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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
 6 Months Ended
May 03, 2020
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT [Abstract]  
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
NOTE 3 - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT


Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:

  
May 3,
2020
    
October 31,
2019
  
             
Land
  
$
11,916
    
$
12,085
  
Buildings and improvements
    
172,689
      
172,340
  
Machinery and equipment
    
1,746,552
      
1,748,483
  
Leasehold improvements
    
20,344
      
19,921
  
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment
    
14,501
      
14,404
  
Construction in progress
    
30,257
      
28,135
  
                 
     
1,996,259
      
1,995,368
  
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
    
(1,391,714
)
    
(1,362,927
)
                 
   
$
604,545
    
$
632,441
  


Depreciation and amortization expense for property, plant and equipment was $22.1 million and $45.6 million for the three and six-month periods ended May 3, 2020 respectively, and $18.6 million and $36.2 million for the three and six-month periods ended April 28, 2019, respectively.