Business Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2012

Business Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

	Three months ended					Nine months ended
	July 31,					July 31,
	2012		2011			2012		2011
Net sales
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	805.1	$	803.9		$	2,311.3	$	2,201.8
Flexible Products & Services		109.7		141.2			338.4		404.0
Paper Packaging		182.7		172.8			524.2		496.1
Land Management		5.3		4.0			19.7		14.6
Total net sales	$	1,102.8	$	1,121.9		$	3,193.6	$	3,116.5
Operating profit:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	62.1	$	71.6		$	153.8	$	183.0
Flexible Products & Services		1.4		7.7			1.9		11.2
Paper Packaging		21.0		17.5			58.3		56.5
Land Management		1.6		10.8			11.7		16.1
Total operating profit	$	86.1	$	107.6		$	225.7	$	266.8
Restructuring charges:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services		3.4		3.4			16.2		8.0
Flexible Products & Services		0.5		0.7			6.7		3.9
Paper Packaging		—		(0.7	)		—		(0.5	)
Total restructuring charges		3.9		3.4			22.9		11.4
Acquisition-related costs:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services		1.6		2.1			4.1		6.3
Flexible Products & Services		—		0.6			0.9		12.9
Total acquisition-related costs		1.6		2.7			5.0		19.2
Non-cash intangible asset impairment charge:
Flexible Products & Services		—		3.0			—		3.0
Total non-cash intangible asset impairment charge		—		3.0			—		3.0
Operating profit before special items:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services		67.1		77.1			174.1		197.3
Flexible Products & Services		1.9		12.0			9.5		31.0
Paper Packaging		21.0		16.8			58.3		56.0
Land Management		1.6		10.8			11.7		16.1
Total operating profit before special items*		91.6		116.7			253.6		300.4
Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	25.3	$	22.5		$	78.5	$	64.7
Flexible Products & Services		3.7		4.1			11.4		12.5
Paper Packaging		7.7		7.8			23.4		23.3
Land Management		0.7		0.5			2.5		2.1
Total depreciation, depletion and amortization expense	$	37.4	$	34.9		$	115.8	$	102.6

* Total operating profit before special items represents operating profit before the impact of restructuring charges and acquisition-related costs.

Net sales to external customers by geographical area

	Three months ended July 31,				Nine months ended July 31,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Net sales:
North America	$	509.0	$	502.4	$	1,469.0	$	1,426.2
Europe, Middle East and Africa		433.9		445.3		1,236.1		1,197.0
Asia Pacific and Latin America		159.9		174.2		488.5		493.3
Total net sales	$	1,102.8	$	1,121.9	$	3,193.6	$	3,116.5

Total assets by segments

	July 31, 2012		October 31, 2011
Assets:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	2,526.4	$	2,725.0
Flexible Products & Services		356.2		383.5
Paper Packaging		411.7		420.4
Land Management		278.9		280.1
Total segments		3,573.2		3,809.0
Corporate and other		340.5		385.1
Total assets	$	3,913.7	$	4,194.1

Total assets by geographical area

Assets:
North America	$	1,757.1	$	1,779.5
Europe, Middle East and Africa		1,553.4		1,750.3
Asia Pacific and Latin America		603.2		664.3
Total assets	$	3,913.7	$	4,194.1