Enerpac Tool Group Corp. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Divestiture Activities- Additional Information (Detail)

Divestiture Activities- Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands								3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 02, 2019	Oct. 31, 2019	Oct. 22, 2019	Sep. 20, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 19, 2018	Dec. 01, 2017	Aug. 31, 2020	May 31, 2020	Feb. 29, 2020	Nov. 30, 2019	Aug. 31, 2019	May 31, 2019	Feb. 28, 2019	Nov. 30, 2018	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019	Aug. 31, 2018	Aug. 31, 2017
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairment and divestiture (benefit) charges								$ 400	$ (1,400)	$ (800)	$ (1,400)	$ 6,200	$ (13,000)	$ 6,100	$ 23,500	$ (3,159)	$ 22,827	$ 2,987	$ 3,000
Other Divestiture Charges																	10,500
Proceeds from sale of businesses, net of transaction costs																10,226	0	8,902
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Accounts Payable, Current												43,628					43,628
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Other Liabilities, Current												12,101					12,101
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Accrued Income Tax Payable, Noncurrent												20,029					20,029
Liabilities from discontinued operations								0				$ 143,763				0	143,763
Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation, before Income Tax																(23,171)	(249,424)	(31,868)
Goodwill, Impairment Charge																0	13,678
Cortland Fibron [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges																		10,500
Cumulative Effect of Foreign Currency Rate Change Since Acquisition																		35,300
Other Divestiture Charges																		500
Disposal Date						Dec. 19, 2018
Proceeds from sale of businesses, net of transaction costs						$ 12,500
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Impairment & divestiture charges																	1,700	46,300
Viking [Domain]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairment and divestiture (benefit) charges																12,400
Disposal Date							Dec. 01, 2017
Proceeds from sale of businesses, net of transaction costs																8,800
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, annual revenue																		2,700
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Business Exit Costs																3,000
Discrete Income Tax Expense																9,400
Engineered Components & Systems [Member] [Domain]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges		$ 23,000
Cumulative Effect of Foreign Currency Rate Change Since Acquisition																	54,500
Other Divestiture Charges		$ 2,700
Disposal Date		Oct. 31, 2019
Proceeds from sale of businesses, net of transaction costs		$ 215,800
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Quarterly Installment Payments		3,000
Quarterly Installment Payments Outstanding								$ 700								700
Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation, before Income Tax		(4,700)
Income Tax Benefit Related to the Write Off of Net Deferred Tax Liability		18,300
Impairment & divestiture charges		$ 3,300															264,500
Goodwill, Impairment Charge																	210,000
Precision-Hayes International [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges																		1,200
Disposal Date					Dec. 31, 2018
Proceeds from sale of businesses, net of transaction costs					$ 23,600
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Impairment & divestiture charges																	9,500	23,700
Goodwill, Impairment Charge																		17,500
Impairment of Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)																		5,000
UNI-LIFT Product Line [Domain]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal Date				Sep. 20, 2019
Proceeds from sale of businesses, net of transaction costs				$ 7,500
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Impairment & divestiture charges				6,300
Contingent Proceeds				$ 1,500
Milwaukee Cylinder (Excluding UNI-LIFT) [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Other Divestiture Charges																300
Disposal Date	Dec. 02, 2019
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Impairment & divestiture charges																4,500
Goodwill, Impairment Charge																2,500
Charges Associated with Withdrawal of Pension Plan																1,700
Connectors Product Line [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal Date			Oct. 22, 2019
Proceeds from sale of businesses, net of transaction costs			$ 2,700
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, annual revenue																200	5,000	200
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Impairment & divestiture charges																1,000
Milwaukee Cylinder (including UNI-LIFT) [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, annual revenue																2,900	$ 13,200	$ 11,100
Previously Divested Businesses [Member]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Impairment & divestiture charges																$ 500