PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2019

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

NOTE 2 - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:

	October 31, 2019			October 31, 2018
Land	$	12,085		$	11,139
Buildings and improvements		172,340			124,771
Machinery and equipment		1,748,483			1,566,163
Leasehold improvements		19,921			19,577
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment		14,404			12,415
Construction in progress		28,135			128,649
		1,995,368			1,862,714
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(1,362,927	)		(1,290,933	)
	$	632,441		$	571,781

In January 2017, we entered into a noncash transaction with a customer which resulted in the acquisition of equipment with a fair value of approximately $6.7 million in fiscal year 2018.