Business Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2014	Aug. 31, 2013	Aug. 31, 2014 DMS	Aug. 31, 2013 DMS	Jul. 01, 2013 Nypro Inc.	Aug. 31, 2014 Nypro Inc.	Aug. 31, 2013 Nypro Inc.	Aug. 31, 2012 Nypro Inc.	Aug. 31, 2014 Nypro Inc. Indefinite lived trade name	Aug. 31, 2014 Nypro Inc. Customer Relationships	Aug. 31, 2014 Nypro Inc. Customer Relationships Maximum	Aug. 31, 2014 Nypro Inc. Intellectual property	Aug. 31, 2014 Nypro Inc. Intellectual property Maximum	Aug. 31, 2014 Nypro Inc. DMS	Aug. 28, 2014 Two Nypro Subsidiaries
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest acquired					100.00%
Date of acquisition						Jul. 01, 2013
Business acquisition amount of cash paid					$ 696,000,000
Goodwill acquired	34,696,000	338,664,000	34,696,000	338,664,000		370,567,000								370,600,000
Acquired intangible assets						204,700,000			72,500,000	81,000,000		51,200,000
Estimated useful life of intangible assets											15 years		8 years
Indefinite lived intangible assets acquired									72,500,000
Nypro acquisition related professional fees and other transaction costs							13,500,000
Revenue contributed by acquired entity							183,200,000
Net loss contributed by acquired entity							8,800,000
Adjustments to proforma earnings							(78,300,000)	86,300,000
Sale of controlling financial interest	531,189,000														5,200,000
Loss on disposal of subsidiaries	$ (7,962,000)