OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 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 nine and three months ended July 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

					Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1)			Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Nine months ended July 31, 2018:
Net sales		$807,683		$510,750		($17,596	)		$1,300,837
Depreciation	9,819		6,841		439			17,099
Amortization	14,729		24,858		837			40,424
Operating income	152,069		147,371		(26,892		)	272,548
Capital expenditures	9,710		6,922		19,266			35,898
Nine months ended July 31, 2017:
Net sales		$710,676		$405,194		($12,281	)		$1,103,589
Depreciation	9,654		6,304		160			16,118
Amortization	13,088		17,158		548			30,794
Operating income	132,771		106,453		(22,010		)	217,214
Capital expenditures	12,305		7,920		220			20,445
Three months ended July 31, 2018:
Net sales		$285,126		$186,370		($5,671	)		$465,825
Depreciation	3,237		2,257		253			5,747
Amortization	4,850		8,591		246			13,687
Operating income	54,712		56,021		(9,310		)	101,423
Capital expenditures	3,504		2,937		—			6,441
Three months ended July 31, 2017:
Net sales		$257,966		$137,860		($4,326	)		$391,500
Depreciation	3,378		2,168		54			5,600
Amortization	4,885		5,722		204			10,811
Operating income	46,664		38,543		(9,085		)	76,122
Capital expenditures	3,745		3,086		76			6,907

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

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

					Other, Primarily Corporate		Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Total assets as of July 31, 2018		$1,078,657		$1,396,692		$179,490		$2,654,839
Total assets as of October 31, 2017	1,042,925		1,339,363		130,143		2,512,431