Business Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

The following segment information is presented for each of the three years in the period ended October 31, 2015 (Dollars in millions):

	2015			2014			2013
Net sales:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Service	$	2,586.4		$	3,077.0		$	3,062.1
Paper Packaging		676.1			706.8			676.0
Flexible Products & Services		322.6			425.8			448.7
Land Management		31.6			29.5			33.1
Total net sales	$	3,616.7		$	4,239.1		$	4,219.9
Operating profit (loss):
Rigid Industrial Packaging		86.4			170.1			196.8
Paper Packaging		109.3			125.8			123.8
Flexible Products & Services		(36.6	)		(78.6	)		(11.7	)
Land Management		33.7			32.0			32.7
Total operating profit	$	192.8		$	249.3		$	341.6
Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	94.0		$	108.4		$	107.4
Paper Packaging		28.7			29.8			30.3
Flexible Products & Services		8.6			13.3			15.2
Land Management		3.3			4.3			4.7
Total depreciation, depletion and amortization expense	$	134.6		$	155.8		$	157.6
Capital Expenditures
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	69.4		$	73.8		$	64.8
Paper Packaging		56.4			38.9			21.7
Flexible Products & Services		3.2			4.9			14.0
Land Management		1.6			60.0			13.0
Total segment		130.6			177.6			113.5
Corporate and other		10.7			17.1			31.9
Total capital expenditures	$	141.3		$	194.7		$	145.4
Assets:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	2,043.3		$	2,334.1
Paper Packaging		444.0			408.3
Flexible Products & Services		187.0			251.0
Land Management		335.2			319.0
Total Segment		3,009.5			3,312.4
Corporate and other		306.2			355.0
Total Assets	$	3,315.7		$	3,667.4

Net Sales to External Customers by Geographical Area

The following geographic information is presented for each of the three years in the period ended October 31, 2015 (Dollars in millions):

	2015		2014		2013
Net Sales
United States	$	1,787.1	$	1,905.8	$	1,843.6
Europe, Middle East, and Africa		1,287.2		1,596.2		1,610.6
Asia Pacific and other Americas		542.4		737.1		765.7
Total net sales	$	3,616.7	$	4,239.1	$	4,219.9

Properties, Plants and Equipment, Net by Geographical Area

The following table presents properties, plants and equipment, net by geographic region (Dollars in millions):

	2015		2014
Properties, plants and equipment, net
United States	$	734.1	$	716.5
Europe, Middle East, and Africa		335.4		402.8
Asia Pacific and other Americas		148.2		189.0
Total properites, plants and equipment, net	$	1,217.7	$	1,308.3