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BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION
 12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2022
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATIONThe Company has six operating segments, which are aggregated into three reportable segments: Global Industrial Packaging; Paper Packaging & Services; and Land Management. The Global Industrial Packaging reportable segment is the aggregation of four operating segments: Global Industrial Packaging – North America; Global Industrial Packaging – Latin America; Global Industrial Packaging – Europe, Middle East and Africa; and Global Industrial Packaging – Asia Pacific.
Operations in the Global Industrial Packaging reportable segment involve the production and sale of rigid industrial packaging products, such as steel, fibre and plastic drums, rigid intermediate bulk containers, closure systems for industrial packaging products, transit protection products, water bottles and remanufactured and reconditioned industrial containers, and services, such as container life cycle management, filling, logistics, warehousing and other packaging services. These products and services are sold to customers in industries such as chemicals, paints and pigments, food and beverage, petroleum, industrial coatings, agriculture, pharmaceuticals and mineral products, among others.
Operations in the Paper Packaging & Services reportable segment involve the production and sale of containerboard, corrugated sheets, corrugated containers and other corrugated and specialty products to customers in North America in industries such as packaging, automotive, food and building products. The Company’s corrugated container products are used to ship such diverse products as home appliances, small machinery, grocery products, automotive components, books and furniture, as well as numerous other applications. The Company also produces and sells coated and uncoated recycled paperboard, along with tubes and cores and a diverse mix of specialty products to customers in North America. In addition, the reportable segment is involved in the purchase and sale of recycled fiber.
Operations in the Land Management reportable segment involve the management and sale of timber and special use properties from approximately 175,000 acres of timber properties in the southeastern United States. Land Management’s operations focus on the active harvesting and regeneration of its timber properties to achieve sustainable long-term yields. While timber sales are subject to fluctuations, the Company seeks to maintain a consistent cutting schedule, within the limits of market and weather conditions. The Company also sells, from time to time, timberland and special use properties, which consists of surplus properties, higher and better use ("HBU") properties and development properties.
In order to maximize the value of timber property, the Company continues to review its current portfolio and explore the development of certain of these properties. This process has led the Company to characterize property as follows:
•Surplus property, meaning land that cannot be efficiently or effectively managed by the Company, whether due to parcel size, lack of productivity, location, access limitations or for other reasons.
•HBU property, meaning land that in its current state has a higher market value for uses other than growing and selling timber.
•Development property, meaning HBU land that, with additional investment, may have a significantly higher market value than its HBU market value.
•Timberland, meaning land that is best suited for growing and selling timber.
The disposal of surplus and HBU property is reported in the consolidated statements of income under “gain on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net” and the sale of development property is reported under “net sales” and “cost of products sold.” All HBU, development and surplus property is used by the Company to productively grow and sell timber until sold.
Whether timberland has a higher value for uses other than growing and selling timber is a determination based upon several variables, such as proximity to population centers, anticipated population growth in the area, the topography of the land, aesthetic considerations, including access to water, the condition of the surrounding land, availability of utilities, markets for timber and economic considerations both nationally and locally. Given these considerations, the characterization of land is not a static process, but requires an ongoing review and re-characterization as circumstances change.
The following tables present net sales disaggregated by geographic area for each reportable segment for the year ended October 31, 2022:
Year Ended October 31, 2022
(in millions)United StatesEurope, Middle East and AfricaAsia Pacific and Other AmericasTotal
Global Industrial Packaging$1,287.1 $1,700.7 $664.6 $3,652.4 
Paper Packaging & Services2,630.8 — 44.3 2,675.1 
Land Management22.0 — — 22.0 
Total net sales$3,939.9 $1,700.7 $708.9 $6,349.5 
The following tables present net sales disaggregated by geographic area for each reportable segment for the year ended October 31, 2021:
Year Ended October 31, 2021
(in millions)United StatesEurope, Middle East and AfricaAsia Pacific and Other AmericasTotal
Global Industrial Packaging$1,044.5 $1,673.9 $598.3 $3,316.7 
Paper Packaging & Services2,182.0 — 36.4 2,218.4 
Land Management21.0 — — 21.0 
Total net sales
$3,247.5 $1,673.9 $634.7 $5,556.1 
The following reportable segment information is presented for each of the three years in the period ended October 31:
(in millions)202220212020
Operating profit:
Global Industrial Packaging$313.7 $350.2 $225.4 
Paper Packaging & Services298.5 131.0 71.0 
Land Management9.0 104.0 8.5 
Total operating profit$621.2 $585.2 $304.9 
Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense:
Global Industrial Packaging$73.9 $83.1 $84.5 
Paper Packaging & Services139.9 148.0 153.5 
Land Management2.8 3.3 4.5 
Total depreciation, depletion and amortization expense$216.6 $234.4 $242.5 
Capital expenditures:
Global Industrial Packaging$55.1 $71.1 $55.8 
Paper Packaging & Services90.6 79.9 61.4 
Land Management— 0.2 0.2 
Total segment145.7 151.2 117.4 
Corporate and other16.2 11.0 12.6 
Total capital expenditures$161.9 $162.2 $130.0 
The following table presents total assets by reportable segment and total long lived assets, net by geographic area:
(in millions)October 31, 2022October 31, 2021October 31, 2020
Assets:
Global Industrial Packaging$2,308.4 $2,735.1 $2,338.5 
Paper Packaging & Services2,473.9 2,506.5 2,524.3 
Land Management250.0 249.2 348.6 
Total segment5,032.3 5,490.8 5,211.4 
Corporate and other437.6 325.0 299.5 
Total assets$5,469.9 $5,815.8 $5,510.9 
Long lived assets, net*:
United States$1,314.7 $1,321.8 $1,345.8 
Europe, Middle East, and Africa303.7 374.5 377.6 
Asia Pacific and other Americas91.3 114.3 111.0 
Total properties, plants and equipment, net$1,709.7 $1,810.6 $1,834.4 
 *includes impact of capitalization of operating lease assets