OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2021

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, 2021 and 2020, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

			Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1)	Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG	ETG
Nine months ended July 31, 2021:
Net sales	$666,732	$706,182	($16,654)	$1,356,260
Depreciation	10,159	9,457	728	20,344
Amortization	15,036	32,588	848	48,472
Operating income	103,357	200,419	(25,905)	277,871
Capital expenditures	5,885	23,749	490	30,124
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
Three months ended July 31, 2021:
Net sales	$237,118	$239,543	($4,954)	$471,707
Depreciation	3,330	3,238	242	6,810
Amortization	4,929	10,871	287	16,087
Operating income	42,059	68,997	(10,218)	100,838
Capital expenditures	1,792	5,921	473	8,186
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

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, 2021	$1,139,630	$1,893,434	$428,571	$3,461,635
Total assets as of October 31, 2020	1,127,666	1,896,671	523,374	3,547,711