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Financial Instruments - Outstanding Currency, Forward Exchange Contracts (Detail) (Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | Jan. 31, 2015
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Derivative [Line Items] |
Notional Amounts of foreign currency derivative sale contracts | $ 494,285 us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount
Fair Market Value of foreign currency derivative sale contracts | 466,625 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset
Notional Amounts of foreign currency derivative purchase contracts | 553,218 us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilityNotionalAmount
Fair Market Value of foreign currency derivative purchase contracts | 527,457 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability
Euro [Member] |
Derivative [Line Items] |
Notional Amounts of foreign currency derivative sale contracts | 347,239 us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_EUR / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Fair Market Value of foreign currency derivative sale contracts | 320,834 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_EUR / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Notional Amounts of foreign currency derivative purchase contracts | 338,406 us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilityNotionalAmount / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_EUR / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Fair Market Value of foreign currency derivative purchase contracts | 316,997 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_EUR / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
British Pound [Member] |
Derivative [Line Items] |
Notional Amounts of foreign currency derivative sale contracts | 118,975 us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_GBP / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Fair Market Value of foreign currency derivative sale contracts | 118,006 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_GBP / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Notional Amounts of foreign currency derivative purchase contracts | 100,545 us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilityNotionalAmount / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_GBP / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Fair Market Value of foreign currency derivative purchase contracts | 99,102 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_GBP / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Japanese Yen [Member] |
Derivative [Line Items] |
Notional Amounts of foreign currency derivative sale contracts | 20,376 us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_JPY / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Fair Market Value of foreign currency derivative sale contracts | 20,332 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_JPY / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Notional Amounts of foreign currency derivative purchase contracts | 5,615 us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilityNotionalAmount / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_JPY / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Fair Market Value of foreign currency derivative purchase contracts | 5,621 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_JPY / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Australian Dollar [Member] |
Derivative [Line Items] |
Notional Amounts of foreign currency derivative sale contracts | 484 us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_AUD / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Fair Market Value of foreign currency derivative sale contracts | 466 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_AUD / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Notional Amounts of foreign currency derivative purchase contracts | 8,336 us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilityNotionalAmount / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_AUD / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Fair Market Value of foreign currency derivative purchase contracts | 7,523 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_AUD / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Hong Kong Dollar [Member] |
Derivative [Line Items] |
Notional Amounts of foreign currency derivative purchase contracts | 61,211 us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilityNotionalAmount / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_HKD / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Fair Market Value of foreign currency derivative purchase contracts | 61,219 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_HKD / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Singapore Dollar [Member] |
Derivative [Line Items] |
Notional Amounts of foreign currency derivative sale contracts | 558 us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_SGD / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Fair Market Value of foreign currency derivative sale contracts | 554 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_SGD / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Notional Amounts of foreign currency derivative purchase contracts | 10,554 us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilityNotionalAmount / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_SGD / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Fair Market Value of foreign currency derivative purchase contracts | 10,146 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_SGD / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Others [Member] |
Derivative [Line Items] |
Notional Amounts of foreign currency derivative sale contracts | 6,653 us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = ndsn_OtherCurrenciesMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Fair Market Value of foreign currency derivative sale contracts | 6,433 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = ndsn_OtherCurrenciesMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Notional Amounts of foreign currency derivative purchase contracts | 28,551 us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilityNotionalAmount / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = ndsn_OtherCurrenciesMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Fair Market Value of foreign currency derivative purchase contracts | $ 26,849 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = ndsn_OtherCurrenciesMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember

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