Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)

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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2015
Dec. 28, 2013
Dec. 29, 2012
Income Tax Disclosures [Line Items]      
Income tax payments $ 2,091,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid $ 2,445,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid $ 1,991,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid
State Jurisdiction [Member]      
Income Tax Disclosures [Line Items]      
Net operating loss carryforwards 50,774,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
45,503,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
 
Portion of NOL subject to valuation allowance 45,965,000synl_PortionOfNetOperatingLossSubjectToValuationAllowance
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
   
Valuation allowance for net operating loss carrryforwards 1,570,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwardsValuationAllowance
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
   
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Member] | State Jurisdiction [Member]      
Income Tax Disclosures [Line Items]      
Increase in valuation allowance during the period $ 178,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceOperatingLossCarryforwardsMember