OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 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 nine and three months ended July 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

			Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1)	Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG	ETG
Nine months ended July 31, 2020:
Net sales	$731,189	$638,285	($8,643)	$1,360,831
Depreciation	10,835	8,681	760	20,276
Amortization	14,720	29,484	738	44,942
Operating income	121,597	184,948	(18,960)	287,585
Capital expenditures	8,389	9,066	17	17,472
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
Three months ended July 31, 2020:
Net sales	$178,158	$210,919	($2,667)	$386,410
Depreciation	3,590	2,872	249	6,711
Amortization	5,109	9,876	246	15,231
Operating income	12,021	61,931	(5,518)	68,434
Capital expenditures	1,624	3,401	12	5,037
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

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 July 31, 2020	$1,153,879	$1,741,959	$527,412	$3,423,250
Total assets as of October 31, 2019	1,149,737	1,643,032	176,442	2,969,211