OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2022

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 three months ended January 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

			Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1)	Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG	ETG
Three months ended January 31, 2022:
Net sales	$272,681	$222,336	($4,674)	$490,343
Depreciation	3,718	3,366	246	7,330
Amortization	5,513	10,092	287	15,892
Operating income	52,376	55,588	(9,142)	98,822
Capital expenditures	3,582	5,070	39	8,691
Three months ended January 31, 2021:
Net sales	$199,334	$223,550	($4,982)	$417,902
Depreciation	3,450	3,059	246	6,755
Amortization	5,136	10,838	274	16,248
Operating income	25,822	60,128	(5,665)	80,285
Capital expenditures	1,988	13,521	—	15,509

(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
	FSG	ETG
Total assets as of January 31, 2022	$1,310,311	$1,932,351	$271,233	$3,513,895
Total assets as of October 31, 2021	1,274,462	1,952,413	271,532	3,498,407