OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2011

Operating Segments (Tables) [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information by Segment [Table Text Block]

Segment revenues and consolidated segment reporting income and total assets

 

					Other,
					Primarily
	Segment				Corporate and			Consolidated
	FSG		ETG		Intersegment			Totals
Year ended October 31, 2011:
Net sales	$	539,563,000	$	227,771,000	$	(2,443,000	)	$	764,891,000
Depreciation and amortization		10,661,000		7,502,000		380,000			18,543,000
Operating income		95,001,000		59,465,000		(16,035,000	)		138,431,000
Capital expenditures		6,866,000		2,543,000		37,000			9,446,000
Total assets		458,624,000		429,869,000		52,576,000			941,069,000
Year ended October 31, 2010:
Net sales	$	412,337,000	$	205,648,000	$	(965,000	)	$	617,020,000
Depreciation and amortization		9,899,000		7,308,000		390,000			17,597,000
Operating income		67,896,000		56,126,000		(14,849,000	)		109,173,000
Capital expenditures		7,343,000		1,502,000		32,000			8,877,000
Total assets		410,666,000		328,577,000		42,400,000			781,643,000
Year ended October 31, 2009:
Net sales	$	395,423,000	$	143,372,000	$	(499,000	)	$	538,296,000
Depreciation and amortization		9,801,000		4,728,000		438,000			14,967,000
Operating income		60,003,000		39,981,000		(11,729,000	)		88,255,000
Capital expenditures		8,518,000		1,670,000		65,000			10,253,000
Total assets		414,030,000		285,602,000		33,278,000			732,910,000

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Table Text Block]

Composition of  Company’s net sales to customers in United States of America and foreign countires

	Year ended October 31,
	2011		2010		2009
United States of America	$	507,237,000	$	423,916,000	$	367,736,000
Other countries		257,654,000		193,104,000		170,560,000
Total	$	764,891,000	$	617,020,000	$	538,296,000