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

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Acquisitions (Textual) (Details)

Acquisitions (Textual) (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Textual) (Details) (USD $)	Nov. 21, 2014	Jan. 03, 2015 employees	Dec. 28, 2013	Dec. 29, 2012	Aug. 09, 2013	Aug. 26, 2013	Dec. 29, 2012 employees	Aug. 21, 2012	Aug. 21, 2014	Aug. 21, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible asset depreciation period (years)	10 years
Acquisition costs		$ 12,618,787	$ 2,898,048	$ 3,982,884
Employees added during acquisition (employees)		30synl_BusinessCombinationEmployeesAdded
Change in fair value of contingent consideration liability associated with the Palmer acquisition		(3,476,197)
Specialty Pipe And Tube, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase Price	31,490,433
Contingent consideration payment, upper limit	5,000,000
Contingent consideration earn-out period (years)	2 years	2 years
Revenue threshold for earn-out	27,000,000
Earn-out percentage threshold	2,000,000
Earn-out multiplier threshold	2,500,000
Single earn-out limit	2,500,000
Cumulative revenue threshold for earn-out	58,000,000
Cumulative revenue threshold for earn-our calculation	54,000,000
Cumulative earn-out percentage threshold	4,000,000
Cumulative earn-out multiplier threshold	5,000,000
Estimated earn out payments, discounted	4,774,000
Intangible assets	11,457,000
Revenues		2,524,000
Income before income taxes		493,000
CRI Facility [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase Price					3,450,000
Revenues			1,824,000
Income before income taxes			144,000
CRI Tolling [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase Price						1,100,000
Palmer of Texas [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase Price								25,575,000
Contingent consideration payment, upper limit								10,500,000
Contingent consideration earn-out period (years)		3 years						3 years
Estimated earn out payments, discounted								8,152,000
Intangible assets								9,000,000
Intangible asset depreciation period (years)								15 years
Revenues				12,619,000
Income before income taxes				977,000
Employees added during acquisition (employees)							130
Revised acquisition purchase price								26,951,209
Period of maintenance capital expenditures subsequent to acquisition (months)								18 months
Contingent consideration payment, lower limit								2,500,000
Claw back period (years)								2 years
Contingency liability								1,200,000
Indemnification assets			336,000					1,200,000
EBITDA threshold, lower range for earn out payment								5,825,000
EBITDA threshold, upper range for earn out payment								6,825,000
Earn out payment, above EBITDA upper range								3,500,000
EBITDA threshold, lower range for three year earn out payment								17,475,000
EBITDA threshold, upper range for three year earn out payment								20,475,000
Earn out payment, between lower and upper EBITDA three year ranges								7,500,000
Maximum three year earn out payment								10,500,000
Estimated earn out payments								8,500,000
Earn-out liability balance			6,000,000
Year 1 [Member] \| Palmer of Texas [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contingency liability			2,500,000
Year 2 [Member] \| Palmer of Texas [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contingent consideration payment, lower limit									2,500,000
EBITDA threshold, lower range for three year earn out payment									5,825,000
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Change in fair value of contingent consideration liability associated with the Palmer acquisition		(3,476,000)
Scenario, Forecast [Member] \| Year 3 [Member] \| Palmer of Texas [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
EBITDA threshold, upper range for earn out payment										6,825,000
EBITDA threshold, lower range for three year earn out payment										5,825,000
Contingent Consideration [Member] \| Specialty Pipe And Tube, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated earn out payments, discount rate	3.00%
Contingent Consideration [Member] \| Palmer of Texas [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated earn out payments, discount rate								2.00%
Acquisition-related Costs [Member] \| Specialty Pipe And Tube, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs		302,000
Acquisition-related Costs [Member] \| CRI Tolling [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs			255,000
Acquisition-related Costs [Member] \| Palmer of Texas [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs				881,000
Professional Audit Fees [Member] \| Specialty Pipe And Tube, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs		92,000
Professional Audit Fees [Member] \| CRI Tolling [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs			113,000
Professional Audit Fees [Member] \| Palmer of Texas [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs				355,000
Bank and Swap Agreement Fees [Member] \| CRI Tolling [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs			70,000
Bank and Swap Agreement Fees [Member] \| Palmer of Texas [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs				337,000
Legal Fees [Member] \| Specialty Pipe And Tube, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs		83,000
Legal Fees [Member] \| CRI Tolling [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs			53,000
Legal Fees [Member] \| Palmer of Texas [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs				93,000
Consultant Fees [Member] \| Specialty Pipe And Tube, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs		65,000
Travel Costs [Member] \| Specialty Pipe And Tube, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs		62,000
Travel Costs [Member] \| Palmer of Texas [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs				25,000
Other Expense [Member] \| CRI Tolling [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs			19,000
Other Expense [Member] \| Palmer of Texas [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs				$ 71,000