Post Retirement Benefit Plans - Actuarial Assumptions Used to Measure Benefit Obligations and Pension Costs (Detail)	Oct. 31, 2018	Oct. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	3.48%	3.01%	3.08%
Expected return on plan assets	4.53%	5.39%	5.51%
Rate of compensation increase	2.85%	2.87%	2.87%
United States
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	4.59%	3.79%	3.79%
Expected return on plan assets	6.25%	6.25%	6.25%
Rate of compensation increase	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%
Foreign Plan | Germany
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	1.80%	1.72%	1.50%
Rate of compensation increase	2.75%	2.75%	2.75%
Foreign Plan | United Kingdom
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	2.50%	2.37%	2.44%
Expected return on plan assets	3.60%	6.00%	6.00%
Foreign Plan | Netherlands
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	1.64%	1.55%	1.32%
Expected return on plan assets	1.45%	1.20%	1.88%
Rate of compensation increase	2.25%	2.25%	2.25%
Foreign Plan | Other International
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	4.84%	4.46%	4.31%
Expected return on plan assets	5.69%	5.70%	5.77%