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Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Payable Term

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Business Combination, Number of Employees

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Total revenue reported by the acquired entity for its previous full fiscal year before the business acquisition.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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The net gains or losses recognized for each transaction with the acquiree that was recognized separately from the acquisition of assets and assumptions of liabilities in the business combination.

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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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Acquisitions (Details) $ in Millions			3 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Details) $ in Millions	May 01, 2017 USD ($) employee	Aug. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Partmo
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, consideration transferred		$ 12.1
Business combination, payments to acquire business		10.9
Business combination, consideration transferred, payable		$ 1.2
Business combination, consideration transferred, payable term		3 years
Northern Technical, L.L.C.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, separately recognized transactions, net gains and losses			$ 6.8
Subsequent Event \| Hy-Pro Corporation
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of employees \| employee	110
Business acquisition, revenue reported by acquired entity for last annual period	$ 25.0