Long-Term Debt (Details Textual)	12 Months Ended																12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2010 USD ($)		Oct. 31, 2009 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2011 2010 Credit Agreement [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2010 2010 Credit Agreement [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2010 2010 Credit Agreement [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2011 Senior Notes due 2017 [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2010 Senior Notes due 2017 [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 09, 2007 Senior Notes due 2017 [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2011 Senior Notes due 2019 [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2010 Senior Notes due 2019 [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2009 Senior Notes due 2019 [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2011 Senior Notes due 2021 [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 15, 2011 Senior Notes due 2021 [Member] EUR (€)	Oct. 31, 2010 Senior Notes due 2021 [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2011 Trade Accounts Receivable Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2010 Trade Accounts Receivable Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2011 United States Trade Accounts Receivable Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 19, 2011 United States Trade Accounts Receivable Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2011 Other Long-Term Debt [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2010 Other Long-Term Debt [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2010 Multicurrency Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2010 Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 09, 2007 Senior Subordinate notes [Member]
Long Term Debt (Textual) [Abstract]
Amount borrowed under multi currency credit facility							$ 1,000,000,000																$ 750,000,000	$ 250,000,000
Credit agreement outstanding	1,357,638,000	965,589,000			355,447,000	273,700,000		302,853,000	303,396,000		242,932,000	242,306,000		280,206,000		0	130,000,000	135,000,000	130,000,000		46,200,000	11,187,000
Maturity date of credit facility					Oct. 29, 2015												Sep. 19, 2014
Option to borrow loan under senior secured credit facility							250,000,000
Amortization of term loan for first eight quarters																								3,100,000
Amortization of term loan for next eleven quarters																								6,300,000
Current portion of long-term debt	12,500,000	12,523,000	[1]		12,500,000
Long term portion of credit agreement	1,345,138,000	953,066,000	[1]		342,900,000
Senior Notes Issued										300,000,000			250,000,000		200,000,000					135,000,000
Decreased trade accounts receivable																				130,000,000
Trade accounts receivable variable interest rate																			1.01%
Interest of Senior notes										6.75%			7.75%		73.75%										8.875%
Weighted average interest rate on the 2010 Credit Agreement					2.15%	2.14%
Fair Value of senior notes								317,900,000			268,800,000			280,200,000
Long-Term Debt (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Outstanding other debt	183,500,000	72,100,000
Short-term borrowings	137,334,000	60,908,000	[1]
Current portion of long-term debt	12,500,000	12,523,000	[1]		12,500,000
Current portion of long-term debt in 2012	12,500,000
Current portion of long-term debt in 2013	71,200,000
Current portion of long-term debt in 2014	155,000,000
Current portion of long-term debt in 2015	292,900,000
Current portion of long-term debt in 2016	0
Current portion of long-term debt thereafter	826,000,000
Cash paid for interest expense	67,700,000	65,300,000		48,300,000
Deferred financing fees and debt issuance costs	$ 18,900,000	$ 21,400,000

[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.