FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS, Assets and Liabilities and Related Impairment Losses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net	$ 270,890	$ 204,965
Indefinite-Lived Trade Names	95,973	67,628
Impairment of Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)	0	0	$ (15,000)
Customer Relationships [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net	159,442	126,989
Intellectual Property [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net	$ 106,526	$ 75,231
Electronic Technologies Group [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)			(15,000)
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived			(11,200)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net			19,366
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Intellectual Property [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived			(1,900)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net			2,302
Trade Names [Member] | Electronic Technologies Group [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets, Carrying Amount			10,000
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)			(1,900)
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net			8,166
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Intellectual Property [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net			402
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Trade Names [Member] | Electronic Technologies Group [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Indefinite-Lived Trade Names			$ 8,100