OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2019

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

					Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1)			Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Six months ended April 30, 2019:
Net sales		$595,464		$398,880		($12,550	)		$981,794
Depreciation	6,758		5,395		503			12,656
Amortization	9,723		17,677		492			27,892
Operating income	115,046		118,954		(16,870		)	217,130
Capital expenditures	6,576		6,012		8			12,596
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
Three months ended April 30, 2019:
Net sales		$308,251		$214,451		($7,054	)		$515,648
Depreciation	3,403		2,789		252			6,444
Amortization	4,920		8,901		246			14,067
Operating income	62,166		67,352		(10,335		)	119,183
Capital expenditures	3,727		2,954		8			6,689
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

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

Total assets by operating segment as of April 30, 2019 and October 31, 2018 are as follows (in thousands):

					Other, Primarily Corporate		Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Total assets as of April 30, 2019		$1,145,039		$1,529,048		$179,553		$2,853,640
Total assets as of October 31, 2018	1,093,858		1,391,997		167,541		2,653,396