Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Share-Based Payments (Details)

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Share-Based Payments (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Share-based compensation, aggregate disclosures [Abstract]        
Total stock-based compensation cost $ 2,039us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 1,665us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 4,564us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 3,239us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
Future income tax benefit from compensation expense recognized 795us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense 649us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense 1,780us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense 1,263us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense
Cash received from stock options exercised 51us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationCashReceivedFromExerciseOfStockOptions 173us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationCashReceivedFromExerciseOfStockOptions 3,778us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationCashReceivedFromExerciseOfStockOptions 1,828us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationCashReceivedFromExerciseOfStockOptions
Tax benefit realized from options exercised 6us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitRealizedFromExerciseOfStockOptions 8us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitRealizedFromExerciseOfStockOptions 321us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitRealizedFromExerciseOfStockOptions 185us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitRealizedFromExerciseOfStockOptions
2012 Equity Incentive Plan [Member]        
Share-based compensation, aggregate disclosures [Abstract]        
Term of plan 10 years      
Maximum number of shares available for grants or awards (in shares) 2,500,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized
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= us-gaap_StockCompensationPlanMember
  2,500,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized
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= us-gaap_StockCompensationPlanMember
 
Shares reserved for future issuance under award plan (in shares) 1,476,798us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
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= us-gaap_StockCompensationPlanMember
  1,476,798us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
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= us-gaap_StockCompensationPlanMember
 
Restricted Stock [Member]        
Share-based compensation, aggregate disclosures [Abstract]        
Vesting rights With respect to outstanding restricted share grants, for grants made prior to fiscal 2013, generally one-half of the shares vest on the third anniversary of the grant, with the remaining one-half of the shares vesting in one-third increments upon attainment of pre-defined levels of appreciation in the market value of the Company’s Class A Common Stock.      
Award expiration Unvested restricted shares generally expire on the earlier of five years from the date of grant, upon employment termination, or within specified time limits following voluntary employment termination (with the consent of the Company), retirement or death. The Company issues restricted shares from treasury shares.      
Restricted stock activity [Roll Forward]        
Non-vested at beginning of period (in shares)     575,150us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
 
Granted (in shares)     215,370us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
 
Vested (in shares)     (158,992)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
 
Expired or forfeited (in shares)     (34,244)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
 
Non-vested at end of period (in shares) 597,284us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
  597,284us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
 
Non-vested weighted-average grant-date fair value, beginning of period (in dollars per share)     $ 33.83us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
 
Granted, weighted-average grant-date fair value (in dollars per share)     $ 40.07us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
 
Vested, weighted-average grant-date fair value (in dollars per share)     $ 34.42us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
 
Expired or forfeited, weighted-average grant-date fair value (in dollars per share)     $ 24.92us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
 
Non-vested weighted-average grant-date fair value, end of period (in dollars per share) $ 36.44us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
  $ 36.44us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
 
Unrecognized compensation cost [Abstract]        
Unrecognized compensation cost on non-vested awards 11,867us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized
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  11,867us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
 
Weighted average period of recognition of unrecognized compensation cost on non-vested awards     1 year 10 months 24 days  
Fair value assumptions [Abstract]        
Expected volatility (in hundredths)     22.20%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
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26.60%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Dividend yield (in hundredths)     1.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
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1.10%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Average risk-free interest rate (in hundredths)     1.70%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
1.40%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Average expected term     1 year 9 months 18 days 2 years
Stock Options [Member]        
Share-based compensation, aggregate disclosures [Abstract]        
Exercisable rights Outstanding stock options are generally exercisable in one-third increments upon the attainment of pre-defined levels of appreciation in the market value of the Company’s Class A Common Stock.      
Vesting rights Options generally vest in one-third increments after three, four and five years, respectively, from the grant date (but, in any event, not until the attainment of the market value thresholds)      
Award expiration The options expire on the earlier of ten years from the date of grant, upon employment termination, or within specified time limits following voluntary employment termination (with the consent of the Company), retirement or death. The Company generally settles employee stock option exercises with treasury shares., upon employment termination, or within specified time limits following voluntary employment termination (with the consent of the Company), retirement or death. The Company generally settles employee stock option exercises with treasury shares.      
Stock option activity [Roll Forward]        
Outstanding, beginning of period (in shares)     512,322us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Exercised (in shares)     (99,144)us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Expired or forfeited (in shares)     (68,557)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriod
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Outstanding, end of period (in shares) 344,621us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
  344,621us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Exercisable (in shares) 100,633us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
  100,633us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Outstanding, weighted-average exercise price, beginning of period (in dollars per share)     $ 38.62us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Exercised, weighted-average exercise price (in dollars per share)     $ 38.11us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Expired or forfeited, weighted-average exercise price (in dollars per share)     $ 36.52us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Outstanding, weighted-average exercise price, end of period (in dollars per share) $ 39.19us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
  $ 39.19us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Exercisable, weighted-average exercise price (in dollars per share) $ 38.76us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
  $ 38.76us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Outstanding, weighted-average remaining contractual term     1 year 2 months 12 days  
Outstanding, aggregate intrinsic value 4,246us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingIntrinsicValue
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
  4,246us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingIntrinsicValue
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Exercisable, weighted-average remaining contractual term     1 year 1 month 6 days  
Exercisable, aggregate intrinsic value 1,284us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableIntrinsicValue1
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
  1,284us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableIntrinsicValue1
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Intrinsic value of options exercised 856us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
509us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
   
Non-vested options activity [Roll Forward]        
Non-vested at beginning of period (in shares)     312,442us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedNumberOfShares
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Expired or forfeited (in shares)     (68,454)us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedOptionsForfeitedNumberOfShares
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Non-vested at end of period (in shares) 243,988us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedNumberOfShares
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
  243,988us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedNumberOfShares
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Non-vested, weighted-average grant-date fair value, beginning of period (in dollars per share)     $ 11.21us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Expired or forfeited, weighted-average grant-date fair value (in dollars per share)     $ 11.70us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedOptionsForfeitedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Non-vested, weighted-average grant-date fair value, end of period (in dollars per share) $ 11.07us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
  $ 11.07us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Director Fee Plan, aggregate disclosures [Abstract]        
Option awards outstanding (in shares) 344,621us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
  344,621us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Director Fee Plan [Member]        
Share-based compensation, aggregate disclosures [Abstract]        
Shares reserved for future issuance under award plan (in shares) 150,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
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= matw_DirectorFeePlanMember
  150,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= matw_DirectorFeePlanMember
 
Stock option activity [Roll Forward]        
Outstanding, end of period (in shares) 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
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= matw_DirectorFeePlanMember
  0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
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= matw_DirectorFeePlanMember
 
Director Fee Plan, aggregate disclosures [Abstract]        
Annual retainer fee paid to non-employee directors 75us-gaap_NoninterestExpenseDirectorsFees
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Annual retainer fee paid to non-employee Chairman of the Board 175matw_NoninterestExpenseChairmanOfBoardDirectorsFees
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Shares deferred under the Director Fee Plan (in shares) 17,005matw_SharesDeferredUnderStockBasedCompensationPlan
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= matw_DirectorFeePlanMember
  17,005matw_SharesDeferredUnderStockBasedCompensationPlan
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= matw_DirectorFeePlanMember
 
Value of annual stock based grant $ 110matw_ValueOfAnnualStockBasedGrant
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= matw_DirectorFeePlanMember
     
Total stock options granted to date (in shares) 22,300matw_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardsOptionsGrantedToDate
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= matw_DirectorFeePlanMember
  22,300matw_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardsOptionsGrantedToDate
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= matw_DirectorFeePlanMember
 
Option awards outstanding (in shares) 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
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= matw_DirectorFeePlanMember
  0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= matw_DirectorFeePlanMember
 
Total restricted stock awards granted to date (in shares) 136,568matw_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardsRestrictedStockGrantedToDate
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= matw_DirectorFeePlanMember
  136,568matw_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardsRestrictedStockGrantedToDate
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= matw_DirectorFeePlanMember
 
Restricted stock awards unvested (in shares) 33,418matw_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementRestrictedStockAwardsUnvested
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= matw_DirectorFeePlanMember
  33,418matw_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementRestrictedStockAwardsUnvested
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= matw_DirectorFeePlanMember