BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company has eight operating segments, which are aggregated into four reportable business segments: Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services; Paper Packaging & Services; Flexible Products & Services; and Land Management.

The Company’s reportable business segments offer different products and services. The accounting policies of the reportable business segments are substantially the same as those described in the “Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” note in the 2017 Form 10-K. The measure of segment profitability that is used by the Company is operating profit.

The following segment information is presented for the periods indicated:



	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(in millions)	2018		2017		2018		2017
Net sales:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	662.7	$	624.3	$	1,278.1	$	1,185.8
Paper Packaging & Services	213.9		188.7		417.7		371.6
Flexible Products & Services	84.1		66.6		164.1		136.3
Land Management	7.6		7.8		14.1		14.6
Total net sales	$	968.3	$	887.4	$	1,874.0	$	1,708.3

Operating profit:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	47.2	$	56.1	$	78.4	$	98.9
Paper Packaging & Services	33.0		20.3		60.9		40.3
Flexible Products & Services	5.0		1.8		8.2		2.4
Land Management	2.5		3.3		5.7		5.5
Total operating profit	$	87.7	$	81.5	$	153.2	$	147.1

Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	21.1	$	20.5	$	41.7	$	39.9
Paper Packaging & Services	8.4		7.6		16.7		15.9
Flexible Products & Services	1.8		1.5		3.6		3.4
Land Management	1.1		1.4		2.1		2.5
Total depreciation, depletion and amortization expense	$	32.4	$	31.0	$	64.1	$	61.7

The following table presents net sales to external customers by geographic area:



	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
(in millions)	2018		2017		2018		2017
Net sales:
United States	$	463.5	$	434.5	$	896.2	$	842.5
Europe, Middle East and Africa	370.7		325.5		702.0		611.4
Asia Pacific and other Americas	134.1		127.4		275.8		254.4
Total net sales	$	968.3	$	887.4	$	1,874.0	$	1,708.3

The following table presents total assets by segment and total properties, plants and equipment, net by geographic area:



(in millions)	April 30, 2018		October 31, 2017
Assets:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	2,083.0	$	1,976.7
Paper Packaging & Services	478.2		459.8
Flexible Products & Services	174.2		163.2
Land Management	346.6		345.4
Total segments	3,082.0		2,945.1
Corporate and other	264.8		287.2
Total assets	$	3,346.8	$	3,232.3

Properties, plants and equipment, net:
United States	$	736.6	$	730.1
Europe, Middle East and Africa	321.5		322.0
Asia Pacific and other Americas	131.8		136.3
Total properties, plants and equipment, net	$	1,189.9	$	1,188.4