OPERATING SEGMENTS

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

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OPERATING SEGMENTS

Information on the Company’s two operating segments, the FSG and the ETG, for the six and three months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

					Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment			Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Six months ended April 30, 2016:
Net sales		$424,866		$236,718		($4,709	)		$656,875
Depreciation	5,924		3,976		112			10,012
Amortization	8,245		10,595		331			19,171
Operating income	76,788		55,671		(13,044		)	119,415
Capital expenditures	8,415		6,741		390			15,546
Six months ended April 30, 2015:
Net sales		$384,832		$180,216		($5,442	)		$559,606
Depreciation	5,093		3,348		71			8,512
Amortization	6,068		8,230		331			14,629
Operating income	68,248		41,624		(7,678		)	102,194
Capital expenditures	6,477		2,857		126			9,460
Three months ended April 30, 2016:
Net sales		$220,290		$132,566		($2,208	)		$350,648
Depreciation	2,974		2,124		56			5,154
Amortization	4,117		5,825		166			10,108
Operating income	41,308		33,402		(7,916		)	66,794
Capital expenditures	4,710		5,058		88			9,856
Three months ended April 30, 2015:
Net sales		$202,775		$90,995		($2,349	)		$291,421
Depreciation	2,840		1,647		36			4,523
Amortization	3,509		4,039		166			7,714
Operating income	37,545		22,206		(3,963		)	55,788
Capital expenditures	3,863		1,226		117			5,206

Total assets by operating segment as of April 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015 are as follows (in thousands):

					Other, Primarily Corporate		Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Total assets as of April 30, 2016		$857,575		$1,020,623		$138,914		$2,017,112
Total assets as of October 31, 2015	868,218		746,018		122,151		1,736,387