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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
9 Months Ended
Jul. 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:


 
July 28,
2019
   
October 31,
2018
 
             
Land
 
$
11,686
   
$
11,139
 
Buildings and improvements
   
173,234
     
124,771
 
Machinery and equipment
   
1,707,210
     
1,566,163
 
Leasehold improvements
   
19,513
     
19,577
 
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment
   
13,508
     
12,415
 
Construction in progress
   
40,052
     
128,649
 
                 
     
1,965,203
     
1,862,714
 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
   
(1,328,460
)
   
(1,290,933
)
                 
   
$
636,743
   
$
571,781
 


Depreciation and amortization expense for property, plant and equipment was $20.7 million and $56.9 million in the three- and nine-month periods ended July 28, 2019, respectively, and $18.9 million and $60.8 million in the three- and nine-month periods ended July 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 nine-month period ended July 29, 2018.