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Acquisition - Trojan Label - Additional Information (Detail) - TrojanLabel ApS [Member]	Feb. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2017 DKK (kr)	Apr. 28, 2018 USD ($)	Apr. 28, 2018 DKK (kr)	Feb. 01, 2017 DKK (kr)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price of acquisition	$ 9,100,000	kr 62,900,000
Purchase price of acquisition amount held in escrow	900,000				kr 6,400,000
Cash acquired from acquisition	$ 100,000	kr 976,000
Purchase price of acquisition amount held in escrow account recovered			$ 145,000	kr 891,000

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The cash inflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period (for example, cash that was held by the acquired business).

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