OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2023

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, 2023 and 2022, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

			Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1)	Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG	ETG
Three months ended January 31, 2023:
Net sales	$371,278	$255,059	($5,422)	$620,915
Depreciation	4,178	3,938	270	8,386
Amortization	6,731	11,669	274	18,674
Operating income	83,609	56,537	(10,712)	129,434
Capital expenditures	6,653	4,089	104	10,846
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

(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, 2023	$1,678,148	$2,859,097	$267,375	$4,804,620
Total assets as of October 31, 2022	1,635,229	2,230,744	229,523	4,095,496