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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands, € in Millions	Apr. 11, 2022 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2021 USD ($) shares	Apr. 11, 2022 EUR (€)	Apr. 01, 2022 USD ($)
Atotech Limited [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Date of acquisition agreement		Jul. 01, 2021
Price per share of common stock in cash		$ 16,200
Number of shares received per common shares \| shares		0.0552
Senior Secured Term Loan Facility [Member] \| Atotech Limited [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Senior secured credit facility		$ 5,300,000
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Atotech Limited [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Senior secured credit facility		$ 500,000
2022 New Term Loan B Facility [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Senior secured credit facility				$ 4,250,000
2022 New Term Loan B Facility [Member] \| Tranche [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity in the form of letters of credit	$ 3,600,000
2022 New Term Loan B Facility [Member] \| Tranche [Member] \| SOFR [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	2.75%
2022 New Term Loan B Facility [Member] \| Tranche [Member] \| Floor Rate [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	0.50%
2022 New Term Loan B Facility [Member] \| Tranche [Member] \| Original Issue Discount [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	2.00%
2022 New Term Loan B Facility [Member] \| Euro Tranche [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity in the form of letters of credit \| €			€ 600
Debt instrument, interest rate	3.00%
2022 New Term Loan B Facility [Member] \| Euro Tranche [Member] \| Floor Rate [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	0.00%
2022 New Term Loan B Facility [Member] \| Euro Tranche [Member] \| Original Issue Discount [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	2.00%
2022 New Term Loan A Facility [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Senior secured credit facility				1,000,000
Borrowing capacity in the form of letters of credit	$ 1,000,000
2022 New Term Loan A Facility [Member] \| SOFR [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	2.50%
2022 New Term Loan A Facility [Member] \| Floor Rate [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	0.00%
2022 New Term Loan A Facility [Member] \| Original Issue Discount [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	0.25%
2022 New Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Senior secured credit facility				$ 500,000