OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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

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

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

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