OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2017

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 three months ended January 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):



					Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment ⁽¹⁾			Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Three months ended January 31, 2017:
Net sales		$220,901		$126,165		($3,634	)		$343,432
Depreciation	3,148		2,043		53			5,244
Amortization	4,104		5,735		165			10,004
Operating income	41,363		29,084		(5,897		)	64,550
Capital expenditures	3,872		2,504		46			6,422

Three months ended January 31, 2016:
Net sales		$204,576		$104,152		($2,501	)		$306,227
Depreciation	2,950		1,852		56			4,858
Amortization	4,128		4,770		165			9,063
Operating income	35,480		22,269		(5,128		)	52,621
Capital expenditures	3,705		1,683		302			5,690

(1) Intersegment activity principally consists of net sales from the ETG to the FSG.

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

Total assets by operating segment as of January 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016 are as follows (in thousands):



					Other, Primarily Corporate		Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Total assets as of January 31, 2017		$871,148		$1,004,554		$155,720		$2,031,422
Total assets as of October 31, 2016	878,674		1,017,827		142,974		2,039,475