Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($) asset_group	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($) asset_group	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($) Assets asset_group	Feb. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) Derivative
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Number of interest rate derivatives held | Derivative						2
Realized losses on interest rate derivatives related to statement of operations	$ 300,000	$ 0	$ 200,000
Losses recorded under fair value contracts	1,800,000	2,700,000	6,000,000
Long-lived assets, carrying value	3,800,000	19,200,000	60,700,000
Long-lived assets, fair value	1,600,000	5,400,000	14,800,000
Recognized asset impairment charges		13,800,000	45,900,000
Tangible asset impairment charges			6,600,000
Goodwill impairment charge	$ 13,000,000	0	0
2016 Assets Held-for-sale
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Goodwill allocated to businesses classified as held for sale		$ 9,100,000
2015 Assets Held-for-sale
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Impairment of assets held for sale			$ 14,000,000
Number of asset groups classified as held for sale (asset group) | Assets			1
Goodwill allocated to businesses classified as held for sale			$ 11,900,000
Assets Held And Used
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Asset groups classified as held and used (asset group) | asset_group	1	3	2
Recognized amount of additional impairment related to assets and liabilities held for sale	$ 0	$ 23,600,000	$ 3,000,000
IT Software Assets
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Recognized asset impairment charges			1,500,000
Venezuelan Properties, Plants and Equipment, Net
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Recognized asset impairment charges			15,000,000
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Recognized asset impairment charges	1,900,000	8,600,000
Goodwill impairment charge	13,000,000	0
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services | Latin America
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charge	13,000,000
Flexible Products & Services
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Recognized asset impairment charges	300,000	3,700,000	500,000
Goodwill impairment charge	0	0
Paper Packaging And Services Segment
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Recognized asset impairment charges		1,500,000
Reconditioning Business
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Recognized asset impairment charges			11,400,000
Rigid Industrial Packaging and Services and Flexible Products and Services
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Recognized asset impairment charges			$ 10,900,000
Interest Rate Swap | Cash Flow Hedging
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Amount of debt				$ 300,000,000.0	$ 300,000,000.0	$ 150,000,000.0
Interest rate on debt				1.194%
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Notional amount	80,100,000.0	78,900,000.0
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Fair value, assets and liabilities	63,600,000	33,000,000
Reported Value Measurement
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Fair value, assets and liabilities	69,200,000	70,600,000
Level 3
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Tangible asset impairment charges	7,800,000	51,400,000
Level 3 | Sales Value Valuation Technique
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Recognized asset impairment charges	2,200,000
Level 3 | Broker Quote / Indicative Bids
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Recognized asset impairment charges		$ 37,600,000
Impairment of assets held for sale	$ 5,600,000