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Acquisitions and Divestitures
9 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2020
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Acquisitions and Divestitures Acquisitions and Divestitures In the first quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company acquired 88% of the shares of BOFA International LTD (BOFA), headquartered in the United Kingdom, for cash consideration of $98.2 million less cash acquired of $2.2 million. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company acquired an additional 3% of the shares, increasing its ownership to 91%. BOFA designs, develops and manufactures fume extraction systems across a wide range of industrial air filtration applications. The acquisition allowed the Company to accelerate its long-term global growth in the fume collection business and add additional filtration technology to the Company’s existing product lines. On February 21, 2020, the Company received a binding offer from Nelson Global Products for the purchase of the Company’s Exhaust and Emissions business.