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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
 6 Months Ended
Apr. 28, 2019
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT [Abstract]  
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
NOTE 3 - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:

  
April 28,
2019
  
October 31,
2018
 
       
Land
 
$
11,164
  
$
11,139
 
Buildings and improvements
  
124,374
   
124,771
 
Machinery and equipment
  
1,673,574
   
1,566,163
 
Leasehold improvements
  
19,598
   
19,577
 
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment
  
13,503
   
12,415
 
Construction in progress
  
132,394
   
128,649
 
         
   
1,974,607
   
1,862,714
 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
  
(1,320,250
)
  
(1,290,933
)
         
  
$
654,357
  
$
571,781
 

Depreciation and amortization expense for property, plant and equipment was $18.6 million and $36.2 million in the three and six month periods ended April 28, 2019, respectively, and $20.8 million and $42.0 million in the three and six month periods ended April 29, 2018, respectively.

In January 2017, we entered into a noncash transaction with a customer which resulted in the acquisition of equipment with fair values of approximately $6.7 million during the six month period ended April 29, 2018.