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Business combination, price per share of common stock in cash.

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Business combination share received per common stock.

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Date when the business acquisition agreement was executed, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Details) - Subsequent Event [Member] $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands	Jul. 15, 2021 USD ($)	Jul. 15, 2021 CAD ($)	Jul. 01, 2021 CAD ($)	Jul. 01, 2021 USD ($) shares
Photon Control Inc [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Date of completed previously announced acquisition	Jul. 15, 2021	Jul. 15, 2021
Price per share of common stock in cash		$ 3,600
Business acquisition, total cash consideration	$ 309,500	$ 386,900
Atotech Limited [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Price per share of common stock in cash				$ 16,200
Business acquisition, total cash consideration			$ 5,100
Date of acquisition agreement			Jul. 01, 2021
Number of share received per common stock \| shares				0.0552
Atotech Limited [Member] \| New Term Loan Facility [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Senior secured credit facility				$ 5,300,000
Atotech Limited [Member] \| Revolving Lines of Credit [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Senior secured credit facility				$ 500,000