Business Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2011

Business Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

	2011			2010			2009
Net sales:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Service	$	3,014,109		$	2,587,854		$	2,266,890
Flexible Products & Services		537,993			233,119			43,975
Paper Packaging		674,945			624,092			460,712
Land Management		20,907			16,472			20,640
Total net sales	$	4,247,954		$	3,461,537		$	2,792,217
Operating profit:
Operating profit, before the impact of restructuring charges, restructuring-related inventory charges and acquisition-related costs:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Service	$	261,800		$	291,066		$	210,908
Flexible Products & Services		41,245			18,761			8,588
Paper Packaging		74,385			60,640			35,526
Land Management		19,045			9,001			22,237
Total operating profit, before the impact of restructuring charges, restructuring-related inventory charges and acquisition-related costs:		396,475			379,468			277,259
Restructuring charges:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Service		24,055			20,980			65,742
Flexible Products & Services		6,898			624			—
Paper Packaging		(451	)		5,142			685
Land Management		(6	)		—			163
Total restructuring charges		30,496			26,746			66,590
Restructuring-related inventory charges:
Rigid Industrial Packaging		—			131			10,772
Total inventory-related restructuring charges		—			131			10,772
Acquisition-related costs:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Service		9,872			7,672			—
Flexible Products & Services		14,513			19,504			—
Total acquisition-related costs		24,385			27,176			—
Non-cash asset impairment charges:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Service		1,547			—			—
Flexible Products & Services		2,962			—			—
Total non-cash asset impairment charges		4,509			—			—
Operating profit:
Rigid Industrial Packaging		226,326			262,283			134,394
Flexible Products & Services		16,872			(1,367	)		8,588
Paper Packaging		74,836			55,498			34,841
Land Management		19,051			9,001			22,074
Total operating profit	$	337,085		$	325,415		$	199,897

Total assets by segments

	2011		2010		2009
Assets:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	2,738,182	$	2,058,165	$	1,783,821
Flexible Products & Services		383,507		353,715		15,296
Paper Packaging		420,370		435,555		402,787
Land Management		280,141		274,352		254,856
Total segment		3,822,200		3,121,787		2,456,760
Corporate and other		385,082		376,658		367,169
Total assets	$	4,207,282	$	3,498,445	$	2,823,929
Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	93,023	$	79,050	$	73,212
Flexible Products & Services		16,537		4,937		794
Paper Packaging		31,622		29,204		25,517
Land Management		3,009		2,783		3,104
Total depreciation, depletion and amortization expense	$	144,191	$	115,974	$	102,627

Net sales to external customers by geographical area

	2011		2010		2009
Net Sales
North America	$	1,932,837	$	1,732,880	$	1,530,438
Europe, Middle East, and Africa		1,645,577		1,171,363		835,117
Asia Pacific and Latin America		669,540		557,294		426,662
Total net sales	$	4,247,954	$	3,461,537	$	2,792,217

Total assets by geographical area

	2011		2010
Assets:
North America	$	1,779,475	$	1,895,475
Europe, Middle East, and Africa		1,750,352		1,012,131
Asia Pacific and Latin America		677,455		590,839
Total assets	$	4,207,282	$	3,498,445