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Business Combinations - Additional Information (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands, € in Millions | Jul. 31, 2019 USD ($) shares | Jul. 31, 2019 EUR (€) shares | Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2020 EUR (€) | Jul. 29, 2020 USD ($) | Jul. 29, 2020 EUR (€) | Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2020 EUR (€) | Apr. 03, 2020 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) | Jul. 31, 2019 EUR (€) | Jul. 30, 2019 $ / shares
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Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred cash consideration | $ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 27,112 | $ 27,735 |  |
ARGES GmbH |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of shares acquired | 100.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100.00% |
Purchase price | $ 73,200 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | € 65.7 |
Business acquisition, date of acquisition | Jul. 31, 2019 | Jul. 31, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash consideration | $ 26,700 | € 24.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Businesses combination in common shares | $ 10,900 | € 9.8 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business combination number of shares acquired | shares | 124 | 124 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business acquisition, closing market price per share | $ / shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 87.58
Fair value of contingent consideration | $ 7,900 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | € 7.1 |
ARGES GmbH | Forecast |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred cash consideration |  |  | $ 21,700 | € 20.0 | $ 27,700 | € 24.8 | $ 5,400 | € 5.0 |  |  |  |

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