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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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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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This element represents the amount of earnings or loss of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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This element represents the amount of revenue of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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Amount recognized for assets, including goodwill, in excess of (less than) the aggregate liabilities assumed.

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The cash inflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period (for example, cash that was held by the acquired business).

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Amount, after adjustment, of cost-method investment. Adjustments include, but are not limited to, dividends received in excess of earnings after date of investment that are considered a return of investment and other than temporary impairments.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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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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Business Acquisitions and Investments - Narrative (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended										3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Aug. 30, 2014	Aug. 31, 2013	Aug. 30, 2014	Aug. 31, 2013	Nov. 30, 2013	May 01, 2014 Stanadyne [Member] employee	Aug. 30, 2014 Stanadyne [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 Stanadyne [Member]	Dec. 16, 2013 Air Filtrations Segment of General Electric [Member] employee	Aug. 30, 2014 Air Filtrations Segment of General Electric [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 Air Filtrations Segment of General Electric [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 Industrial/Environmental Filtration [Member]	Aug. 31, 2013 Industrial/Environmental Filtration [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 Industrial/Environmental Filtration [Member]	Aug. 31, 2013 Industrial/Environmental Filtration [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 Engine/Mobile Filtration [Member]	Aug. 31, 2013 Engine/Mobile Filtration [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 Engine/Mobile Filtration [Member]	Aug. 31, 2013 Engine/Mobile Filtration [Member]	Dec. 03, 2013 Bekaert Advanced Filtration SA - Belgium [Member]	Dec. 03, 2013 Bekaert Advanced Filtration SA - Indonesia [Member]	Dec. 03, 2013 Bekaert [Member] employee	Aug. 30, 2014 Bekaert [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 Bekaert [Member]	May 08, 2014 Modular [Member]	May 08, 2013 Modular [Member]	May 09, 2012 Modular [Member]	May 09, 2012 Modular [Member]	Dec. 16, 2013 Term Loan [Member] Air Filtrations Segment of General Electric [Member]	May 01, 2014 Credit Facility - Swing Line [Member] Stanadyne [Member]	May 01, 2014 Term Loan [Member] Stanadyne [Member]	Dec. 16, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Air Filtrations Segment of General Electric [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 Equity Method Investee [Member]	Nov. 30, 2013 Equity Method Investee [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 Cost-method Investments [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 Cost-method Investments [Member]	Nov. 30, 2013 Cost-method Investments [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 Engine/Mobile Filtration [Member]	Nov. 30, 2013 Engine/Mobile Filtration [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net sales							$ 28,014,000	$ 37,006,000		$ 59,842,000	$ 172,205,000	$ 0	$ 63,019,000	$ 15,422,000	$ 163,618,000	$ 0	$ 27,384,000	$ 46,837,000	$ 77,843,000				$ 2,809,000	$ 9,111,000
Number of employees in acquired business						200			700													170
Net assets acquired						327,719,000			260,312,000
Net assets acquired			595,328,000	0																		7,297,000
Gross payments made to acquire business						327,719,000			263,758,000																1,391,000	1,530,000
Cash acquired from acquisition						0			3,446,000
Debt instrument, face amount																													100,000,000		315,000,000
Line of credit, amount outstanding																														10,000,000		50,000,000
Goodwill	511,212,000		511,212,000		241,299,000	194,618,000			74,324,000																													216,351,000	21,868,000
Operating profit (loss)							7,275,000	5,348,000		5,038,000	8,810,000	125,000	4,586,000	6,551,000	1,956,000	0	4,849,000	10,485,000	9,650,000
Percentage of outstanding shares acquired																				100.00%	100.00%							100.00%
Purchase price excluding cash acquired																											7,875,000
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets						146,430,000			133,020,000													2,057,000
Bargain purchase gain			(2,815,000)	0
Gross profit	135,325,000	91,900,000	357,282,000	271,600,000																			(125,000)	(679,000)
Initial payment made at acquisition date																											5,237,000
Ownership percentage																																	30.00%
Additional investment made, amount																																			600,000	1,073,000
Investment-related liabilities																																	21,000
Equity method investments																																	3,032,000	3,097,000
Cost method investment, ownership percentage																																			15.65%	15.65%
Cost method investments																																			$ 3,277,000	$ 3,277,000	$ 2,204,000