Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2011 Blocks Location Country Employee	Oct. 31, 2010		Oct. 31, 2009	Sep. 29, 2010
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of locations with assets held for sale	7
(Gain) on disposal of properties, plant and equipments, net	$ 14,855,000	$ 11,434,000		$ 34,432,000
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of Countries in which Company operates	55
Approximate number of Employees	15,660
Cash and cash equivalent held in foreign jurisdiction	395,000,000
Allowance for trade accounts receivable	13,754,000	13,311,000	[1]
Revenue from individual customer	Less than 10 percent
Net sales from net assets held for sale	200,000	91,200,000
Net loss before taxes from net assets held for sale	14,900,000	1,300,000
Impairment charges due to annual impairment test	0	0		0
Depreciation expense on Properties, Plants and Equipment	122,700,000	98,500,000		88,600,000
Net gains from sale of surplus and higher and better use timber properties	11,400,000
Other miscellaneous gains on disposal of assets	600,000
Impairment loss on machinery	1,300,000
Other Impairment loss	200,000
Capitalized interest costs	3,800,000	5,300,000
Number of depletion blocks	8
Percentage of sharing of investments, loans and capital injections					50.00%
Increase in noncontrolling interest	64,000,000
Self Insurance Reserve	2,900,000	3,700,000
Lag period adjustment	15 days
Impact on earnings had the lag period been adjusted	700,000
Liabilities for anticipated costs related to captive insurance subsidiary	15,300,000	15,600,000
Largest amount of tax benefit likely of being realized upon settlement	50.00%
Initial purchase price of a certain percentage of eligible receivables minimum	75.00%
Initial purchase price of a certain percentage of eligible receivables maximum	90.00%
Translation Adjustment Functional to Reporting Currency, Loss (Gain), Reclassified to Earnings, Net of Tax	4,700,000	100,000		100,000
Building [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life, Minimum	30
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life, Maximum	45
Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life, Minimum	3
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life, Maximum	19
CANADA
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Area of timberland properties	14,700
UNITED STATES
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Area of timberland properties	267,150
Depletion expenses on timber properties	2,700,000	2,600,000		2,900,000
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of locations with assets held for sale	9
(Gain) on disposal of properties, plant and equipments, net	2,600,000
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services [Member] | Asia and North America [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
(Gain) on disposal of properties, plant and equipments, net	$ 900,000
Paper Packaging [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of locations with assets held for sale	1

[1] The consolidated balance sheet as of October 31, 2010 and the consolidated statements of changes in shareholders' equity as of October 31, 2009 and 2010 have been restated to correct prior period errors. The corrections did not impact total assets, consolidated net income, or cash flows of the Company. Refer to Note 19 for additional discussion.