OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 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 six and three months ended April 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

			Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1)	Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG	ETG
Six months ended April 30, 2022:
Net sales	$578,994	$459,729	($9,567)	$1,029,156
Depreciation	7,411	6,792	493	14,696
Amortization	11,262	20,179	570	32,011
Operating income	118,573	121,576	(18,550)	221,599
Capital expenditures	8,113	7,995	103	16,211
Six months ended April 30, 2021:
Net sales	$429,614	$466,639	($11,700)	$884,553
Depreciation	6,829	6,219	486	13,534
Amortization	10,107	21,717	561	32,385
Operating income	61,298	131,422	(15,687)	177,033
Capital expenditures	4,093	17,828	17	21,938
Three months ended April 30, 2022:
Net sales	$306,313	$237,393	($4,893)	$538,813
Depreciation	3,693	3,426	247	7,366
Amortization	5,749	10,087	283	16,119
Operating income	66,197	65,988	(9,408)	122,777
Capital expenditures	4,531	2,925	64	7,520
Three months ended April 30, 2021:
Net sales	$230,280	$243,089	($6,718)	$466,651
Depreciation	3,379	3,160	240	6,779
Amortization	4,971	10,879	287	16,137
Operating income	35,476	71,294	(10,022)	96,748
Capital expenditures	2,105	4,307	17	6,429

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, 2022	$1,492,367	$1,930,680	$262,286	$3,685,333
Total assets as of October 31, 2021	1,274,462	1,952,413	271,532	3,498,407