OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 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 nine and three months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

					Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1)			Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Nine months ended July 31, 2019:
Net sales		$915,480		$615,009		($16,371	)		$1,514,118
Depreciation	10,225		8,117		754			19,096
Amortization	14,714		27,138		738			42,590
Operating income	179,843		181,160		(24,459		)	336,544
Capital expenditures	12,600		9,008		63			21,671
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
Three months ended July 31, 2019:
Net sales		$320,016		$216,129		($3,821	)		$532,324
Depreciation	3,467		2,722		251			6,440
Amortization	4,991		9,461		246			14,698
Operating income	64,797		62,206		(7,589		)	119,414
Capital expenditures	6,024		2,996		55			9,075
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

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

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

					Other, Primarily Corporate		Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Total assets as of July 31, 2019		$1,140,187		$1,646,623		$173,478		$2,960,288
Total assets as of October 31, 2018	1,093,858		1,391,997		167,541		2,653,396