Business Segment, Geographic and Customer Information - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | ||
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Feb. 29, 2016
USD ($)
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Feb. 29, 2016
USD ($)
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Aug. 31, 2016
USD ($)
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Aug. 31, 2015
USD ($)
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Aug. 31, 2014
USD ($)
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| Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | |||||
| Number of reportable segments | Segment | 3 | ||||
| Impairment charge | $ 186,511 | $ 186,511 | $ 84,353 | $ 0 | |
| Largest customer sales in fiscal year, percent | 3.00% | ||||
| Export sales from domestic operation, as a percentage of total net sales | 6.30% | ||||
| Percentage of Product Sales to Consolidated Net Sales | 80.00% | ||||
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| Impairment charge | $ 140,938 | $ 84,353 | |||
| Engineered Solutions | |||||
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| Impairment charge | $ 45,700 | ||||
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- Definition Percentage Of Export Sales From Domestic To Total Net Sales No definition available.
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- Definition Percentage of Product Sales to Consolidated Net Sales No definition available.
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- Definition Sales Percentage Represented By Major Customers No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements. No definition available.
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. No definition available.
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