OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2018

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, 2018 and 2017, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

					Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1)			Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Six months ended April 30, 2018:
Net sales		$522,557		$324,380		($11,925	)		$835,012
Depreciation	6,582		4,584		186			11,352
Amortization	9,879		16,267		591			26,737
Operating income	97,357		91,350		(17,582		)	171,125
Capital expenditures	6,206		3,985		19,266			29,457
Six months ended April 30, 2017:
Net sales		$452,710		$267,334		($7,955	)		$712,089
Depreciation	6,276		4,136		106			10,518
Amortization	8,203		11,436		344			19,983
Operating income	86,107		67,910		(12,925		)	141,092
Capital expenditures	8,560		4,834		144			13,538
Three months ended April 30, 2018:
Net sales		$267,836		$168,722		($5,956	)		$430,602
Depreciation	3,290		2,310		124			5,724
Amortization	4,932		8,163		246			13,341
Operating income	51,488		48,130		(8,053		)	91,565
Capital expenditures	3,909		2,242		15,729			21,880
Three months ended April 30, 2017:
Net sales		$231,809		$141,169		($4,321	)		$368,657
Depreciation	3,128		2,093		53			5,274
Amortization	4,099		5,701		179			9,979
Operating income	44,744		38,826		(7,028		)	76,542
Capital expenditures	4,688		2,330		98			7,116

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

Total assets by operating segment as of April 30, 2018 and October 31, 2017 are as follows (in thousands):

					Other, Primarily Corporate		Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Total assets as of April 30, 2018		$1,061,310		$1,391,902		$174,669		$2,627,881
Total assets as of October 31, 2017	1,042,925		1,339,363		130,143		2,512,431