Acquistions and Divestitures (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Aug. 29, 2015 EUR (€)	Aug. 29, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 03, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2015 CNY (¥)	Feb. 02, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 29, 2014 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price net of cash acquired		$ (217,572,000)	$ (151,000)
Remaining Equity Fair Value							$ 11,773,000
Purchase price allocation [Abstract]
Current assets		50,422,000
Property, plant and equipment		57,527,000
Goodwill		386,594,000						$ 255,972,000
Other intangibles, net		13,958,000
Other assets acquired		(32,800,000)
Current liabilities		67,028,000
Other liabilities		11,773,000
Current assets purchase price adjustment		(500,000)
Property, plant and equipment purchase price adjustment		(1,022,000)
Goodwill purchase price adjustment		(4,913,000)
Other assets purchase price adjustment		13,819,000
Current liabilities purchase price adjustment		2,210,000
Other liabilities purchase price adjustment		17,531,000
Contingent consideration liabilities purchase price adjustment		(1,143,000)
Discontinued operations balance sheet items
Current assets of discontinued operations		0						1,865,000
Long-term assets of discontinued operations		0						0
Current liabilities of discontinued operations		0						5,000,000
Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations		0						$ 0
Tonsan Adhesive Inc [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price net of cash acquired		215,925,000
Cash acquired from acquisition		7,754,000
Acquisition related costs							373,000
Remaining Equity Fair Value						¥ 82,000,000	13,038,000
Contingent Consideration Liability Fair Value Disclosure							37,630,000
Purchase price allocation [Abstract]
Current assets				$ 50,922,000
Property, plant and equipment				58,549,000
Goodwill				155,232,000
Other intangibles, net				139,000
Other assets acquired				(30,590,000)
Current liabilities				49,497,000
Other liabilities				10,630,000
Contingent consideration liabilities						¥ (418,000,000,000)	$ (66,848,000)
Tonsan Adhesive Inc [Member] | Customer relationships [Member]
Purchase price allocation [Abstract]
Other intangibles, net		25,700,000		12,400,000
Other intangibles purchase price adjustment		13,300,000
Tonsan Adhesive Inc [Member] | Trademarks [Member]
Purchase price allocation [Abstract]
Other intangibles, net		11,000,000		10,900,000
Other intangibles purchase price adjustment		100,000
Tonsan Adhesive Inc [Member] | Other intangibles [Member]
Purchase price allocation [Abstract]
Other intangibles, net		18,600,000		18,500,000
Other intangibles purchase price adjustment		100,000
Continental Products Limited [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price net of cash acquired	€ 1,459,000	1,647,000
Cash acquired from acquisition	€ 329,000	371,000
Acquisition related costs					$ 16,000
Purchase price allocation [Abstract]
Current assets				1,439,000	$ 1,357,000
Property, plant and equipment				183,000
Goodwill				418,000
Other assets acquired				7,000
Current liabilities				591,000
Other liabilities				189,000
Contingent consideration liabilities				0
Continental Products Limited [Member] | Goodwill EIMEA [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total acquisition cost				1,713,000
Purchase price allocation [Abstract]
Total purchase price				1,713,000
Continental Products Limited [Member] | Customer relationships [Member]
Purchase price allocation [Abstract]
Other intangibles, net				416,000
Continental Products Limited [Member] | Trademarks [Member]
Purchase price allocation [Abstract]
Other intangibles, net				0
Continental Products Limited [Member] | Non-competition agreements [Member]
Purchase price allocation [Abstract]
Other intangibles, net				$ 30,000
ProSpec Construction Products [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total acquisition cost		26,183,000
Purchase price allocation [Abstract]
Current assets		6,502,000
Property, plant and equipment		7,976,000
Goodwill		7,443,000
Other intangibles, net		6,000,000
Current liabilities		(1,738,000)
Total purchase price		26,183,000
ProSpec Construction Products [Member] | Customer relationships [Member]
Purchase price allocation [Abstract]
Other intangibles, net		4,300,000
ProSpec Construction Products [Member] | Trademarks [Member]
Purchase price allocation [Abstract]
Other intangibles, net		200,000
ProSpec Construction Products [Member] | Other intangibles [Member]
Purchase price allocation [Abstract]
Other intangibles, net		$ 1,500,000