Ascent Industries Co. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Cover
- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Interest Rate Swap (Narrative) (Details)

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Interest Rate Swap (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Interest Rate Swap (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	Jan. 03, 2015	Dec. 28, 2013	Aug. 09, 2013	Aug. 21, 2012
Derivative [Line Items]
Interest rate swap liability	215,188	$ 80,498
Color Resources, LLC [Member] \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] \| Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Interest rate swap, notional amount			4,033,250
Interest rate swap, fixed interest rate (percent)			4.83%
Remaining maturity period of interest rate swap (years)	10 years
Color Resources, LLC [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Interest rate swap liability	215,000	80,000
Palmer of Texas [Member] \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] \| Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Interest rate swap, notional amount				22,500,000
Interest rate swap, fixed interest rate (percent)				3.74%
Remaining maturity period of interest rate swap (years)	10 years
Palmer of Texas [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Fair value of interest rate swap	11,000	$ 301,000

- Definition

Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). Expressed as an absolute value.

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- Definition

Period remaining until the derivative contract matures, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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