OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Table Text Block]

Information on the Company’s two operating segments, the FSG and ETG, for the six and three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

					Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment			Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Six months ended April 30, 2015:
Net sales		$384,832		$180,216		($5,442	)		$559,606
Depreciation and amortization	11,161		11,578		402			23,141
Operating income	68,248		41,624		(7,678		)	102,194
Capital expenditures	6,477		2,857		126			9,460
Six months ended April 30, 2014:
Net sales		$376,477		$177,233		($4,652	)		$549,058
Depreciation and amortization	9,863		13,871		405			24,139
Operating income	69,089		41,040		(10,573		)	99,556
Capital expenditures	4,256		2,759		470			7,485
Three months ended April 30, 2015:
Net sales		$202,775		$90,995		($2,349	)		$291,421
Depreciation and amortization	6,349		5,686		202			12,237
Operating income	37,545		22,206		(3,963		)	55,788
Capital expenditures	3,863		1,226		117			5,206
Three months ended April 30, 2014:
Net sales		$194,892		$89,741		($2,401	)		$282,232
Depreciation and amortization	4,943		6,946		200			12,089
Operating income	36,886		18,136		(5,851		)	49,171
Capital expenditures	2,231		1,051		213			3,495

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

Total assets by operating segment as of April 30, 2015 and October 31, 2014 are as follows (in thousands):

					Other, Primarily Corporate		Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Total assets as of April 30, 2015		$779,920		$679,534		$121,140		$1,580,594
Total assets as of October 31, 2014	676,824		703,144		109,246		1,489,214