OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2012

Operating Segments (Tables) [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Table Text Block]

Segment revenues and consolidated segment reporting income 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

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

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