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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The amount of goodwill arising from a business combination that is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

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Amount of assets that are expected to be realized or consumed within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount of liabilities due within one year or within the normal operating cycle, if longer, assumed at the acquisition date.

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Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	$ 335,786	$ 216,398	$ 68,557
Acquired Current Assets	44,159
Acquired Property, Plant, and Equipment	8,424
Acquired Goodwill	205,805	119,512
Acquired intangible assets, net	134,049
Acquired Noncurrent Assets	12,986
Acquired Current Liabilities	(34,803)
Acquired Noncurrent Liabilities	(34,834)
Acquired Goodwill - Tax Deductible	33,183
Acquired Goodwill - Non Deductible	172,622
BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillAndIntangibleAssets	339,854
Customer-Related Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired intangible assets, net	103,310
Unpatented Technologies [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired intangible assets, net	21,125
Trademarks [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired intangible assets, net	$ 9,614
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	15 years
ICS [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	$ 77,030
Acquired intangible assets, net	33,525
Acquired Goodwill - Tax Deductible	47,339
Solaris [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	18,680
Acquired intangible assets, net	3,280
Acquired Goodwill - Tax Deductible	12,230
Em-tec [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	30,396
Acquired intangible assets, net	8,344
Acquired Goodwill - Tax Deductible	19,572
Soft-Pak [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	45,500
Acquired intangible assets, net	12,800
Acquired Goodwill - Tax Deductible	33,183
Systech [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	161,830
Acquired intangible assets, net	76,100
Acquired Goodwill - Tax Deductible	$ 91,493
All-Flo [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired		39,954
Acquired intangible assets, net		14,980
Acquired Goodwill - Tax Deductible		20,567
Belanger [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired		175,350
Acquired intangible assets, net		77,000
Acquired Goodwill - Tax Deductible		$ 97,898
Rosario [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired			15,339
Ettlinger [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired			$ 53,218
Minimum [Member] \| Customer-Related Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	10 years
Minimum [Member] \| Unpatented Technologies [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	5 years
Minimum [Member] \| All-Flo [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired		13 years
Minimum [Member] \| Belanger [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired		9 years
Maximum [Member] \| Customer-Related Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	14 years
Maximum [Member] \| Unpatented Technologies [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	9 years
Maximum [Member] \| All-Flo [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired		15 years
Maximum [Member] \| Belanger [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired		15 years