PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

9 Months Ended

Jul. 29, 2018

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

NOTE 4 - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:

	July 29, 2018			October 29, 2017
Land	$	11,305		$	9,959
Buildings and improvements		125,281			125,290
Machinery and equipment		1,570,256			1,547,870
Leasehold improvements		19,831			20,050
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment		13,525			12,989
Construction in progress		94,530			72,045
		1,834,728			1,788,203
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(1,288,040	)		(1,253,006	)
	$	546,688		$	535,197

Equipment under capital leases is included in the property, plant and equipment amount, above, as follows:

	July 29, 2018			October 29, 2017
Machinery and equipment	$	34,917		$	34,917
Accumulated amortization		(16,463	)		(13,843	)
	$	18,454		$	21,074

Depreciation and amortization expense for property, plant and equipment was $18.9 million and $60.8 million for the three and nine month periods ended July 29, 2018, respectively, and $20.6 million and $60.5 million for the three and nine month periods ended July 30, 2017, respectively.

During the three month period ended January 29, 2017, we entered into noncash transactions with a customer for the acquisition of equipment, under which we acquired equipment with fair value of $6.7 million in the nine month period ended July 29, 2018, and $0.1 million and $5.1 million in the three and nine month periods ended July 30, 2017, respectively. We did not acquire any equipment under this agreement during the three month period ended July 29, 2018.