OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2019

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, 2019 and 2018, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):



					Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment ⁽¹⁾			Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Three months ended January 31, 2019:
Net sales		$287,213		$184,429		($5,496	)		$466,146
Depreciation	3,355		2,606		251			6,212
Amortization	4,803		8,776		246			13,825
Operating income	52,880		51,602		(6,535		)	97,947
Capital expenditures	2,849		3,058		—			5,907

Three months ended January 31, 2018:
Net sales		$254,721		$155,658		($5,969	)		$404,410
Depreciation	3,292		2,274		62			5,628
Amortization	4,947		8,104		345			13,396
Operating income	45,869		43,220		(9,529		)	79,560
Capital expenditures	2,297		1,743		3,537			7,577

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

Total assets by operating segment as of January 31, 2019 and October 31, 2018 are as follows (in thousands):



					Other, Primarily Corporate		Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Total assets as of January 31, 2019		$1,098,267		$1,522,291		$176,456		$2,797,014
Total assets as of October 31, 2018	1,093,858		1,391,997		167,541		2,653,396