PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2022

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

NOTE 3 - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Presented below are the components of Property, plant and equipment, net at the balance sheet dates.

	July 31, 2022			October 31, 2021
Land	$	11,713		$	12,442
Buildings and improvements		175,331			181,922
Machinery and equipment		1,854,967			1,961,474
Leasehold improvements		20,177			21,751
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment		14,982			15,534
Construction in progress		46,832			35,009
		2,124,002			2,228,132
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(1,483,197	)		(1,531,579	)
	$	640,805		$	696,553

Information on ROU assets resulting from finance leases, at the balance sheet dates, is presented below.

	July 31, 2022			October 31, 2021
Machinery and equipment	$	42,760		$	42,760
Accumulated amortization		(4,066	)		(1,933	)
	$	38,694		$	40,827

The following table presents depreciation expense (including the amortization of ROU assets) related to property, plant and equipment incurred during the reporting periods.

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 31, 2022		August 1, 2021		July 31, 2022		August 1, 2021
Depreciation expense	$	19,710	$	21,720	$	60,939	$	66,577