Acquisitions and Divestitures	12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2017
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Acquisitions and Divestitures	ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES During 2017, the Company completed two divestitures, completed no acquisitions, deconsolidated two nonstrategic businesses, and liquidated two non-U.S. nonstrategic businesses. The Company completed two divestitures of businesses in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment. The Company deconsolidated one nonstrategic business in the Flexible Products & Services segment and one nonstrategic business in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment. The Company liquidated two non-U.S. nonstrategic businesses in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment. The loss on disposal of businesses was $1.7 million for the year ended October 31, 2017. Proceeds from divestitures were $5.1 million for the year ended October 31, 2017. Proceeds from divestitures that were completed in fiscal year 2015 and collected during the year ended October 31, 2017 were $0.8 million. The Company has $4.3 million of notes receivable recorded from the sale of businesses, ranging in remaining terms of up to fourteen months. During 2016, the Company completed four divestitures, one partial sale of ownership interest resulting in deconsolidation of a then wholly-owned indirect subsidiary and no material acquisitions. The divestitures were of nonstrategic businesses: three in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment and one in the Flexible Products & Services segment. The loss on disposal of businesses was $14.5 million for the year ended October 31, 2016, consisting of an $18.1 million loss on the partial sale of ownership interest and a net gain of $3.6 million for the four divestitures. Proceeds from divestitures and the partial sale of ownership interest were $24.1 million. Additionally, the Company recorded notes receivable of $2.4 million for the sale of two businesses in the second quarter which are expected to be collected in fiscal year 2018. The partial sale of ownership interest resulting in deconsolidation of a then wholly-owned indirect subsidiary was the result of the sale of 51 percent ownership interest in Earthminded Benelux, NV, a subsidiary in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment, which, together with the relinquishment of the Company's power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the subsidiary's performance, resulted in deconsolidation. As of September 1, 2016, the Company accounts for its investment in this subsidiary under the equity method of accounting due to the Company's noncontrolling ownership interest. The $18.1 million loss on the partial sale of ownership interest resulting in deconsolidation was measured as the difference between (a) the fair value of the retained noncontrolling interest of $0.3 million and the consideration transferred of $0.3 million from the unrelated third party purchaser and (b) the carrying value of the former subsidiary's net assets of $18.7 million. During 2015, the Company completed eight divestitures and no material acquisitions. The divestitures were of nonstrategic businesses: six in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment and two in the Flexible Products & Services segment. The loss on disposal of businesses was $9.2 million for the year ended October 31, 2015. Proceeds from divestitures were $19.6 million. Additionally, the Company recorded notes receivable of $2.9 million for the sale of these businesses, with terms ranging from three months to five years. None of the above-referenced divestitures in 2017, 2016 or 2015 qualified as discontinued operations as they do not, individually or in the aggregate, represent a strategic shift that has had a major impact on the Company’s operations or financial results.

ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

During 2017, the Company completed two divestitures, completed no acquisitions, deconsolidated two nonstrategic businesses, and liquidated two non-U.S. nonstrategic businesses. The Company completed two divestitures of businesses in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment. The Company deconsolidated one nonstrategic business in the Flexible Products & Services segment and one nonstrategic business in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment. The Company liquidated two non-U.S. nonstrategic businesses in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment. The loss on disposal of businesses was $1.7 million for the year ended October 31, 2017. Proceeds from divestitures were $5.1 million for the year ended October 31, 2017. Proceeds from divestitures that were completed in fiscal year 2015 and collected during the year ended October 31, 2017 were $0.8 million. The Company has $4.3 million of notes receivable recorded from the sale of businesses, ranging in remaining terms of up to fourteen months.

During 2016, the Company completed four divestitures, one partial sale of ownership interest resulting in deconsolidation of a then wholly-owned indirect subsidiary and no material acquisitions. The divestitures were of nonstrategic businesses: three in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment and one in the Flexible Products & Services segment. The loss on disposal of businesses was $14.5 million for the year ended October 31, 2016, consisting of an $18.1 million loss on the partial sale of ownership interest and a net gain of $3.6 million for the four divestitures. Proceeds from divestitures and the partial sale of ownership interest were $24.1 million. Additionally, the Company recorded notes receivable of $2.4 million for the sale of two businesses in the second quarter which are expected to be collected in fiscal year 2018.

The partial sale of ownership interest resulting in deconsolidation of a then wholly-owned indirect subsidiary was the result of the sale of 51 percent ownership interest in Earthminded Benelux, NV, a subsidiary in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment, which, together with the relinquishment of the Company's power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the subsidiary's performance, resulted in deconsolidation. As of September 1, 2016, the Company accounts for its investment in this subsidiary under the equity method of accounting due to the Company's noncontrolling ownership interest.

The $18.1 million loss on the partial sale of ownership interest resulting in deconsolidation was measured as the difference between (a) the fair value of the retained noncontrolling interest of $0.3 million and the consideration transferred of $0.3 million from the unrelated third party purchaser and (b) the carrying value of the former subsidiary's net assets of $18.7 million.

During 2015, the Company completed eight divestitures and no material acquisitions. The divestitures were of nonstrategic businesses: six in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment and two in the Flexible Products & Services segment. The loss on disposal of businesses was $9.2 million for the year ended October 31, 2015. Proceeds from divestitures were $19.6 million. Additionally, the Company recorded notes receivable of $2.9 million for the sale of these businesses, with terms ranging from three months to five years.

None of the above-referenced divestitures in 2017, 2016 or 2015 qualified as discontinued operations as they do not, individually or in the aggregate, represent a strategic shift that has had a major impact on the Company’s operations or financial results.