OPERATING SEGMENTS

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

11. OPERATING SEGMENTS

Information on the Company’s two operating segments, the Flight Support Group (“FSG”), consisting of HEICO Aerospace Holdings Corp. and its subsidiaries, and the Electronic Technologies Group (“ETG”), consisting of HEICO Electronic Technologies Corp. and its subsidiaries, for the three months ended January 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

					Other,
					Primarily
	Segment				Corporate and			Consolidated
	FSG		ETG		Intersegment			Totals
Three months ended January 31, 2012:
Net sales	$	138,867	$	74,471	($	683	)	$	212,655
Depreciation and amortization		2,686		4,031		258			6,975
Operating income		25,507		16,205		(4,080	)		37,632
Capital expenditures		1,655		2,078		55			3,788
Three months ended January 31, 2011:
Net sales	$	120,641	$	53,939	($	361	)	$	174,219
Depreciation and amortization		2,378		1,834		95			4,307
Operating income		20,429		15,538		(3,595	)		32,372
Capital expenditures		1,285		351		1			1,637

Total assets by operating segment as of January 31, 2012 and October 31, 2011 are as follows (in thousands):

					Other,
	Segment				Primarily		Consolidated
	FSG		ETG		Corporate		Totals
Total assets as of January 31, 2012	$	460,036	$	600,947	$	71,516	$	1,132,499
Total assets as of October 31, 2011		458,624		429,869		52,576		941,069