OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2012

Operating Segments (Tables) [Abstract]

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

Segment revenues and consolidated segment reporting income for the six and three months ended April 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, is as follows (in thousands): 

					Other,
					Primarily
	Segment				Corporate and			Consolidated
	FSG		ETG		Intersegment			Totals
Six months ended April 30, 2012:
Net sales	$	279,893	$	150,743	($	1,667	)	$	428,969
Depreciation and amortization		5,141		8,847		450			14,438
Operating income		52,141		31,522		(8,430	)		75,233
Capital expenditures		3,218		4,062		868			8,148
Six months ended April 30, 2011:
Net sales	$	254,445	$	105,311	($	1,051	)	$	358,705
Depreciation and amortization		5,014		3,687		190			8,891
Operating income		43,834		29,183		(7,732	)		65,285
Capital expenditures		2,963		878		4			3,845
Three months ended April 30, 2012:
Net sales	$	141,026	$	76,272	($	984	)	$	216,314
Depreciation and amortization		2,455		4,816		192			7,463
Operating income		26,634		15,317		(4,350	)		37,601
Capital expenditures		1,563		1,984		813			4,360
Three months ended April 30, 2011:
Net sales	$	133,804	$	51,372	($	690	)	$	184,486
Depreciation and amortization		2,636		1,853		95			4,584
Operating income		23,405		13,645		(4,137	)		32,913
Capital expenditures		1,678		527		3			2,208

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

Total assets by operating segment as of April 30, 2012 and October 31, 2011 are as follows (in thousands):

					Other,
	Segment				Primarily		Consolidated
	FSG		ETG		Corporate		Totals
Total assets as of April 30, 2012	$	463,204	$	637,696	$	70,615	$	1,171,515
Total assets as of October 31, 2011		458,624		429,869		52,576		941,069