost Per Share
Inventories (Note 4)
us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets
Long-lived assets
us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesRetired
Treasury Stock, Shares, Retired
us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
Treasury Stock, Shares, Acquired
us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding
us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsFairValue
Due after one year through five years
Unrealized holding gains arising during the period
us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue
Due in one year or less
Unrealized gains on marketable securities:
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate
Proceeds from sales of property, plant and eqipment
Proceeds from Sale of Property, Plant, and Equipment
pke_NumberOfInsuranceCarriersThatHaveFiledAnswersToLawsuit
Number of Insurance Carriers That Have Filed Answers to Lawsuit
Number of insurance carriers that have filed answers to the lawsuit.
pke_NumberOfInsuranceCarriers
Number of Insurance Carriers
Number of insurance carriers.
Two Insurance Carriers [Member]
Two insurance carriers.
Insurance Carrier One [Member]
Insurance carrier one.
pke_NumberOfSitesOfCompanyOrSubsidiariesThatHaveBeenNamedForPotentialEnvironmentalRemediationLiability
Number of Sites of Company or Subsidiaries That Have Been Named for Potential Environmental Remediation Liability
Number of sites of the company or subsidiaries that have been named for potential environmental remediation liability.
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Vested and exercisable (in dollars per share)
pke_PercentageOfLegalDefenseAndRemediationCostsAssociatedWithSitesReimbursedByInsuranceCarriers
Percentage of Legal Defense and Remediation Costs Associated with Sites Reimbursed by Insurance Carriers
Percentage of legal defense and remediation costs associated with sites reimbursed by insurance carriers.
Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas [Table Text Block]
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestOutstandingNumber
Vested and exercisable (in shares)
pke_NumberOfUnitsCoveredUnderGeneralLiabilityInsuranceCoverage
Number of Units Covered Under General Liability Insurance Coverage
Number of units covered under general liability insurance coverage.
us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax
Total comprehensive earnings
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)
Inventories:
Additional paid in capital
us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Other comprehensive (loss) earnings
us-gaap_Assets
Total assets
Shareholders' equity:
Current liabilities:
Legal Entity [Axis]
Entity Registrant Name
Property, plant and equipment, net
Entity Central Index Key
Debt Security [Axis]
Entity [Domain]
Major Types of Debt Securities [Domain]
us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireMarketableSecurities
Purchases of marketable securities
us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedForeignEarnings
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Undistributed Foreign Earnings
Major Types of Debt and Equity Securities [Axis]
Net sales
Sales
US Treasury and Government [Member]
Major Types of Debt and Equity Securities [Domain]
Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]
Other assets
us-gaap_AccrualForEnvironmentalLossContingencies
Accrual for Environmental Loss Contingencies
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)
Litigation Status [Domain]
Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)
Litigation Status [Axis]
us-gaap_Liabilities
Total liabilities
Earnings Per Share [Text Block]
Earnings per share (Note 8):
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]
Trading Symbol
Scenario [Axis]
Scenario, Unspecified [Domain]
Scenario, Forecast [Member]
Proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities
us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Total current assets
Other comprehensive (loss) earnings, net of tax:
Standby Letters of Credit [Member]
us-gaap_DisclosureTextBlockAbstract
Notes to Financial Statements
Gross Unrealized Losses
Debt Instrument, Name [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Axis]
Gross Unrealized Gains
UNITED STATES
Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Table Text Block]
Provision for deferred income taxes
us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Total current liabilities
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period [Axis]
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period [Domain]
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member]
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two [Member]
us-gaap_PaymentsForRestructuring
Payments for Restructuring
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:
pke_StockoldersEquityIncludingTreasuryStock
Stockholders' equity
Stockholders Equity Including Treasury Stock.
Cash paid during the period for income taxes, net of refunds
Supplemental cash flow information:
Depreciation and amortization
us-gaap_ForeignEarningsRepatriated
Foreign Earnings Repatriated
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
Fair Value Hierarchy [Domain]
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings
Fair Value, Hierarchy [Axis]
Retained earnings
Restructuring and Related Activities Disclosure [Text Block]
Amortization of bond premium
Current deferred income taxes
Subsequent Event Type [Domain]
Subsequent Event Type [Axis]
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Stock-based compensation
us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period
Exercised (in shares)
Subsequent Event [Member]
Statement of Cash Flows [Abstract]
us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue
Less treasury stock, at cost
Amortized Cost Basis
us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod
Treasury Stock, Value, Acquired, Cost Method
Cash flows from operating activities:
Investments in Debt and Marketable Equity Securities (and Certain Trading Assets) Disclosure [Text Block]
Net effect of dilutive options (in shares)
Current portion of long-term debt (Note 5)
Restricted cash (Note 5)
Cash paid during the period for interest
To Continue the Loan [Member]
Represents information about the additional borrowing to continue the loan that was provided under the Credit Agreement, .
To Finance a Special Dividend Paid to Shareholders [Member]
Represents information about the first borrowing from the "Amended Credit Agreement".
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)
us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount
Diluted weighted average shares (in shares)
Weighted average shares outstanding for diluted EPS (in shares)
Debt Covenant Required for Quarter Three and Four [Member]
Represents information about the required debt covenant for the third and fourth quarters.
Debt Covenant Required for Quarter Two [Member]
Represents information about the required debt covenant for the second quarter.
Debt Covenant Required for Quarter One [Member]
Represents information about the required debt covenant for the first quarter.
Accrued liabilities
us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Earnings before income taxes
Income tax provision (Note 10)
Accounts payable
Cash flows from financing activities:
Debt Covenant Required for the Period December 1, 2014 through November 27, 2016 [Member]
Represents information about the required debt covenant for the period December 1, 2014 through November 27, 2016.
Losses on Marketable Securities [Member]
Represents losses on marketable securities.
us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities
Net cash used in investing activities
pke_PercentageOfStockOptionsExercisableOneYearFromDateOfGrant
Percentage of Stock Options, Exercisable One Year From Date of Grant
Percentage of stock options exercisable one year from date of grant.
Gains on Marketable Securities [Member]
Gains on marketable securities.
pke_DebtAgreementMinimumDomesticLiquidAssetsRequired
Debt Agreement, Minimum Domestic Liquid Assets Required
The amount of domestic liquid assets (including cash and marketable securities) that the reporting entity must maintain under a debt agreement.
Income taxes payable
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
The cash inflow associated with the amount received from holders exercising their stock options, and from realized tax benefit related to deductible compensation cost reported on the entity's tax return for equity instruments in excess of the compensation cost for those instruments recognized for financial reporting purposes.
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInRestrictedCash
Restricted cash (Note 5)
us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalSharebasedCompensationRequisiteServicePeriodRecognitionValue
Adjustments to Additional Paid in Capital, Share-based Compensation, Requisite Service Period Recognition
Weighted average common shares outstanding for basic EPS (in shares)
Debt Covenant Required for All Period Thereafter [Member]
Represents information about the required debt covenant for all period after the second year.
us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate
Debt Covenant Required for Year Two [Member]
Represents information about the required debt covenant for year two.
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)
SINGAPORE
us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal
pke_PercentageOfStockOptionsExercisableOnEachSucceedingYearFromDateOfGrant
Percentage of Stock Options Exercisable On Each Succeeding Year from Date of Grant
Percentage of stock options exercisable on each succeeding year from the date of grant.
pke_MaximumFundedDebtRatio
Maximum Funded Debt Ratio
The covenant for the maximum funded debt ratio.
pke_DividendCovenantMaximumQuarterlyDividend
Dividend Covenant, Maximum Quarterly Dividend
The covenant for the maximum quarterly dividend that can be paid out.
Interest and other income
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]
Common stock
Goodwill and other intangible assets
Class of Stock [Axis]
us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit
Proceeds from Lines of Credit
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent
pke_DeferredIncomeTaxesSettlementRepatriationOfForeignEarnings
Deferred Income Taxes Settlement, Repatriation of Foreign Earnings
Represents information about the amount of settled deferred income taxes through payment with the related tax authorities.
Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]
Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Work-in-process
Finished goods
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]
Variable Rate [Domain]
Variable Rate [Axis]
Statement [Line Items]
us-gaap_LitigationSettlementExpense
Litigation Settlement, Expense
Raw materials
Manufacturing supplies
Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date [Table Text Block]
us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermLinesOfCredit
Repayments of Long-term Lines of Credit
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments [Table Text Block]
us-gaap_GrossProfit
Gross profit
Deferred income taxes
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt
Payments of long-term debt
Other liabilities
us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End
us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity
Equity Component [Domain]
Equity Components [Axis]
us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment
us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage
Long-term debt (Note 5)
us-gaap_PolicyTextBlockAbstract
Accounting Policies
us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1
Business Exit Costs
us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityExpirationPeriod
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Period
us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Earnings from operations
Restructuring charges (Note 7)
Restructuring Charges
Schedule of Fair Value of Separate Accounts by Major Category of Investment [Table Text Block]
Line of Credit Facility, Lender [Domain]
Lender Name [Axis]