OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2020

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, 2020 and 2019, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

			Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1)	Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG	ETG
Six months ended April 30, 2020:
Net sales	$553,031	$427,366	($5,976)	$974,421
Depreciation	7,245	5,809	511	13,565
Amortization	9,611	19,608	492	29,711
Operating income	109,576	123,017	(13,442)	219,151
Capital expenditures	6,765	5,665	5	12,435
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
Three months ended April 30, 2020:
Net sales	$251,964	$218,955	($2,773)	$468,146
Depreciation	3,628	2,881	256	6,765
Amortization	4,752	9,930	246	14,928
Operating income	47,531	65,526	(4,896)	108,161
Capital expenditures	2,647	2,938	—	5,585
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

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
	FSG	ETG
Total assets as of April 30, 2020	$1,201,852	$1,827,060	$335,923	$3,364,835
Total assets as of October 31, 2019	1,149,737	1,643,032	176,442	2,969,211