OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 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 each of the last three fiscal years ended October 31 is as follows (in thousands):



	Segment				Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment ⁽¹⁾			Consolidated Totals
	FSG		ETG		Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment ⁽¹⁾			Consolidated Totals
Year ended October 31, 2019:
Net sales		$1,240,183		$834,522		($19,058	)		$2,055,647
Depreciation	13,793		10,957		1,008			25,758
Amortization	19,624		37,131		984			57,739
Operating income	242,029		245,743		(30,675		)	457,097
Capital expenditures	17,036		11,826		76			28,938

Year ended October 31, 2018:
Net sales		$1,097,937		$701,827		($22,043	)		$1,777,721
Depreciation	13,322		9,225		692			23,239
Amortization	19,530		33,339		1,083			53,952
Operating income	206,623		204,508		(34,886		)	376,245
Capital expenditures	13,074		9,531		19,266			41,871

Year ended October 31, 2017:
Net sales		$967,540		$574,261		($16,988	)		$1,524,813
Depreciation	13,042		8,609		227			21,878
Amortization	18,026		24,167		752			42,945
Operating income	179,278		157,451		(30,071		)	306,658
Capital expenditures	15,665		10,100		233			25,998

⁽¹⁾ Intersegment activity principally consists of net sales from the ETG to the FSG.

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

Total assets by operating segment are as follows (in thousands):



					Other, Primarily Corporate		Consolidated Totals
	Segment
As of October 31,	FSG		ETG
2019		$1,149,737		$1,643,032		$176,442		$2,969,211
2018	1,093,858		1,391,997		167,541		2,653,396

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Table Text Block]

The following table also summarizes the Company’s long-lived assets held within and outside of the United States as of October 31 for each of the last three fiscal years (in thousands). Long-lived assets consist of net property, plant and equipment.



	2019		2018		2017
Net sales:
United States of America		$1,308,943		$1,127,998		$1,007,491
Other countries	746,704		649,723		517,322
Total net sales		$2,055,647		$1,777,721		$1,524,813

Long-lived assets:
United States of America		$143,350		$124,225		$97,367
Other countries	29,995		30,514		32,516
Total long-lived assets		$173,345		$154,739		$129,883