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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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Note 2 - Acquisitions (Details Textual) € in Thousands, ¥ in Thousands, £ in Thousands, $ in Thousands															3 Months Ended
	Jun. 23, 2023 USD ($)	Jun. 12, 2023 USD ($)	May 01, 2023 USD ($)	May 01, 2023 GBP (£)	Jan. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 15, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 15, 2022 EUR (€)	Oct. 24, 2022 USD ($)	Aug. 16, 2022 USD ($)	Aug. 16, 2022 CNY (¥)	Jan. 26, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 26, 2022 GBP (£)	Jan. 11, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 11, 2022 EUR (€)	Sep. 02, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 03, 2022 USD ($)	Aug. 16, 2022 CNY (¥)
Goodwill															$ 1,490,535	$ 1,392,627
Construction Adhesives [Member]
Goodwill															429,785	425,755
Adhezion [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	$ 81,201
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Holdback Amount	780
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High	$ 15,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill															40,800
Goodwill															37,063
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets															3,338
Xchem [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred		$ 14,591
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Holdback Amount		1,650
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		8,664
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets		$ 5,927
Beardow Adams [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Holdback Amount \| £				£ 8,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill															40,485
Goodwill															45,961
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets															14,439
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross			$ 100,885	£ 80,738
Aspen Research Corporation [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Holdback Amount					$ 500
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill															4,900
Goodwill															2,788
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets															2,073
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross					$ 9,761
Lemtapes [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Holdback Amount \| €							€ 850
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill															5,526
Goodwill															955
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets															2,073
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross						$ 8,554	€ 8,048
GSSI Sealants, Inc. [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred								$ 7,701
Business Acquisition, Holdback Amount, Paid on 12 Month								$ 1,050
GSSI Sealants, Inc. [Member] \| Construction Adhesives [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill															3,400
Goodwill															1,123
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets															3,178
ZKLT Polymer Co., Ltd [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred									$ 21,260	¥ 143,965
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High									4,132								¥ 30,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill															5,183
Goodwill															5,992
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets															10,085
Business Combination, Required Payments Each 12 and 18 month									$ 3,987	¥ 27,000
Apollo [Member] \| UNITED KINGDOM
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill																76,198
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets																10,036
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross											$ 205,592	£ 152,714
Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount											$ 0
Apollo [Member] \| UNITED KINGDOM \| Trademarks and Trade Names [Member]
Goodwill																119,358
Fourny NV [Member] \| BELGIUM
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill																10,117
Goodwill																6,455
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross													$ 14,627	€ 12,867	$ 3,060
Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount																0
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Cash and Equivalents																$ 1,391