SELECTED FINANCIAL STATEMENT INFORMATION (Details Textuals) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2011	Oct. 31, 2010	Oct. 31, 2009
Tooling costs	$ 3,875,000	$ 4,479,000
Amortization expense on capitalized tooling	2,066,000	1,857,000	1,825,000
Expenditures for capitalized tooling costs	1,948,000	1,750,000	2,193,000
Assets under capital lease, accumulated depreciation	13,000
Depreciation and amortization expense on property, plant and equipment excluding tooling	8,640,000	8,668,000	8,365,000
Total customer rebates and credits deducted within net sales	8,696,000	8,866,000	8,315,000
Contributions to the plan charged	3,612,000	2,862,000	2,195,000
Deferred compensation plans	31,087,000	26,887,000
Employee related deferred compensation plans, specified as other long-term liabilities	30,773,000	26,506,000
Other Deferred Compensation Plan [Member]
Employee related deferred compensation plans, specified as other long-term liabilities	4,095,000	4,283,000
Leadership Compensation Plan [Member]
Deferred compensation plans	26,992,000	22,604,000
Employee related deferred compensation plans, specified as other long-term liabilities	26,678,000	22,223,000
Building and Building Improvements [Member]
Assets under capital lease	4,092,000
Land [Member]
Assets under capital lease	$ 170,000