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	Feb. 15, 2025 USD ($)	Feb. 15, 2025 TWD ($)	Jan. 15, 2025 USD ($)	Jan. 15, 2025 EUR (€)	Dec. 02, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 02, 2024 EUR (€)	Aug. 05, 2024 USD ($)	Aug. 05, 2024 GBP (£)	May 20, 2024 USD ($)	Mar. 01, 2025 USD ($)	Mar. 02, 2024 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2024	Nov. 30, 2024 USD ($)
Goodwill										$ 1,624,347,000			$ 1,532,221,000
Proceeds from Divestiture of Businesses										$ 75,727,000	$ 0
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal, Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]										Other income, net
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| North America Flooring [Member]
Proceeds from Divestiture of Businesses					$ 75,727,000
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Assets (Liabilities), Net					77,242,000
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal										$ (1,515,000)
Engineering Adhesives [Member]
Goodwill										577,420,000			$ 581,344,000
ND Industries Asia, Inc. ("ND Industries Taiwan") [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 8,160,000	$ 266,960
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability		$ 5,978
Goodwill										969,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill										3,754,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Assets (Liabilities), Net										3,437,000
GEM [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross			$ 147,886,000	€ 144,041
Goodwill										59,460,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill										95,791,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Assets (Liabilities), Net										(7,365,000)
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Holdback Amount \| €				€ 30,000
Business Acquisition, Holdback Amount, Number of Tranches			3	3
Business Acquisition, Holdback Amount, Percentage of Tranche			33.33%	33.33%
Business Acquisition, Holdback Period (Year)			1 year	1 year
Medifill Limited [Member]
Goodwill										40,141,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Assets (Liabilities), Net										11,111
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred					$ 51,252,000	€ 49,919
HS Butyl Limited [Member]
Goodwill										2,812,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill										6,974,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Holdback Amount \| £								£ 2,700
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred							$ 23,180,000	£ 18,148
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets										$ 13,394,000
ND Industries [Member]
Goodwill									$ 81,268,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets									13,000
ND Industries [Member] \| Technology [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life (Year)												15 years
ND Industries [Member] \| Customer Relationships [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill									110,100,000
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life (Year)												13 years
ND Industries [Member] \| Trademarks and Trade Names [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill									8,700,000
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life (Year)												10 years
ND Industries [Member] \| Engineering Adhesives [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred									254,037,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets									$ 81,268,000