INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2011

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

Components of the provision for income taxes on income before income taxes and noncontrolling interests

	Year ended October 31,
	2011		2010		2009
Current:
Federal	$	38,002,000	$	29,180,000	$	25,920,000
State		4,008,000		4,659,000		3,890,000
Foreign		861,000		1,044,000		841,000
		42,871,000		34,883,000		30,651,000
Deferred		29,000		1,817,000		(2,651,000	)
Total income tax expense	$	42,900,000	$	36,700,000	$	28,000,000

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

Reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate

	Year ended October 31,
	2011			2010			2009
Federal statutory income tax rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
State taxes, less applicable federal income tax reduction		1.8			3.2			2.5
Net tax benefit on noncontrolling interests’ share of income		(2.5	)		(2.6	)		(2.7	)
Net tax benefit on qualified research and development activities		(2.7	)		(1.0	)		(2.9	)
Net tax benefit on qualified domestic production activities		(1.0	)		(.8	)		(.6	)
Other, net		.4			(.1	)		.6
Effective tax rate		31.0	%		33.7	%		31.9	%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Schedule of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities

	As of October 31,
	2011			2010
Deferred tax assets:
Inventories	$	15,581,000		$	14,196,000
Deferred compensation liability		11,708,000			9,969,000
Foreign R&D carryforward and credit		3,277,000			2,788,000
Bonus accrual		2,373,000			1,568,000
Stock option compensation		1,947,000			1,068,000
Capital lease obligation		1,354,000			—
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable		973,000			896,000
Vacation accrual		877,000			769,000
Warranty reserve		793,000			541,000
Net operating loss carryforward of acquired business		661,000			1,395,000
Customer rebates accrual		616,000			558,000
Other		2,325,000			1,323,000
Total deferred tax assets		42,485,000			35,071,000

Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangible asset amortization		68,601,000			55,750,000
Accelerated depreciation		4,942,000			3,044,000
Software development costs		2,127,000			1,905,000
Other		1,054,000			773,000
Total deferred tax liabilities		76,724,000			61,472,000
Net deferred tax liability	$	(34,239,000	)	$	(26,401,000	)

Schedule Of Net Deferred Tax Liability [Table Text Block]

Schedule of net deferred tax liability

	As of October 31,
	2011			2010
Current asset	$	22,286,000		$	18,907,000
Long-term asset		2,374,000			—
Long-term liability		58,899,000			45,308,000
Net deferred tax liability	$	(34,239,000	)	$	(26,401,000	)

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block]

Schedule of reconciliation of the activity related to the liability for gross unrecognized tax benefits

	Year ended October 31,
	2011			2010
Balances as of beginning of year	$	2,306,000		$	3,328,000
Increases related to prior year tax positions		50,000			46,000
Decreases related to prior year tax positions		(482,000	)		(1,229,000	)
Increases related to current year tax positions		393,000			551,000
Settlements		(56,000	)		(31,000	)
Lapse of statutes of limitations		(377,000	)		(359,000	)
Balances as of end of year	$	1,834,000		$	2,306,000

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of tax positions taken in the tax returns filed or to be filed for which it is more likely than not that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities (i.e., uncertain tax positions) and other types of income tax contingencies, including: (1) the policy on classification of interest and penalties; (2) a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of the period; the total amount(s) of: (3) unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate, and (4) interest and penalties recognized in each of the income statement and balance sheet; (5) for positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts unrecognized will significantly change within 12 months of the reporting date the: (i) nature of the uncertainty, (ii) nature of the event that could occur that would cause the change, and (iii) an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change or a statement that an estimate of the range cannot be made; and (6) a description of tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions.

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