OPERATING SEGMENTS

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2015

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OPERATING SEGMENTS

Information on the Company’s two operating segments, the FSG and the ETG, for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

					Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment			Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Nine months ended July 31, 2015:
Net sales		$591,431		$277,439		($8,894	)		$859,976
Depreciation and amortization	17,563		16,895		608			35,066
Operating income	107,498		65,996		(12,790		)	160,704
Capital expenditures	9,000		4,457		310			13,767
Nine months ended July 31, 2014:
Net sales		$568,038		$279,298		($7,248	)		$840,088
Depreciation and amortization	14,883		20,782		605			36,270
Operating income	103,323		62,495		(16,149		)	149,669
Capital expenditures	7,339		4,364		558			12,261
Three months ended July 31, 2015:
Net sales		$206,599		$97,223		($3,452	)		$300,370
Depreciation and amortization	6,402		5,317		206			11,925
Operating income	39,250		24,372		(5,112		)	58,510
Capital expenditures	2,523		1,600		184			4,307
Three months ended July 31, 2014:
Net sales		$191,561		$102,065		($2,596	)		$291,030
Depreciation and amortization	5,020		6,911		200			12,131
Operating income	34,234		21,455		(5,576		)	50,113
Capital expenditures	3,083		1,605		88			4,776

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

					Other, Primarily Corporate		Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Total assets as of July 31, 2015		$790,103		$672,910		$125,401		$1,588,414
Total assets as of October 31, 2014	676,824		703,144		109,246		1,489,214