Contingent Liabilities (Details Textual) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Apr. 30, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011	Apr. 30, 2012 Blending facility in Chicago and Illinois [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Blending facility in Chicago and Illinois [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 European drum facilities [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 European drum facilities [Member]	Apr. 30, 2011 Life cycle management and recycling facilities [Member]	Oct. 31, 2010 Life cycle management and recycling facilities [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 Other facilities [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Other facilities [Member]
Contingent Liabilities (Textual) [Abstract]
Environmental liability reserves			$ 13.9	$ 14.0	$ 8.0	$ 9.5	$ 3.9	$ 4.2	$ 1.6	$ 1.6
Additional contingent liabilities and environmental reserve (Textual) [Abstract]
Estimated environmental remediation liabilities reserves	27.4	29.3
Environmental remediation expenses in year one	6.6
Environmental remediation expenses in year two	3.4
Environmental remediation expenses in year three	1.5
Environmental remediation expenses in year four	2.6
Environmental remediation expenses in year five	1.7
Environmental remediation expenses in five year thereafter	$ 11.6